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F I L E P I G G I E S Documention v0.9 02/17/91
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P U R P O S E
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This one is a quick-'n'-dirty little program that reads through a
Wildcat 2.x USERFILE.DAT file and makes a listing of those callers who
have not yet discovered that they have bidirectional modems.
The sysop is able to determine the harshness to which two rules will
be applied in evaluating callers: one defines an intercept and the
other a slope. For the non-mathematicians, that means callers can get
so much for free, after which they need to pay back according to a
ratio that you establish.
These determinations (and more!) are made in a configuration file that
is offered to PIGGIES.EXE as a command line parameter. That way, more
than one configuration can be developed for different needs.
U S A G E
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The enclosed PIGGIES.CFG file should answer any questions you might
have about configuring PIGGIES. It contains suggested entries that
are probably quite close to what you need, and customizing it should
take but a minute. Once that's finished, run PIGGIES like this:
C:\> PIGGIES PIGGIES.CFG
or name another configuration file for it to use. For example, you
might find it useful to create a configuration file that produces a
bulletin (if you're that rude!) and another configuration file that
sends a listing of deadbeats to the standard printer (PRN).
C O N F I G
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As you can see from taking a glance at the supplied configuration
file, you can determine what user file is read. One suggestion is
for sysops running multiple nodes who want to run PIGGIES as part of
an event: copy your USERFILE.DAT file to a temporary place, and use
that copy during your event, then erase it. That can all be done
easily from an event batch file. Perhaps a future version of PIGGIES
might include file and record locking, but this one doesn't.
W H A T Z I T G O O D F E R
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I created a user security level that is exactly like the regular user
level, but without downloading. When someone has gone 'way beyond
the bounds of good citizenshp, and ignored the pleasant reminder
message a good many times, I change their security to the level that
doesn't provide a [D]ownload prompt.
PIGGIES is something that helps me to make those decisions without a
lot of trouble. Used occasionally, it can create a printed listing
to remind me who to keep an eye on. And it provides the idea of a
number of free files (or free K worth of downloads) before the real
counting starts. That's something M-PRO can't handle for me.
┌── Important Note! ────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PIGGIES does NOT write to your USERFILE.DAT under any │
│ circumstances. It only reads from it. PIGGIES does │
│ not change any user's status or access to your system. │
│ You must do that yourself, though PIGGIES makes it easy. │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
G O B B L E D E G O O K
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PIGGIES is free to anyone who wants to use it. The author makes no
claims whatsoever regarding the quality of the program, nor its
fitness for any particular purpose. Users are responsible for all
results, good or bad.
If you pass this program along to others, please keep the package
intact, so that the recipient is sure to get this documentation and
the example configuration file along with the executable.
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Jerry Houston ── Programmer's Resource BBS ── Kirkland, WA
(206) 821-3128 2400MNP ── (206) 821-1917 9600HST