Your programs do not include source code, so I can't tell how your program is checking to see what packages need updating. However, if it helps you, you may use lsm-export to do some of the work for you. Or to at least query the Software List on the FreeDOS website. You can use lsm-export in three ways:
1. Called without parameters, it returns a list of software categories: http://www.freedos.org/cgi-bin/lsm-export.cgi base boot devel edit gui net sound util 2. You can use cat= to request a list of packages associated with a specific category: http://www.freedos.org/cgi-bin/lsm-export.cgi?cat=base append assign attrib chkdsk choice command comp country cpidos cutemouse debug [...] 3. You can use prog= to request the details (in LSM3 format) of a specific package: http://www.freedos.org/cgi-bin/lsm-export.cgi?prog=kernel Begin3 Title: kernel Version: 2041 Entered-date: 2012-03-19 Description: The FreeDOS kernel, based upon DOS-C by Pat Villani. Keywords: kernel, freedos, dos, msdos Author: patv _AT_ monmouth.com Maintained-by: freedos-kernel _AT_ lists.sourceforge.net Primary-site: http://freedos.sourceforge.net/kernel/ Alternate-site: http://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freedos/kernel/ Original-site: http://www.gcfl.net/pub/FreeDOS/kernel Platforms: DOS, FreeDOS, DOSEMU (OpenWatcom C or Turbo C, NASM, UPX) Copying-policy: GNU General Public License, version 2 End Hope that helps. jh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
