C Spray

• Added a 'list missing' feature. Automatically used when a compatible database is used, not used otherwise.
• New database of games is now checked, naming by BuckyB, Hunt4Gold and Swasti. 3000+ games.
• Disabled -t and -a options, since the database has no fields to arrange - just the filename. These will be added back soon.
• When you update databases, the have.dat file is no longer used, you have to re-scan. Sorry, there is no good way to keep track of database changes. One less thing you have to do yourself though (delete the old have.dat that is)
• Tries to recognise files without extensions within zips. Some were posted in Usenet Land, and they crashed C Spray - no more! Now it will identify what type of file it is! This may only work 80-90%, especially for PRG filetypes which often do not have extensions.
• D64 files with errors were ignored, now the whole-file CRC is used. Problems with Zak McCracken and many of the Infocom files should be fixed, but are not in the database yet.
• c64.dat will be distributed separately now. Tosec.zip will have the TOSEC-renamed filenames, which c64dat.zip will have the 'other' one.
• As usual, I probably broke something while fixing something else. As usual, yell at me through e-mail though I can't guarantee anything.

• Specify which system using '-c?' where ? is the system. to rename C64, use 'cspray -cc -r'
• Moved toward becoming a driver-oriented multi-system behemoth. Want to add a system? Start by writing the appropriate implementation, and a separate header file, and all the power of C Spray is yours! See the info in example.zip
• Didn't stop if you pressed a key to cancel.
• Stole the PETscii to Ascii routine of Tape64

First, this is a fully functional program. It's pretty much finished now, but there is no way it can be tested on every C64 game image out there. Do not use it on your collection and then delete all the files in ".\dupes" unless you know what you're doing. I have taken many precautions, but I make no guarantees. If you have a public access archive, please do not use C SPRAY in case it does something bad. This final release will be safe, but we don't want to lose data until we are 100% certain.

C Spray is a renamer for C64 emulator formats. The database contains the Game Name, Publishers, Crackinfo, Crack Group, and Date of most games.What is truly amazing is that any game will be identified regardless of the format it is in! C Spray currently digs through PRG, P00, CRT, T64, D64, and G64 formats, and doesn't care what order the C64 files are in!!. Don't believe it? Download the C spray test suite, or make your own.

CSPRAY   or   CSPRAY -d
     dump info from all files in the directory
	
CSPRAY [filename]
     does the file only.

Command-line options:
     -d  Dump information, to screen by default or >my64.txt
     -r  Rename games (Use alone for default or with -a or -t)
     -i  Display nicely formatted info!
     -a  Arnold mode (with -d).  Will try to extract
         publisher, crackers, and crack info from the
         filename.  Must be named with the Arnold name
         convention ( filename.publisher.crackinfo-crackgroup )
     -a  Arnold mode (with -r) will rename to game.pub.cracks-group.year
     -t  TOSEC mode.  Like Arnold mode, but with a different style.
         Also works with -r and -d
     -s  Looks in all subdirs (but only one level deep)    

This is a fully functional version with a decent database. It will rename [parts of] your collection, and sort any files with errors into the "bad" subdir for interrogation. It is a functional prototype to see what data is necessary, and what errors pop up repeatedly.

the Webulator - 20 June, 2000
the balzano50 guy at the hotmail place.

Most of the C64 images which are identified and renamed came from the arnold FTP or Lemon. They were downloaded as-is and dumped in Arnold mode to the database. Lemon files were renamed by a modified version of the HTMRen utility (available on the homepage) according to the info on Lemon's HTML.

All of the well-named games from arnold and Lemon should be here, except for those with errors and possibly the most recent additions. There are about 1000+ games on Arnold to be identified because the archive name was incomplete or inaccurate.

Identifies C64 programs buried within C64 emulator file types. Useful for identifying duplicates in your collection, and for renaming them to something sensible.