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- TriBBS 5.01 Interim Update Documentation
- Copyright (c) 1993 By TriSoft
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- The purpose of this interim update documentation is to document some
- of the new features and changes that have taken place between TriBBS
- 5.0 and TriBBS 5.01.
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- ASCTOBIN
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- AscToBin is used to convert an ASCII text file list to TriBBS's binary
- file format. AscToBin is run from one of your nodes main directories
- and is run in one of three modes. It can be run with the following
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- ASCTOBIN
- This will display a list box of all of the file areas.
- Simply move the highlight bar to the appropriate file area
- and press ENTER. Press ESC to exit from AscToBin.
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- ASCTOBIN /ALL
- The /ALL switch is used to run AscToBin from either the DOS
- command line or from within a batch file. This switch will
- have AscToBin convert the files lists for all of the board's
- file areas.
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- ASCTOBIN /F:n1[-n2]
- The /F: switch is used to run AscToBin from either the DOS
- command line or from within a batch file. This switch will
- have AscToBin convert the files lists for a specified file
- area if it is specified using /F:n1, where n1 is the file
- list to generate the binary file list for. The /F: switch
- can also create binary file lists for a range of file areas
- if it is specified using /F:n1-n2, where n1 is the first
- file area to create a binary file list for and n2 is the
- last file area to create a binary file list for.
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- FILEMAN
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- Use of the new FileMan is pretty self-explanatory. You just run it
- from one of your node's main BBS directories using the following
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- FILEMAN
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- The new FileMan has a DIZ All feature that causes FileMan to search
- through all of the archives in the file area and use any FILE_ID.DIZ
- or DESC.SDI files that may be present. The DIZ All search can be
- interrupted by pressing the space bar.
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- If you have done anything to a file area (or areas) that would require
- a new index file to be generated, FileMan will ask you if you want to
- reindex any changed file areas. In order to perform this function,
- MakeIdx must be available in the DOS PATH.
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- IMPORTANT NOTE: Neither FileMan or AscToBin support file sharing.
- Therefore, they should NOT be used while the BBS is up and running.
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- BINARY FILE LIST INFORMATION FOR THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPERS
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- If you look at one of TriBBS's binary file lists with a listing
- utility, they will appear to be a normal text file; however, they are
- formatted in such a way that allows BBS.EXE to read them very quickly.
- Each line is exactly 78 characters long and use the following format:
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- 1 2 3 4 7
- 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890....012345678
- FFFFFFFFFFFF SSSSSSSS MM-DD-YY DDDDDDD....DDDDDDD**
- DDDDDDD....DDDDDDD** <- Optional line
- DDDDDDD....DDDDDDD** <- Optional line
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- FFFFFFFFFFFF is the file's name.
- SSSSSSSS is the file's size.
- MM-DD-YY is the file's date.
- DDDD....DDDD is the file's description.
- ** is a carriage return/line feed pair.
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- You should note that a file's entry in the file list can be from 1 to
- 20 lines long.
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- EXPIRED SUBSCRIPTIONS
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- TriBBS 5.01 can now optionally zero out a caller's number of files
- uploaded and download, the number of bytes the caller has uploaded and
- downloaded, turn off access to private conference, and turn off access
- to private file areas when a caller's subscription expires.
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- FASTLOG.BAT
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- TriBBS 5.01 now optionally supports a batch file called FASTLOG.BAT.
- If this file exists and the caller is using TriBBS's quick logon
- feature, TriBBS will call the batch file just after it generates all
- of the door drop files and before checking for waiting messages.
- TriBBS shells out to memory when FASTLOG.BAT is called so a call to
- BOARD.BAT at the end of FASTLOG.BAT is NOT necessary.
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