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- This is the history of movelog as it is so far.
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- v1.0 the first version that I used to make a more permanent record of the
- amitcp logfile.
-
- v1.1 I added the capability for detecting when the modem went offline, and
- putting it back online automatically.
-
- v1.2 It can detect port #4563 and uses the built in "say" command to say
- that somebody has entered the game... being a "Realms" MUD.
-
- v1.3-1.6 I forgot what the changes were here.
-
- v1.61 did some code cleanup so that it could actually tell when the modem
- was already online.
-
- v1.62 some more clean up so that it could actually tell when it was already
- running on the system.
-
- v1.63 readjusted some logic so that if the computer was offline, it would
- still check to see if a copy of itself was already running.
-
- v1.70 first GUI version. Simple gui, but it gets the job done. It still
- needs a command line argument from the shell, but nothing gets written
- directly from the program to the console.
-
- v1.71 tried to be slick and messed up. It would only go through the loop
- twice, then close.. not crash, just close.
-
- v1.72 now, it seems to be stable again. Next thing I'll do is work on
- making a config file so that the user can make adjustments to what
- it actually does on bootup.
-
- v1.73 moved the on and off to the left edge, and made it so that the '?'
- help will be in the window when it's called by "movelog ?".
-
- v1.74 changed the "off" button to "pause" button that actually works so
- you can pause the program if you want to use your phone and not have
- the computer keep trying to go back online.
-
- v1.80 did some code cleanup and made the first version that I gave to
- anybody else. It's used with AmiTCP since it monitors the logfile
- that is created by AmiTCP. Also, fixed a part of the program that
- caused it to freeze on the first time something was written to the
- logfile.
-
- v1.81 my version of the last instance (to keep it separate)
-
- v1.82 adjusted the code so that it doesn't access the hard drive every
- time it checks for new entries in the log file.
-
- v1.90 ok, here it is... a version that uses config files. The files are
- used as such:
- preboot.cfg - file where you put commands that happen each
- time before the program reboots.
- i.e. make sure the modem is hung up.
- runtime.cfg - file that holds programs you want started as
- soon as the computer is back online like maybe
- a MUD server, or an rc5 client... whatever
- you like.
- reboot.cfg - file that holds just the command to bring the
- modem back online.
- reruntime.cfg - this one holds the programs that need to be
- re-started every time the computer comes
- back online. I put my Monolith update script
- in here.
-
- I have included my config files as examples.
-
- v1.91 The program can now tell if it was run from WorkBench and defaults
- to t:amitcp.log as the logfile to check.
-
- v1.92 it now doesn't use anything from the hard drive. The only time it
- accesses the hard drive is when it starts or has to restart the
- network. But these times are expected since it was something major
- to cause the modem to go offline or *shudder* your computer crashed.
-
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-
- If there are any questions or comments about this program, you can email me
- at:
-
- vancej@kiimbal.dyn.ml.org
-
- since my mail server is on my computer, if you get a message telling you
- that it couldn't deliver for the past few hours, don't worry about it, I
- was just offline when you sent it.
-