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- UTILS.DOC - Utility program documentation for OzCIS 1.0
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-
-
- (Note: in the "Syntax" entries below, a command line parameter
- surrounded by curly braces {} is considered an optional parameter,
- while those surrounded by square brackets [] is considered a
- required parameter.)
-
-
- OZLOG
-
- OzLOG is a utility to parse a OzCIS activity log and display a
- report on online access times and connect charges.
-
- OzLOG is a very basic tool; it only has knowledge of how much time
- was spent online and what connect charge rates you have provided
- it. It does *not* know what services are surcharged, what services
- are free, whether you are a Basic Services or Extended Services
- subscriber, Executive Option user, etc. While its online time
- reports are accurate, you should not consider its costs reports to be
- anything more than a approximation - for accurate billing
- information, "GO BILL" while online.
-
- Syntax:
- OZLOG {log file name} {/R}
-
- Operation:
- If no log file name is provided, OZLOG assumes the current month's
- log in the current directory; if you want a past month's report or
- your log files exist in a different subdirectory, you must provide
- the full path name to the file. (OzCIS activity logs are named
- MMM-YY.LOG, where MMM is the month (such as MAR for March) and YY
- is the last two digits of the year.) OzLOG should be stored in
- and run from the same directory as OzCIS itself, as it needs
- access to the HOSTS.DB and OZCIS.RAT files. If the /R switch is
- used, OzLOG doesn't process any log file; instead it allows you to
- create or edit the rates information it will use. You can have
- the report sent to a file or the printer using normal DOS
- redirection (adding ">PRN" to the end of the command line to send
- the report to the printer, for example.)
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- CVTADDR
-
- CVTADDR is a utility to convert a TAPCIS 5.2 or later format address
- book file (USERID.CIS) to OzCIS format. This program can save you a
- substantial amount of time when converting from TAPCIS to OzCIS.
-
- CVTADDR will normally convert all USERID.CIS entries to OzCIS format
- properly. However, there are many possible combinations and types
- of address information, so I cannot guarantee 100% conversion. The
- OzCIS ADDRBOOK.DB information is stored as a text file, loadable
- into any text editor (such as the General Editor in OzCIS itself),
- so it is a good idea to review the file in an editor after
- processing and correct any potential incomplete entry conversions.
- The format of the ADDRBOOK.DB file is discussed in the CISMAIL.DOC
- file in the main OzCIS documentation.
-
- Syntax:
- CVTADDR {no parameters}
-
- Operation:
- Run CVTADDR in the directory where the USERID.CIS file is stored.
- A new ADDRBOOK.DB file will be created in that same directory. If
- an ADDRBOOK.DB file already exists in that directory, the newly
- converted entries will be appended to it.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- SORTADDR
-
- SORTADDR sorts your address book alphabetically. If the "Name"
- field in the address entry contains a recognizable name format such
- as "Tom Smith", sorting will be on last name, otherwise sorting will
- be on the name as a whole.
-
- Syntax:
- SORTADDR {addrbook file path}
-
- Operation:
- If no name is provided on the command line, SORTADDR assumes the
- current directory holds ADDRBOOK.DB. If ADDRBOOK.DB is found, it
- is sorted on the listed criteria.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- CATSPLIT
-
- CATSPLIT takes a long-format catalog file that contains the listings
- for multiple libraries in one forum (such as the full catalog files
- many forums provide) and splits it into the separate by-library
- files OzCIS expects.
-
- Syntax:
- CATSPLIT [catalog file]
-
- Operation:
- CATSPLIT takes the file provided and splits it as outlined above.
- The catalog file name must be provided, including extension. It
- assumes that the name part of the filename provided is the same as
- the OzCIS "GO word" for the forum (i.e., IBMCOM.CAT for the IBMCOM
- forum.) CATSPLIT creates separate files with the OzCIS-format
- .Lxx extension. If files of that name exist they are overwritten.
- The original catalog file is left intact.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- RECONVRT
-
- RECONVRT converts a Recon/TapCis-format .SND outbox file (messages
- waiting to be sent online) to OzCIS' .REP format. This allows Recon
- to be used with OzCIS. See MISC.DOC in the OzCIS main documentation
- for details on using Recon and TappeT with OzCIS.
-
- Syntax:
- RECONVRT [input path{.SND}] {output path}
-
- Operation:
- If no output path is provided, RECONVRT uses the same filename as
- the input path with an extension of .REP.
-
- Note:
- Also included here is a special parameters file for Recon called
- PARAMS.OZ. You must edit this file in a text editor to insert
- your name, PPN and path before using Recon.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- OZGIF
-
- OzGIF is a small stand-along GIF file display tool. It is provided
- for those users that do not have an offline GIF display program and
- who want to be able to view GIF images downloaded or captured from
- CIS.
-
- OzGIF is a very simple tool, displaying a single file named on the
- command line. There is a large number of offline GIF display tools
- available in the PICS forum and elsewhere on the Service that provide
- many enhancements over OzGIF, such as "slide show" presentation of
- multiple images, resizing and modifying images, conversion to/from
- other formats such as Windows BMP or PCX. If you plan on doing much
- GIF viewing, I strongly recommend you aquire one of those viewers.
-
- For details on using OzGIF from within OzCIS, see the MISC.DOC file.
-
- Syntax:
- OZGIF [GIF filename]
-
- Operation:
- Displays the specified GIF file.
-
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