
                                   Star Tape



  This program was designed to create tape  images  by  collecting  PC64  file
images into them. It does not handle relative files since I  have  never  seen
one. Star Tape is an  external  utility  of  The Star Commander  but  is  also
distributed separately.



  1. Usage

  STARTAPE <filename>|@<listname> <tapename>

  <filename>:

  Type the path and the mask of the source files here. You can  use  wildcards
to process multiple file images and you can use long filenames, too.

  <listname>:

  If you have the list of the source files in a file, then type the path,  the
name and the extension of the list file here. Note that  you  have  to  use  a
short filename and prepend the "@" symbol to it.

  <tapename>:

  Type the path and the name of the tape image here  (the  extension  of  tape
images is always ".t64"). The directory of  the  tape  image  will  have  just
enough entries to hold all the converted files. You can use long filenames.



  2. Error messages

  - FILENAME.EXT not found
    The file does not exist.

  - Cannot create FILENAME.EXT
    The file could not be created for some reason.

  - Too many files
    You may only convert a maximum of 499 files into a tape image.

  - FILENAME.EXT has an invalid header
    The usual header of file images was not found in the file.



  3. Copyright and legal issues

  This program is freeware. You may use it as long as you  wish  and  you  may
give it to any individual, provided that  it's  in  the  original,  unmodified
archive. It is highly recommended that you download distribution packages from
the homepage or other official distribution sites. If you get a  package  from
somewhere else then make sure that the  package  has  the  author's  authentic
verification stamped on it.

  The source of this program is distributed under a license that is similar to
the GNU Public License but is more restrictive,  for  the  protection  of  the
users and the author. You may  distribute  only  those  modified  versions  or
derived softwares that satisfy all  restrictions  in  the  license.  When  you
distribute this program, modified versions of it or softwares derived from it,
you may not ask for money above the  normal  fee  of  the  distribution  media
itself. Furthermore, you may not publish this program or its source on  floppy
disks, CD-ROM's, FTP sites, WWW pages or any other distribution media, include
it in a software compilation or bundle it  with  other  software  or  hardware
without prior permission of the author.

  Note that public distribution of  the  beta  releases  of  this  program  is
prohibited. The only place where you can find them is the homepage.

  This program is provided "as is", without a warranty of any  kind.  You  are
using it at your own risk. The author is not liable for  any  damage  or  data
loss caused by the software.



  4. The author

  If you're interested in some similarly useful utilities then contact  me  at
the E-mail address sta@c64.org or visit my homepage at http://sta.c64.org.

  Joe Forster/STA
  11th January, 2010
