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NLCHECK.PPE Documentation
Nodelist update checker version 1.0
Author: Herbert Bushong
BBS: 318-468-3385
Fido: 1:19/19
I-net: herbert.bushong@bbread.pecan.com
Copyright
=========
Although freeware, this PPE is copyrighted and you are subject to all
copyright laws. It is trojan and backdoor free. It works for me and should
for you.
Description
===========
I must update several nodelists weekly, and it was a real hassle to copy,
extract, apply the diffs, and run PCBNLC every week (I do have better things
to do <g>)
What NLCHECK does is create a BAT or CMD file. That's it. The BAT file
will do all the work, and it's up to you to run the BAT file.
NLCHECK will only work with one extension at a time. If you have nodelists
that are created on different days (thus different numbered extensions), you
current will only be able to use NLCHECK for one set of them. If there
is a demand, I can update it to handle that particular situation.
NLCHECK can handle multiple archive formats and even uncompressed files.
Installation
============
If you are upgrading from the PPE version, read the UPGRADE.TXT for
instructions.
Extract the files in the archive to a directory of your choice.
Edit the CFG and LST files to match your setup. They are commented at the
end of each file.
Execution
=========
NLCHECK is best run from an event which runs ONCE a week, on the day the
nodelists are created. For Fidonet (and most others) this day is Friday.
In the event, add the following line:
d:\path\nlcheck.exe d:\path [/L]
where:
d:\path - points to the directory that the CFG and LST files are.
/L - if used, a log file will be created in the directory
of d:\path. This file is appended to, so should be checked
and deleted occassionally.
this will create a BAT or CMD file (see configuration for location)
called NLCHECK.BAT (CMD). It will overwrite any previous NLCHECK.BAT.
You can then run NLCHECK.BAT manually from the command line, or in another
weekly event to automatically update your nodelists. If you run the BAT file
from another event, make sure you give all your diffs time to come in, though
you can re-run the BAT file.
NLCHECK takes one additional parameter. You can override the day number
by placing it on the command line, so:
d:\path\nlcheck.exe d:\path /D:300 [/L]
would create a BAT file for all nodediffs for day 300 rather than today's
day number.
Configuration
=============
NLCHECK uses 3 configuration files. They are commented at the end of them,
but an example and description of each follows.
NLCHECK.CFG - main config file
-----------
D:\pcb\node2
Y
d:
\pcb\fido\nodelist
d:
\pcb\node2
N
Line 1 - Location to create batch file (will be named NLCHECK.BAT or CMD)
Since you may want to create the file in a directory other than
a node directory, this tells NLCheck where to create it. No trailing
backslash
Line 2 - Y/N, Y=BAT N=CMD
Tells NLCheck whether to create a DOS batch file, or an OS/2 CMD
File.
;line 3 - The drive where your PCBFido nodelist directory resides
This is the drive where nodediffs will be copied to and extracted.
;line 4 - path only to nodelist directory
Same as line 3, but only the path to the directory, with leading
backslash and no trailing backslash.
;line 5 - drive where pcbnlc will be run from
This is the drive where PCBNLC will be run from with the /DIFF
parameter and then without.
;line 6 - path only where pcbnlc will be run from
This should be a node directory, or a directory where a PCBOARD.DAT
resides.
;line 7 - Y/N, Y=delete copied diffs after processing, N=leave diffs
If you want to keep the diff copies, set this to N.
If you don't want to keep them, there are two methods.
Setting this to 'Y' will add DEL statements to the BAT file to
delete the archived and unpacked diffs.
Or, if the archiver supports it, the archiver can MOVE the
files out of the archive and delete them. PAK is an example of
an archiver that can do this.
ARC.LST - Archiver Difinitions
--------
2
A
c:\bin\PAK x #ARC#
Z
c:\bin\pkunzip -o #ARC#
;Archiver definition file. Contains the definitions and the
;command line for each archiver. Use the special macro #ARC# to indicate
;placement of the archive filename (which will include the path)
Line 1 - Number of entries in the file
each entry has 2 lines
Line 2 - Prefix
This is the prefix ( 1 character ) used for this archiver.
NODELIST.A14 - indicates ARC format
NODELIST.Z14 - indicates ZIP format
Add any others that you need.
**Note** The letter N is reserved to indicate uncompressed
lists.
Line 3 - Archiver command line for prefix
This is the command line to unarchive the file. In the above examples
PAK will move the files out of the archive and delete the archive.
PKUNZIP will extract the files and overwrite any existing diffs.
Repeat 2 & 3 for each Archive format that your nodelists come in.
DIFF.LST - List of DIFF files to process
---------
4
d:\files\dl09\NODEDIFF
d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\nodediff
A
d:\makenl\intel\INTEDIFF
d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\intediff
A
d:\makenl\rebel\REBDIFF
d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\rebdiff
A
d:\makenl\pclist\PCCDIFF
d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\pccdiff
A
;Line 1 - number of entries
;each entry has 3 lines
;Line 2 - location and Diff file basename (no extension)
Where the diff file can be found.
;Line 3 - location and basename to COPY diff file to (no extension)
this should be your PCBFido Nodelist directory.
;Line 4 - Archiver prefix.
This Letter corresponds to an entry in the ARC.LST file and
indicates which archive format the diff will be in.
It also replaces the first number of extension.
Must be listed in ARC.LST or N for no compression
Repeat lines 2-4 for each diff entry
Sample NLCHECK.BAT
==================
Here is a sample BAT file, created with my config files.
-------
@ECHO OFF
IF NOT EXIST d:\files\dl09\NODEDIFF.A21 GOTO FILE1
COPY d:\files\dl09\NODEDIFF.A21 d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\nodediff.A21
:FILE1
IF NOT EXIST d:\makenl\intel\INTEDIFF.A21 GOTO FILE2
COPY d:\makenl\intel\INTEDIFF.A21 d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\intediff.A21
:FILE2
IF NOT EXIST d:\makenl\rebel\REBDIFF.A21 GOTO FILE3
COPY d:\makenl\rebel\REBDIFF.A21 d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\rebdiff.A21
:FILE3
IF NOT EXIST d:\makenl\pclist\PCCDIFF.A21 GOTO FILE4
COPY d:\makenl\pclist\PCCDIFF.A21 d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\pccdiff.A21
:FILE4
d:
CD\pcb\fido\nodelist
c:\bin\PAK x d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\nodediff.A21
c:\bin\PAK x d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\intediff.A21
c:\bin\PAK x d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\rebdiff.A21
c:\bin\PAK x d:\pcb\fido\nodelist\pccdiff.A21
d:
CD\pcb\node1
PCBNLC /DIFF
PCBNLC
----------
I run NLCheck.EXE in an event on Friday, then call NLCHECK.BAT from an event
on Monday. This gives time for the files to come in and get posted before
the diffs actually get applied.
That's all there is to it. If you have questions, suggestion, comments, I can
be reached by one of the methods at the beginning of the docs.