Replicator 11.6 build: 9639 released: 2015-03-10 compiled with: Java 1.8.0_131 Client side of The Replicator. Copyright: (c) 2003-2017 Canadian Mind Products. signed Java Web Start application. Download from: http://mindprod.com/products1.html#REPLICATOR View formatted HTML Manual online at: http://mindprod.com/webstart/replicator.manual.html View HTML to run this program online at: http://mindprod.com/webstart/replicator.html ---- Notes: You must install the Java JRE to use this program. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss/jre.html This program requires a manual install! See below. I put out an avalanche of free software into the world, and submit PAD files to hundreds of distribution sites, but I rarely hear back from anyone. What's happening? Does it all just work fine? It is so complicated nobody can figure out how to use it and they give up on it? It is it useful? Since everyone has the source, do people just fix the programs to their liking themselves? Did you have trouble installing? Do I presume you know too much? I would be happy to hear from you about your experiences, positive or negative and your requests for improvements. A one-line email to roedy@mindprod.com would be great. ===> Free <=== Full source included. You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute. May be used freely for any purpose but military. For more details on this restriction, see http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications, your app too must be labelled non-military use only. http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html All Java jars and source code are included. If you need the class files or Javadoc, you will have to build them yourself. To streamline the zip downloads, class files and Javadoc have been removed. ---- Prerequisites: This program runs under any OS that supports Java, (e.g.W2K/XP/W2003/Vista/W2008/W7-32/W7-64/W8-32/W8-64/Linux/LinuxARM/LinuxX86 /LinuxX64/Ubuntu/Solaris/SolarisSPARC/SolarisSPARC64/SolarisX86/SolarisX64/OSX/AIX...) so long as you have <><> Java version 1.8 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java). See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details. ---- Installing on a PC: Download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as a Java Web Start application. First install a recent Java JDK or JVM. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html. To install, extract the zip download with WinZip (or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please, often J:\ -- ticking off the use folder names option. To run the JWS application, modify the jnlp file to look in the right place for its files, then type: javaws J:\com\mindprod\replicator\replicator.jnlp adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is. ---- Installing on a MacIntosh: Use Safari to download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as a Java Web Start application. Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5) [or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)]. First install a recent Java JDK or JVM. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html. You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home. To run the JWS application, modify the jnlp file to look in the right place for its files, then in a bash shell type: open Terminal.app cd ~/Desktop javaws.exe com/mindprod/replicator/replicator.jnlp adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility. In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen. If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages. ---- Rebuilding: The zip already contains the necessary jar files, so unless you modify the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar. Configure.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are. Configure.java your certificate name with environment SET cert=mindprodcert2017rsa Configure.java your certificate password with environment SET jarsignerpassword=sesame Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar. ---- Use: The Replicator lets you distribute large numbers of files to many people efficiently. The software automatically downloads just the changed files and deletes ones no longer part of the distribution. Unlike other similar tools, all it requires is an ordinary HTTP website. It requires no code to run on the server. It can also work with CDs, and LANs. Custom configured for each customer. Not free. Registration includes help in setting up the configuration file. See http://mindprod.com/webstarts/replicatormanual.html to read how it works. See http://mindprod.com/webstarts/replicator.html to see it in action to download the Mindprod.com site and keep it up to date. Why the spectrograph rainbow spectrum? Darned if I can remember. Perhaps the lines just represent the various files it distributes. ---- Version History: 7.2 2006-02-11 add RETIREMENT property to delay deleting old zips. 7.3 2006-03-05 reformat with IntelliJ and add Javadoc 7.4 2007-05-30 7.5 2007-07-16 IntelliJ inspector. 7.6 2007-07-17 refactor to use use enums, for:each, pass IntelliJ Inspector. 7.7 2007-07-20 compress manifests 7.8 2007-07-23 debugging logs, extra validations. 7.9 2007-07-23 new way to do zip retires to avoid out-of-order bug. 8.0 2007-07-28 fix log so works on virgin machines. 8.1 2007-07-29 Remove Windows centric code. 8.2 2007-07-30 properties file specified on the command line. 8.3 2007-08-04 Use new version of FileTransfer with timeouts, more efficient CPU use, etc. 8.4 2007-08-18 merged clump, move fileLength to FD for verify. sender and receiver to make it work properly on Ubuntu. More efficient unpacking of zips, bypassing work it has done previously. 8.5 2007-09-02 better stats, can hit verify during download, more spacious layout. 8.6 2007-09-13 reduced frequency of zip repacking 8.7 2007-09-18 Fix zip order when deletions 8.8 2007-09-20 flip to JDK 1.6 8.9 2007-09-22 now handles files that change length without changing date. 9.0 2007-09-23 retirement time now specified in minutes rather than hours. 9.1 2007-10-28 fix bug to ensure gui state persisted. 9.2 2007-12-24 display range of times for retired. 9.3 2008-01-07 emaciate and delete files in the same replicatorSender run. 9.4 2008-01-28 calculate percentage of deadwood more conservatively 9.5 2008-02-08 better error message if can't create dirs, tool tip help. 9.6 2008-02-22 display computed lag and retirement timestamps 9.7 2008-03-20 only unpack new files, not the entire zip. 9.8 2008-03-28 fine tune generated JNLP 9.9 2008-04-09 compact zips under tighter rules immediately after LAG days. 10.0 2008-08-10 extend timeouts to be more patient with network congestion. 10.1 2009-01-23 fix harmless bug in saving the internal state 10.2 2009-04-03 tidy up code to check presence of necessary files to make it more WORA. 10.3 2009-05-03 localise log output file with Localise and PrintWriterPortable 10.4 2009-08-08 add RECOVER, HIGHEST_ACCEPTABLE_EXIT_CODE, MAX_UPLOAD_TRIES config parms. 10.5 2011-04-22 fully automate StartOver.bat, so no additional copies are needed. 10.6 2011-07-30 add support for Java 1.7 10.7 2011-08-05 add packing statistics 10.8 2011-09-08 sort packing statistics, avoiding voids. 10.9 2011-09-14 base stats on clumping, and stats on newest repackaged. 11.0 2011-12-22 update the JNLP 11.1 2012-03-15 serialise arrays instead of ArrayLists. Correct docs on how LAG works. 11.2 2012-05-12 more consistent use of empty timestamp markers. Should make more compact uploads. 11.3 2012-05-13 further more consistent use of empty markers. 11.4 2014-04-06 bypass Oracle dropping support for JNLP properties. 11.5 2014-08-19 modify SortedArrayList to account for JDK 1.8.0_20s fobbing Collections.sort on ArrayList.sort. 11.6 2015-03-10 sign the jar. -30-