(+) File Snooper (+)
(+) Version  1.0 (+)

*** A Public Domain Program ***
Written by Jay Jennings
Copyright 1988 by The Extar Group




     File Snooper was written for several reasons. One was the fact that I
was sick and tired of booting up AppleWorks just to look at a text file or
two. Another reason was that I like writing programs.
     File Snooper (FS) was written in ZBasic and requires 128K and
mousetext characters. So, a IIc, an enhanced IIe or a IIGS should have no
problems running it. I only have a IIc, however, so testing for bugs has
not been intensive. It shouldn't crash on you, but if you try to read a
file or subdirectory that is corrupt, it won't tell you that. It'll just
give you a nice, polite notice topress a key. Real error messages? In
version 2.0...if it ever shows up.
     Using FS is very simple. Since it's a SYS type file you can put it
(and its 3 associated files (more on those later)) on a disk with ProDOS 8
and you'll have a nice bootable FS disk. Or, you can use the 'smart run'
command from BASIC to get it going.
     Once it's up and running, it'll do an on_line call to see what storage
devices are accessable. It will list the volume slots, drives, and names in
a little box on the screen. Next to the first device will be a little check
mark (I LOVE mousetext!). Use the up and down arrows to move the check mark
next tothe volume you want to access. Then hit <RETURN>. Also from the Main
Menu, you can hit <ESCAPE> to re-do the on_line call (in case you need to
swap disks) or you can hit Open Apple-Q to quit the program. It quits into
the ProDOS quit code.
     Once you have chosen a volume, it'll give you a list of the first 60
files in the root directory. What? You say you have more than 60 files in
there? No, not in the root. You have a limit there of 51 files. But, you
say, what about subdirectories? Yes, you could have more than 60 files in a
subdirectory, but if so, shame on you. Take some time and organize your
stuff a little better. Geez! Stack up a few more subdirectories.
     Gosh, here in the file listing is our old friend the check mark. Yep,
use the arrow keys to move him up and down the listing until you get to the
file of your choice. Then hit <RETURN>. If the file you chose was actually
a subdirectory, you'll then get a listing of those files.
     Once you have chosen a file, you'll have the opportunity to send the
listing to the screen or the printer. Screen is the default, so you can
just hit<RETURN>. The file you wanted to 'snoop' will now be available for
you to look at. If you decided to list to the screen and see something in
the file you would like a hard copy of, just hit a key to pause the
listing, and then press Open Apple-H to get a screen dump. Voila! Thank you
Apple Tech Notes.
     While the file is listing, you can hit a key to pause, and hit a key
again to continue. Hitting <ESCAPE> will abort the listing and let you
choose another file to snoop.
     To use FS you will need four files on your disk; SNOOPER.SYSTEM,
RT.MAIN.OBJ1, RT.AUX.OBJ0, and RT.AUX.OBJ1. The last three files are the
library modules that ZBasic needs.
     If you have any questions, comments, bug reports (gulp!), etc., you
can reach me on GEnie [JJENNINGS] or by calling The Og Board at (907)
344-0459. I'm the Sysop and the BBS is up 24 hours/7 days...300/1200.

Jay Jennings
The Extar Group