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                                   SCAN v1.0
                        Copyright(c) 1999  Solomon Reich

                           FILE SCAN utility:

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Disclaimer
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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. 

THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, I DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR 
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT, AND TO ANY REMEDY AGAINST MYSELF 
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, DELICT, QUASI-DELICT OR OTHERWISE. 

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL I BE LIABLE 
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR 
LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, 
OR INFORMATION ACCOMPANYING IT, EVEN IF I HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY  THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS EXCLUSION INCLUDES ANY LIABILITY THAT MAY
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What is SCAN?
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SCAN only displays the ASCII portion of a disk file. It ignores ASCII
sequences of less than <Number> of characters. The Default Number is 4.
USAGE: SCAN <filename> <Number>.

E.g if you wanted to see all the ASCII sequences of at least 7 letters that
are contained in a "File.exe", you would type  "scan file.exe 7" and all the
ASCII sequences are displayed one to a line. If you just type "Scan file.exe"
then all the ASCII sequences of 4 and larger will be displayed. This utility
can be quite useful as very often you can learn more about a program when
you see all the potential messages it can display.


AUTHOR'S CONTACT DETAILS

Any feedback can be sent to duncannon.finan@virgin.net. There is a 5/5$
charge for requests for the 'C' source code.

Solomon Reich
