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FASTLST
Changes and Additions
1.20 - WARNING: FastLst v 1.20 is NOT a "Drop In" replacement
for previous versions; you MUST modify the config file
following the comments in it before using this version.
- In order to make available new powerful options without
using clumsy syntax and risking subtle side effects and
strange interactions, some obsolete features have been
dropped and the methods to specify the files to be
compiled have been modified.
- FastLst is faster than ever: on my system and with my
configuration, the OS/2 version is about 25% faster
than v 1.16.
If you time it, be aware that the OS/2 version optimizes
memory allocation (and speed) basing on the needs of the
previous compilation, so it is usually a bit slower on
the first run with a new cfg.
- The ancient "Version6" nodelist support has been
dropped. However the sometime-useful fidouser.lst is
still available.
- The "MergeList" and "Kill999" options have been dropped.
With version7 you can simply compile segments after the
full list, since updated entries are put in the indexes
in the place of old ones.
- Added support for compiling multiple V7 nodelists
with different output names.
- Added support for automatic decompression of
nodelists and nodediffs: no more complex batch files.
- Now FastLst compiles an output nodelist only if some
of its input lists are new: the -f command line switch
has been added to force compilation.
- Pay Attention: version 1.14 introduced a new behaviour
in generating V7 indexes to circumvent a bug in
Binkley 2.50 V7 search function.
Now Binkley 2.58 should have fixed the bug, so
FastLst goes back to the "correct" V7 index.
A new cfg option has been added to keep using the
"bug-circumvent" index form: see "V7BugFix" in the
example config file.
*******************************************************
* If you are using an older Binkley or some program *
* that have got inspiration from Binkley 2.50 sources,*
* you could experience "address not found" problems, *
* unless you explicitly activate the "V7BugFix" *
* option in fastlst.cfg. *
*******************************************************
- The "KillOld" and "AutoErase" verbs have been dropped.
Old nodelist and nodediff files are always erased.
You can control how many archived files are to be kept
via the new archive processing verbs.
- The -o -s -l -g -m -p -b command line switches have
been dropped since they are now useless.
- The "include" cfg keyword and the -i command line
switch have been dropped.
You can still include lists of passwords in a separate
file via the "PasswordFile" cfg keyword, that allows
to optionally omit the "Password" keyword in front of
each password specification.
- Due to the frequent misunderstanding of the real meaning
and function of the "Address" config option, I have
decided to drop it.
These days it is not much useful (in a nodelist
compiler), since many systems have various different
addresses and we are used to write addresses in the full
4D format to avoid ambiguities.
In the various config options that require an address
or a part of it, you now need to specify all the
required fields, always starting with the zone number:
no assumption is made on your zone/net/node.
- The obsolete "MaxBaud" and "Baud" verb have been dropped.
Should you use an old 2400 non error-correcting
modem that needs equal DTE and DCE rates, make sure
your front-end is configured to dial using its own
max baud rate instead of the baud rate reported by
the nodelist for the callee (AutoBaud in Binkley.cfg).
- The "Country" and "UCost" verbs have been dropped,
the "Dial" and "Cost" tables have been slightly modified
to specify domestic and international defaults in a more
coherent manner and to include "UCost" info.
- The "TypeExact" verb has been substituted by the
complementary "BitType" option.
Thus the default is now the "Exact Type" used by
Binkley 2.55 and newer.
- The "TypeCost" verb has been dropped.
It was used to differentiate CallCost basing on
modem type. This way, in a multi-line environment,
you could make each line call the appropriate modem
types.
To achieve the same goal, please use the front-end
dial string selection options (ModemTrans in Binkley).
- The totally useless "Name" and "Comments" options
have been dropped.
- The "Gated" config option has been dropped and the
"GateAddr", "GateCoord" verbs have been replaced by
"IncAddr", "ExcAddr", "IncCoord".
- The "Interlist" config option has been dropped.
It is substituted by the "IncSysOp" verb.
- The "Type" and "CM" keywords have been dropped.
Their functions are more cleanly implemented via
the "NodeFlags" verb.
- The "TypeDef" statement has been modified to a "table"
form, for better coherency.
- The addresses in Fidouser.Lst now always have the
heading zone number, even if it is the same as yours.
- Fixed little bug that could cause some cfg keywords
not to be recognized unless followed by a comment
1.16 - Fixed bug in the Register routine that caused
some keys not to work (1 every 256).
1.15 - Some programs skip the first entry in V6 nodelist,
assuming it is a dummy entry that contains the version
number of the nodelist. These programs could loose
the "zone number" of the first zone compiled, thus
assuming zone 0.
Now FastLst puts the "version ID" entry at the start
of nodelist V6.
1.14 - Some programs do not correctly read V7 indexes when
an empty node appears (This happens when a key has no
greater keys in the lower index level, so that it points
to an empty node).
Sometimes these programs could not find part of the
V7 nodelist entries.
Now FastLst adds a dummy duplicate key to avoid the problem.
- New "Node,<address>,..." keyword to allow
straightforwad addition of nodes without the need for
Zone and Host lines.
- Removed the Point flag in the output nodelist for
point 0 entries (after the "Boss,..." keyword).
