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- PEDIT 1.0 ß - RBBS-PC 17.5 Edit/Create/Upgrade/Convert Utility (BETA)
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- I. What is PEDIT
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- PEDIT is a sysop utility program written for the RBBS-PC 17.5ß
- PASSWRDS file.
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- To use PEDIT the syntax is:
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- PEDIT <path/filename of passwrds file>
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- II. What can PEDIT do
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- PEDIT can:
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- 1. Upgrade/Convert a 17.4 PASSWRDS file to 17.5
- 2. Upgrade/Convert a CDOR PASSWRDS file to 17.5
- 3. Create a new 17.5 PASSWRDS file that can then be edited
- to add new entries
- 4. Edit a 17.5 PASSWRDS file (Edit, Delete, or Add entries)
- 5. Globally change ANY field througout a 17.5 PASSWRDS file
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- - In the editing function you can get HELP on the selected field by
- pressing the F1 key.
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- - You can exit the program and choose to:
- 1. Exit and Save your changes
- 2. Exit and not Save your changes
- 3. Not exit the program
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- Here is an example of the Main Menu of the program:
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- E Edit/Display Passwrd File
- D Delete Entry from Passwrds File
- A Add New Entry
- U Upgrade 17.4 file to 17.5
- G Global Change a Field
- C Upgrade CDOR file to 17.5
- X Exit Program
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- III. BETA Note
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- This is a BETA release of the program to help with the BETA release
- of RBBS-PC 17.5 ß. It is not a final product and will be going
- through some other changes. Right now when editing a field, there
- is no check for a value of ranges. For instance, in fields where a
- value should be 0 or 1, there is no check for this but will be in a
- future release.
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- IV. Conclusion
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- This program is donated to the RBBS-PC world to try and make the life
- of a sysop easier. If you like this utility and find it useful, then
- the goal has been accomplished. If you do not like this utility, then
- don't use it, but please keep it on your system for other sysops to
- download and try out.