
        Filenaming conventions for the Power Engines and ClusterView

The ZIP/ARJ/LZH files used for distribution of the various products
associated with ClusterView follow a single pattern of filenaming.
It allows automatic recognition of the origin of file and its contents.

The compression methode (PKZip, LHArc, or other) is not impacted by this
method and should be selected by the BBS according to local rules.

There are two different rules depending on the status of the package. It
can be shareware (unregistered) and then follows the rule of

5 character name + 3 character version + archive suffix

CLUST=ClusterView       105=1.05        ZIP=PKZip-compressed
BITLI=BitList Engine    ...             LZH=LHArc-compressed
AGREP=AGrep Search Eng.                 ...




It can be a registered package. Then the rule is slightly different.
This should not be encountered in BBS or Internet distribution sites.

2 char. name + 3 char. major version + 1 char. minor version +
               2 char. type name + archive suffix

CL=ClusterView          105_=1.05       RG=Registered     ZIP=PKZip-compressed
BI=BitList Engine       105A=1.05a      SC=Source license LZH=LHArc-compressed
AG=AGrep Search Engine  ...             SI=Site license   ...



To avoid problems when set on CD-ROM, none of the file names will contain
characters incompatible with the ISO-9660 standard (A-Z, 0-9, _ only).


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