1.13 - When a totally empty line was found in a nodelist
file a strange undesired nodelist entry was compiled.
It was not a bug since FTS-0005 does not allow
empty nodelist lines, however it has been fixed
to avoid problems with private manually written
nodelist segments.
- The .DOC now reports an "undocumented" feature:
when using the "Boss,<address>" method for pointlists,
you can also use the point #0 to easily add the Boss
entry, if useful.
1.12 - In the case of SysOps of multiple nodes, all the
Name/Address couples are now put in the SysOp
lists (fidouser.lst and sysop.ndx).
This new behaviour allows to use the great "address
choice" feature of TimEd (excellent Dos/OS2 message
editor by Gerard van Essen 2:281/527).
- New behaviour of "SysDup" option: since now all the
name-duplicate sysop entries are kept by default,
SysDup allows to keep (for a particular sysop name)
only the entry with one of the specified addresses.
- Many internal changes, not visible to users: if you
find out a new unexpected behaviour, please let me
know.
- Removed redundant empty lines in nodelist.prn and
nodelist.txt after comment lines.
1.11 - CRC is now checked on all nodelist files that have
the expected CRC on the first line (previously it
was checked when applying nodediffs only).
- New errorlevel 10 for CRC Error while compiling
nodelist (errorlevel 9 is still used for CRC Error
while applying nodediff).
- When merging the first line is skipped if it contains
the CRC.
- New -r command line switch to avoid exit on CRC Error.
- New -s command line switch to override SYSOP.NDX
base name.
- Any file specification can contain drive and path,
including -n -d -o -s overrides.
- When using Version7 only, the added nodelist segments
are appended to the end of the full main nodelist
instead of the end of your zone.
- Some small changes in Nodelist.Prn and Nodelist.Txt
- Fixed bug introduced in v 1.10: when a region segment
(no zone entry) was compiled as the main nodelist,
zone 0 was erroneously assumed.
Now the address levels not present in the main nodelist
correctly default to the config address.
1.10 - OS/2: First 32 bit version, compiled by BC++.
- OS/2: New "flat" index sorting (no more disk based
merge-sort).
- OS/2: "TmpPath" option in *.cfg not used any more.
- OS/2: Long filename support
- DOS: The "TmpPath" directory is now automatically
created when necessary.
- New improved Disk Full handling (errorlevel 4)
- New "-o<nodebase>" command line switch to override
output file names (NODEX.* -> <nodebase>.*).
- New "KillAfter" config verb, to save old nodelist files
in the case of compilation error.
- New "Boss <address>" statement for easier pointlist
support (see FastLst.DOC).
- New optional partial address parameter in
"MyList <nodefile> [default partial address]"
to allow the addition of nodelist segments without
the need of ZONE, HOST, node prefix lines (V7 only).
See FastLst.DOC for more details.
- New "-i<include>" command line switch to allow easier
different file inclusions.
- New "KillOld" config statement to kill old versions of
nodelist files.
- New "Kill999" config statement to kill the .999 file
that remains after merging with MergeList.
- Now the .999 file is killed whenever FastLst begins
execution, thus you do not have to manually delete it
if you stop using the MergeList command.
- Now the "Gated" config keyword prevents Hub coordinators
of other zones to be put in the output nodelist (only
ZC and NC remain).
- New "GateAddr" config keyword allows to have only
selected zones, regions and nets in the output files.
- New "GateCoord" config keyword allows to have in the
output files only selected coordinators from the excluded
zones, regions and nets.
- New errorlevel 9 exit after CRC error while applying
a nodediff. If "Autoerase" is active, the nodediff and
the resulting nodelist files are erased, otherwise they
are renamed to NODEDIFF.BAD and NODELIST.BAD.
- New "StatusLog" config statement to specify the log
filename in the .cfg instead of the command line.
- New "TypeExact" config option to set modem types in a
way more coherent with the behaviour of Binkley 2.55 and
newer.
- New "SysDup" config option to override FastLst's choice
when killing duplicate SysOp Names.
1.06 - OS/2: Fixed bug that caused some reg. keys not to work.
- DOS: Fixed bug that sometimes caused memory problems
during index sorting.
1.05 - New UCOST verbs to set User Cost Different from Call Cost.
- OS/2: Fixed bug that sometimes caused "Disk Full" error.
1.04 - Changed redirection criteria: if you have a password with a
hold/unpublished system or its coordinator, then it is NOT
redirected; instead it gets an empty phone number string.
- Slightly changed the algorithm to choose the entry for
a multi-SysOp in Sysop.Ndx, so that he never gets data from
an entry that is not used due to local segment override.
- Added "Flags" Keyword to set the user defined bits.
- OS/2: Fixed a bug that caused a "NULL POINTER" error when
compiling only Version 6 and FidoUserLst.
1.03 - Added <CR> before comment output to fix video output when
both comments and report are active, Thanks to Roberto
Zanasi.
- OS/2: First (16 bit) version, ported by Pasquale Cantiello.
1.02 - Null pointer bug fixed in Merge module, Thanks to Pasquale
Cantiello.
1.01 - Minor message and DOC adjusting.
1.00 - First public release.