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                        Find Mirc for Linux
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This is the ported version of Find Mirc for Linux. Enclosed is a 32bit (and 64
bit) version that requires glibc, so it should run on almost any modern
distribution! In the past we even provided an ARM version for the Raspberry PI
platform.



We have tested it under
  SUSE Linux 6.4, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 10u1;
  SUSE SLES 10 (SP1-SP4), SLES 11 (GA, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4),
       SLES 12 (GA, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP5), SLES 15 (GA, SP1, SP2)
  openSUSE  10.3, 11.0, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 42.1, 42.2
  openSUSE Leap 15.0, 15.1, 15.2
  Ubuntu 5.04, 5.10, 6.06LTS, 6.10, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04LTS, 8.10,
         9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04
         11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 14.04, 16.04, 17.04, 18.04, 20.04
  Debian 3.0.4, 3.1.6, 4.0.7, 5.0.4, 6.0.7, 7.0-7.11, 8.0-8.8, 9.0-9.7, 10.4
  Linux Mint 16, 17, 18, 19

This version works very well and very fast compared to the win32/dos version.
The Linux version is even faster under VMware than the win32 version on the same
host without the VMware emulator! We have tested F_Mirc additionally against a
big Samba share mounted via NFS from a HP-UX host and on a Samba Share on a
Debian Intel box...

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Some things to know:

- Options MUST start with a minus sign, all options starting with a slash are
treated as a directory.

- You can set (export) options just the same way that is supported under DOS.
See documentation of e.g. RHBVS or VSP for explanation. In short

        export f_mirc=-all -del         # sets: all files and delete viruses
        f_mirc /samba -del-             # scans /samba and unsets -del

- virscan.irc, virscan.wsm & virscan.trj (file name in lower cases) must be in
the same directory f_mirc resides. Rename them e.g. with u2ldir.sh if in upper
case.

- aborting with the ESC key works and is better than killing (no dedicated
signal handler implemented).

- you must be root to use f_mirc fully

- Hint for the -list= option:  ls *.exe > file.txt or find . > file.txt

It doesn't matter if your list file has DOS carriage returns and line feeds.
The list option seems not to work under Knoppix!

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This is a beta version of F_Mirc.

Currently know bugs:

- goes into a recursive infinitive loop somewhere on /etc/rc.config.d
  FIXED?! Fixed


Feedback is welcome via rose_swe@hotmail.com or instant messenger, see
ROSEBBS.TXT for details.

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Depending on the released archive you may find enclosed the incomplete source
code/object code for the Linux port. If you want to recompile it using FPC
2.x (Free Pascal Compiler) contact me for the full source code. In the
case of enhancements please also contact me.

NOTE: The 1.9.x fpc stream is buggy and can not be used to compile f_mirc!
Currently we use fpc 2.6.x and 3.2.x on openSUSE/Ubuntu/Debian to compile the
Linux versions.

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