Author: Thomas L. Ensminger 543 Hillridge Drive Fairborn, Ohio, 45324 DATA - [513] 879-6263 3/12/24 24hrs Copyright: The BASIC programs are copyrighted 1987 by Thomas L. Ensminger. They may be copied and even modified freely for personal use but may not be sold or distributed for a fee either alone or as part of a package without the written consent of the author. Programs: An assembly of programs to allow an on-line display of the systems MAST.LST file with input from the DISK.DIR file in association with KMD.LOG data. All programs are provided as MBASIC source but will compile with BASCOM. FILCAT.BAS - Filters the MAST.LST by filename extension. LBRCAT.BAS - Filters the MAST.LST for ARK,ARC, or LBR only. OLCAT .BAS - Produces an on-line catalog from the MAST.LST and SDnnn DISK.DIR file. PUBKMD.BAS - Produces an on-line reference of files and users who have downloaded them for user query. Included: MSORT .COM - Alphabetically sorts the outputs of the OLCAT and PUBKMD programs for quick retrieval by the modified FML.COM (included) and other uses. FMLPT .COM - Modification of Paul Foote's FML program for string search of the PUBTOOL output products. Purpose: There are many tools for RCP/Ms to allow on-line research of libraries and archives. However, there are very few such tools for research of the system's off-line catalog or of any helpful data which may be contained in the KMD.LOG. As a result many many questions are directed to the sysop which could easily be answered by an on-line query of these databases. There are many reasons why the MAST.LST or the KMD.LOG are not normally place on-line. The PUBTOOL programs allow the filtering of these data to a managable size and of suitable confidentiality and still allow an extra use for these normally unseen files as well as reduce sysop or "anybody" type queries about a particular program or set of programs.