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FAN
File Announcement Utility
Version 1.20 beta
Dave Fisher
LiveNet, 1:170/110@fidonet
Description
FAN is a utility that will create fidonet mail packet files
(*.PKT) to announce the arrival of files via a file distribution
system that uses Barry Geller's TIC file format or the standard
FILES.BBS file format. Many of the ideas for this program have
come from Doug Belkofer's program RFD (Received For
Distribution), which worked soley on TIC files under MS-DOS.
I created FAN since there were some things that RFD did not do
(such as support long file descriptions, FAN allows up to 1024
characters for a description, announcements from FILES.BBS files,
etc.) and was a DOS only program (and I wanted to run it
specifically under OS/2).
FAN is a bound utility, which means that it will run under DOS or
OS/2.
There are now two version of FAN. A 16-bit version for DOS and
OS/2 1.x, and a 32-bit version which will only run under OS/2
2.x. The DOS/OS2 1.x/16-bit version is named FAN16.EXE. The
OS/2 2.0/32-bit version is named FAN32.EXE.
Currently, FAN does everything I need it to do. If you find that
you need it to do something different, I would be interested in
hearing your suggestions, which could very well become part of a
future release.
Please note that this is a BETA release. I wrote the initial
program over the weekend, and have not sufficiently tested it
yet. If you decide to use FAN, and run across any bugs, please
let me know and I will promptly fix the program and make a new
version available to you.
In addition to this brief document, there are also important
notes in the configuration file that comes distributed with FAN.
The most recent version of FAN can be file-requested from me with
the magic name of "FAN" (quotes not included) at 1:170/110.
Usage
Fan
/Config = <path+file name> default: Fan.cfg
/[no]Log default: NoLog
/LogFile = <path+file name> default: None
/LogLevel = <1..4> default: 4
/[no]Quiet default: NoQuiet
/TossLogFile = <path+file name> default: None
Notes on the syntax:
Qualifiers can appear in any order, in any case, and are
only significant to four characters. Thus, /TossLogFile is
the same as /toss.
Disclaimer!
This program is shareware. There is absolutely no warranty for
this program or guarantee that it will work. The user of the
program assumes all risk. While I feel confident that this
program will not harm your system in any way, by using this
program, you agree to assume full responsibility for any adverse
effect to your system.
Ok. Now with that out of the way -- please send me mail and let
me know if you are using FAN! I'd like to get an idea of whether
this program has been useful for others, as it has been for me.
Also, please send any comments, suggestions and/or problem
reports. I can be reached at:
Dave Fisher
LiveNet, 1:170/110@fidonet.org
Qualifiers
Config = <path+file name>
---------------------------------------------------------
This is the name of the configuration file. The default is
Fan.Cfg in the current directory. You can also define the
environment variable FAN_CONFIG=<path+file name> instead of using
this qualifier.
/[no]Log
---------------------------------------------------------
This qualifier will turn the logging function on and off.
/LogFile = <path+file name>
---------------------------------------------------------
This qualifier defines the name of the log file.
/LogLevel = <1..4>
---------------------------------------------------------
This qualifier defines the level of message detail in the log
file. Level 1 is the least detailed, while Level 4 is the most
verbose. The levels indicate the 'importance' of a message,
where Level 1 is the most important (usually error messages).
/[no]Quiet
---------------------------------------------------------
This qualifier controls whether the program should emit an
printed output. If /Quiet, the only output will be the program
copyright line and any error messages. The default is /NoQuiet.
/TossLogFile
---------------------------------------------------------
This qualifier specifies the name of a file to receive the names
of message areas for which mail packets were created. The name
of the message area will be written to this file, one to a line.
This file can then be used with a tosser/scanner (such as Squish
or oMMM) to only scan the areas listed.