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The FBBLOG.EXE program is intended to automate the filing of traffic reports
to the collector stations who tabulate this data for the ARRL.
This program is intended to run with the F6FBB software, and has been
tested with F6FBB release 5.15.
This software was written with the idea that as little as possible needs
to be done by the SYSOP to install and operate.
The installation is fairly simple.
1. Place the FBBLOG.EXE program into the same directory as your INIT.SRV
file. This is usually c:\FBB.
2. Add the following line to your APPEL.BAT file found in the directory
c:\FBB\BIN. FBBLOG xxxxxx xxxxxx = the call of the collector station
you send your traffic reports to.
3. Ensure that in your path statement you have given a path to the directory
where INIT.SRV and FBBLOG.EXE are found. Usually this is C:\FBB.
That's all there is to it. FBBLOG will tabulate your statistics for traffic
handling on the 1st of every month, and send them to the call you have
identified.
Some information you may want to be aware of:
1. FBBLOG will run every time your system run EPURMESS which is also in your
APPEL.BAT file. If for some reason it is run more than once on the 1st
day of the month, you will generate more than one report. They will both
be exactly the same.
2. If you have more than one BBS with the same call, FBBLOG uses the SSID
as an additional field to identify the BBS. This ensures that reports
from all the BBS's are sent to the collector station.
3. The log files that are scanned are displayed on the console when FBBLOG.EXE
is running. As you know F6FBB software generates a log file for each week
of the year. Presently the name is FBBLOG.xx where xx = a number of the
week this log file is for. FBBLOG.EXE scans all the log files that could
possible have information for the month it is tabulating data for, and in
no way alters these files. It is important you do not erase any of these
files or remove them from their directory until after you are sure the
reports have been run. These files are usually very large, so you may
wish to maintain only the last 10-15 weeks on your hard disk.
4. FBBLOG.EXE uses INIT.SRV to find all the information it needs.
5. FBBLOG.EXE makes the assumption that you are running the white pages in
your BBS, so you should not enter the HROUTE or the @ BBS of the call you
are sending your reports to. The F6FBB BBS software will take care of this
when the message is imported.
6. FBBLOG.EXE opens the MAIL.IN file in "APPEND" mode so it is completely
well behaved in operating with all other programs you may be running in
your system.
7. FBBLOG.EXE is copywrite software, but you are free to distribute it to the
amateur community.