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- .ss Installation
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-
- This release incorporates an installer program that we hope will make
- installing and configuring this package easier. We welcome suggestions
- and comments on this program. To begin installation of FSUUCP 1.3:
-
- 1) Unpack the installation ZIP file (fs132-in.zip) into a scratch directory,
- with all other ZIP files.
-
- 2) Type "install" and follow the prompted instructions.
-
- The installer will create the proper directories and move the files
- into them, as well as create certain configuration files, some
- of which will need to be hand edited.
-
- Be sure to supply the two variables that are ESSENTIAL for FSUUCP
- operation, "logname" and "sysname." "logname" is the single UUCP
- name of your machine (eg. camelot) and "sysname" is the domain-ized
- name of your machine (eg. camelot.arthur.com). If you do not have
- a domain, enter your machine name followed by the psuedo-domain
- ".UUCP" (eg. camelot.UUCP), and look into getting a domain! .UUCP
- isn't a Good Thing(tm).
-
- 3) Edit the configuration files, as provided in the installer, or with
- an external editor. For specific information about each file, see
- either the comments in that file, or the appropriate manual section.
-
- The following files need to be edited to reflect your own system. Some
- are optional, and will work as supplied, while others NEED to be edited,
- and are marked with an asterisk.
-
- * [basedir]\fsuucp.cfg
- [basedir]\home\[user]\mailrc
- [basedir]\home\[user]\sig
- * [libdir]\uucp\systems
- [libdir]\modem\*.mdm (whichever one you're using as reflected in the
- systems file entry)
- * [libdir]\news\active
- * [libdir]\news\batcher.cfg
- * [libdir]\news\dist
- * [libdir]\news\explist
- [libdir]\news\headers
- [libdir]\news\modrecdg
- [libdir]\news\recordin
- * [libdir]\news\sys
- [libdir]\aliases
- [libdir]\mail.rc
-
- 4) Create the proper environment variables
-
- This variable is MANDATORY for proper operation of FSUUCP:
-
- "FSUUCP" - Gives the directory path to the "FSUUCP.CFG" configuration
- file. There should be no trailing backslash. Hence, if your
- FSUUCP.CFG file is located as:
-
- d:\apps\fsuucp\fsuucp.cfg
-
- then there should be a line in your autoexec.bat file as:
-
- set fsuucp=d:\apps\fsuucp
-
- 5) The following variables are optional:
-
- "TZ" - Timezone. Used to append your timezone to time and date
- information. For example, "PDT" for Pacific Daylight Time.
- Without it, FSUUCP assumes Eastern time. (Yes, Fubar Systems
- is located in drought-stricken California, but Borland C++
- defaults to eastern time, so argue with Borland).
-
- "USER" - Name of the user currently using this FSUUCP session. This
- variable determines which mailbox to use and also which return
- paths are returned by mail and news. This variable overrides any
- such setting in the FSUUCP.CFG file.
-
- "NAME" - Stores the value of field which prints out handle information
- on mail and news messages. If you do not have a handle, simply
- set this variable to your real name. This variable overrides
- any such setting in the FSUUCP.CFG file.
-