940912 BaseManager V3.55 for use with BBSRead Release 2.0. Copyright © 1994 Ultima Thule Software, All Rights Reserved. Author: Eivind Nordseth BaseManager is the tool to use when you experience trouble with your database. It also contains routines to update older revisions of the database. BaseManager is located in the <Thor:>bin/ directory, and it has the following parameters/flags: VALIDATE, SALVAGE and CONVERT. VALIDATE ~~~~~~~~ Sets the validate flag for a bbs. To set the validate flag for all bbses use "ALL" as bbs name. Use this when you have trouble adding events or messages. SALVAGE (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET FOR V3) ~~~~~~~ CONVERT ~~~~~~~ Convert older versions of the bbsread.library database to the format used by bbsread.library V3. All not-deleted information in the database will be converted. Normaly will all messages have the same message number in the converted database as in the old one. The same counts for events to. Only users with current messages to or from them will be added to the new user database. BaseManager is normaly executed with the CONVERT switch by the Installer script. The convertion of the database can be done /by/ /hand/ by by executing BaseManager with the CONVERT switch. After the convertion must you update the bbstype configuration. This is done by executing the cfg#? scripts in the s-directory in Thor's home directory. Since the converted database takes some more storage place (due to speed optimized storage) you must be sure to have *at* *least* 0.5 of the database size as free space available on the disk. (The storage space used can later be reduzed by using the xpk packing option.) Remeber to take a backup before using the CONVERT switch. HINTS & TIPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Always* take a backup of the data before using BaseManager with the SALVAGE or CONVERT switch..
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