Swiss File Knife Files

Major Update.
Read the changelist for details.

Zip File Contents:

1. Binaries of Swiss File Knife Base, the multi function command line tool
   for Windows (XP to 10), Intel Linux (current and old releases),
   Apple Macintosh (i686 and PPC) and ARM systems like Raspberry Pi.

2. Sourcecode and build scripts of SFK Base,
   allowing compilation under Windows and Linux.

3. Some documentation, example and test files.

If you are in a hurry and want only a single executable,

-  download any of these files:

   sfk.exe              Swiss File Knife for Windows (32/64 bits).
   sfkx64.exe           SFK x64 for 64 bit Windows only (OSE build).
   sfk-linux.exe        SFK for 32 bits Intel Linux, like Ubuntu.
   sfk-linux-64.exe     SFK for 64 bits Intel Linux, like Ubuntu 64.
   sfk-linux-lib5.exe   SFK for older   Intel Linux, like DSL.
   sfk-mac-i686.exe     SFK for current Intel based Macs.
   sfk-mac-ppc.exe      SFK for older   PowerPC Macs.
   sfk-arm.exe          SFK for ARM systems like Raspberry Pi.
   sfktray-set-up.exe   The SFKTray Status Display Tool for Windows,
                        Freeware edition, for use with sfk status.

you may use

1) automatic setup (Windows only):

-  double click on the downloaded sfk.exe.
   on Windows 10 you may have to confirm 
   a security dialogue to let it start.
   setup does NOT require administrator rights.

-  a command line window opens.
   press 1, then enter to close.
   
-  search the new "sfk shell" desktop icon.
   double click to open a command line
   which contains the sfk command.

or

2) manual setup:

-  open a terminal or command line window (CMD.EXE).

-  cd into your download folder.

-  Windows: rename the .exe to sfk.exe,
   copy it to an easy folder like C:\tools.
   extend the command search path by:
      SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\tools
   now you can use the 'sfk' command.

-  Linux/Mac: rename the .exe to just "sfk" like:
      mv sfk-mac-i686.exe sfk
   then make it executable by:
      chmod +x sfk
   and finally type:
      ./sfk

if you have no unzip tool, or in a wrong version,
you may download unzip for the command line from
http://stahlworks.com/dev/index.php?tool=zipunzip

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the released files are no longer replaced on updates, 
and can be safely linked by package managers.

old folders from which no files are ever downloaded
may be cleaned up after a while.

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Initial Release:
-  rel: 08.02.2020, Major Update
-  sum: important bugfixes for file selection.
        improved help for general options.
        improved web server and scripting.
-  FIX: multi directory file selection using
         -dir ... -subdir ... -dir ... [-file]
        selected far too few files, or stopped
        with an error if another -file was given.
        check your scripts for this combination.
-  FIX: crash on some -dir -subdir usages in two
        subsequent chain commands.
-  chg: httpserv: improved page layout with
        more compact file list output.
        added option -wide for old format.
-  add: script: system variables
        sys.ownscript.name
        sys.ownscript.text
        to get the filename and text data
        of the current running script.
-  add: crccheck -sane to skip files which are
        newer than the crc list.
-  fix: option -fileset stopped the command chain,
        following commands like +filter were ignored.
-  chg: select: can now use a list of filenames
        given by -flist.
-  chg: xfind: now accepts filenames produced by
        a previous command (just as extract and
        xhexfind already did), allowing to run
        a nested search.
-  chg: ascii: alignment of first hex codes,
        change of headline text.
-  chg: sfk web: download limit default size
        increased from 30 to 100 mb.
-  doc: full rework of sfk help options.
-  doc: select, zip: -flist examples.
-  doc: stat: option -flist.
-  doc: xfind: how to run a nested search with
        xfind -names ... +xfind.
-  doc: xfind: how to get result text and filename
        within the same line.
-  doc: xfind: example how to search a mail inbox.
-  add: support for zip extension .jmod