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SCRUNCH Program documentation
SCRUNCH Copyright (C) Dave Hala Jr.
What's SCRUNCH?
SCRUNCH is a utility designed to be used with a Spitfire
BBS. SCRUNCH upon execution will search for your Callers,
Heysysop and CNact logs. It will then ZIP them using a
a file name consisting of a two letter prefix followed
by the date in the format explained below. Assuming
that todays date is 04-07-93, the names of your Zipped
logs would be:
Callers.log : CL040793
Heysysop.log : HL040793
CNact.log : CN040793
SCRUNCH Operation
When SCRUNCH is executed it first looks for its data
file.(SCRUNCH.DAT) Then it retrieves the System date
and generates a file name as shown above. After changing
to the Dir configured as the LOG storage dir, SCRUNCH
then ZIPS the callers, heysysop, and CNact.log. After
these logs are Zipped, SCRUNCH deletes the origonals.
To help keep the SYSOP informed, SCRUNCH makes a new
HEYSYSOP.log and places a brief statement in this log
saying when the log was created and when SCRUNCH was
executed. At the present time you must Zip all three
logs, you can't pick and choose. As they say, "It is all
or nothing."
Set-up
Change into your Spitfire work directory and make a
backup copy of your Callers.log and your Heysysop.log.
You may also want to go into your Circuitnet dir. and
make a backup copy of your CNact.log too. Be sure to
store these in a safe place. (Just in case)
Now copy SCRUNCH.EXE into your BBSs home dir. Change
to your BBSs home directory. Now at the Dos prompt
type SCRUNCH and please <ENTER>
SCRUNCH searches for a data file called SCRUNCH.DAT and
and when it can't find it will beep and show you the
following prompt on the screen.
Can't find Squish.dat Create it (Y/n)
select "Y"
Now "***** SCRUNCH FILE PATH CONFIG *****" will appear
on the screen.
You will be prompted for the Dir for your Callers,
Heysysop and Circuitnet logs. You will also be prompted
for a Dir to store logs in and also your BBSs home dir.
Example :
Enter the Dir for your Callers.log ?
Enter the Dir for your Heysysop.log ?
Enter the dir for your Circuitnet log ?
Enter the Dir to store logs in ?
Enter your BBSs home dir ?
DO NOT SUFFIX THESE PATHS WITH THE LOGS FILENAME!
SCRUNCH ONLY NEEDS TO KNOW THE DIR THE LOG IS IN. DO
NOT SUFFIX THE DIR WITH A "\"
Example:
My callers.log is in the dir : C:\sf\work
so I would enter : C:\sf\work
After you have entered these paths SCRUNCH will ask you
if you want to write them to the data file. Select "Y".
SCRUNCH will then proceed to save these paths and go
ahead and ZIP your logs...
Usage
Using SCRUNCH myself, I have configured it as a weekly
event on my BBS. You may also just execute it manually
from the dos prompt.
Tips
When running SCRUNCH as an event be sure to run it last.
Most sysops use some type of bulletin generator that
reads the Callers.log. If SCRUNCH "stores" these logs then
your bulletin generator will not find a Callers.log
About SCRUNCH
SCRUNCH was coded using MS Quickbasic v4.5 and was com-
piled over MSDOS v 6.0
Credits
Warren Miller came up with the format for the filenames.
Birgit Murphy had the Idea for the name "SCRUNCH" and of
course I wrote and compiled the code.
Registration
SCRUNCH is my attempt to give something back to the Spit-
fire BBS community. Sysop's may use SCRUNCH without any
fee and may distribute it, as long as no fee is charged
for this program.
Feedback
I'd welcome any feedback about the use of SCRUNCH.
You may call my BBS or contact me VIA CircuitNet.
The Cyberspace BBS (515)-752-4059 14.4 DS
Dave Hala CN 515004
DISCLAIMER
Dave Hala Jr. will in no way be held liable for any
damages incurred by the use of SCRUNCH. The user takes
all responsibility for any damages that occur from the use
of SCRUNCH.
Spitfire is Copyright (C) Mike Woltz & Buffalo Creek software.
MS DOS and MS Quickbasic is Copyright (C) Microsoft corp.
CircuitNet software is Copyright (C) Dave Stahl & Cybertech