Category : Databases and related files
Archive   : ROLODEX.ZIP
Filename : CXMERGE.DOC
DOCUMENTATION FOR "CXMERGE"
CXMERGE, COPYRIGHT 1986, MARK L. CARSON
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FILE NAME : "CXMERGE.COM"
CXMERGE IS AN EXTERNAL UTILITY FOR "CARDEX", THE CARD INDEX
PROGRAM BY CARSON INFORMATION SERVICES.
CXMERGE READS TWO "CARDEX" DATA FILES AND PRODUCES A THIRD SORTED "CARDEX"
DATA FILE WHICH CONTAINS ENTRIES FROM BOTH SOURCE FILES.
IN EFFECT A MERGED DATA FILE IS PRODUCED.
THE FIRST COMMAND LINE PARAMETER IS THE FIRST "CARDEX" DATA SOURCE FILE.
THE SECOND COMMAND LINE PARAMETER IS THE SECOND "CARDEX" DATA SOURCE FILE.
THE THIRD COMMAND LINE PARAMETER IS THE TARGET "CARDEX" DATA FILE.
IE: A> CXMERGE MY-PALS.DAT HER-PALS.DAT OUR-PALS.DAT
PASSES "CARDEX" DATA FILE "MY-PALS.DAT" AS THE FIRST SOURCE FILE, AND
PASSES "CARDEX" DATA FILE "HER-PALS.DAT" AS THE SECOND SOURCE FILE, AND
PRODUCES THE TARGET "CARDEX" DATA FILE "OUR-PALS.DAT".
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This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
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