How to use scripting to build catalog?

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binocular222
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How to use scripting to build catalog?

Post by binocular222 »

What can scripting do to build a catalog?
I only found "catalogload", which merely include/load an existing one.
I'm a casual coder using AHK language. All of my xys scripts:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 243#p82488

Filehero
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Re: How to use scripting to build catalog?

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+1

Want to know that too.

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Re: How to use scripting to build catalog?

Post by bdeshi »

Yeah, since there's already catalogreport() which can be used to return catalog in plaintext, there could be a... catalogset() for example.
Aside from that,
the catalog dat file is in a complex binary format not intended for mere humans to understand. But Don has plans to relocate it to readability. http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 27#p115625
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