Tabin 5.3 build: 9470 released: 2009-03-11

Collapses spaces to tabs in a text file..

Copyright: (c) 2012 Canadian Mind Products.

C command line utility.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products3.html#TABIN

===> 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 labeled non-military use only.
All C source and EXE files code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under Microsoft Windows from the command line (e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista)

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and executable files to run on your own machine as a standalone utility.
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.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and executable files to run on your own machine as a standalone utility.
The EXE files will not work. You will have to recompile, perhaps making minor changes to the source code.
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.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary exe, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or recompile it.
Configure.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are and tweak rebuild.xml.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to rebuild and link.

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Use:

TABIN Converts spaces to tabs in an ASCII text file

Usage:
TABIN.exe  Myfile.txt

Assumes tab stops are 8 columns apart. Don't use it on word
processor files.  C source included. Copyrighted by Canadian
Mind Products.  May be freely distributed and used for any
purpose except military. It has been rewritten in C from
Pascal for extra speed.  Users of previous versions should
take care to delete the old TABIN.COM.  The new version is
an EXE file.


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Version History:

 5.0 1996-10-25 embed Quathiaski address.
                convert to C from Pascal
                new algorithm without max line length

 5.1 1998-11-08 embed Barker address

 5.2 2008-02-03 convert from DOS to Windows to handle long file names
                use safe character library
                POSIX compliant
                display banner on all errors

 5.3 2009-03-11 add ANT build script

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