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- To set Labtest up to toss your .TIC files, you will need to
- load LTSetup and go to the Files/Paths menu. Two items in
- this menu control your .TIC processing. First is the
- Inbound directory. Specify the path where your mailer places
- the incoming .TIC files. Second, enter a path and filename
- of your TIC configuration file. A sample file is included
- in your distribution archive. Labtest uses its own
- configuration format, so it is probably not compatible with
- anything you are currently using. You may press the F10 key
- in LTSetup to edit the configuration file.
-
- There are several options available in this configuration
- file. The basic structure is:
-
- Area Path Uploader's Name
-
- The Area is the echo tagname which will be in the .TIC file.
-
- The Path is the destination DRIVE and DIRECTORY.
-
- You may specify an alternate Uploader Name to be inserted
- into the file descriptions and message text. There are four
- possibilities for this option:
-
- Macro Meaning
- # Use sysop's name as the Uploader Name
- * Use the area tagname as the Uploader Name
- - Do not add any uploader name. Same as /- on the
- command line.
- text Specify up to 35 characters to be used as the
- uploader name. This text cannot contain any
- spaces! Use the underscore character in place of
- spaces. It will be replaced by a space at run
- time.
-
- Area PCD
- Origin 1:3615/50
- From 1:3615/50
- File SFEMB025.ZIP
- Replaces SFEMB024.ZIP
- To Sysop, 1:3615/50
- Desc Spitfire Enhanced Message Base, 0.25
- Ldesc Spitfire Enhanced Message Base, 0.25
- Ldesc Beta release of the hottest thing to
- Ldesc hit Spitfire! You too, can have an
- Ldesc alias message base in Spitfire!
- CRC EDFAAB49
- Path 1:3615/50 778253395 Tue Aug 30 13:29:55 1994 GMT
- Seenby 1:3615/51
-
- This is an actual .TIC file received by one of the Beta
- testers and forwarded to the author for review. Below I
- will discuss the sections of this TIC file that Labtest
- recognizes and how it deals with them.
-
- The Area command specifies the name of the file echo this
- .TIC was hatched in.
-
- The File command specifies the name of the file that
- accompanies this .TIC file. If the file does not exist in
- your inbound directory, this .TIC will be renamed to .BAD.
-
- The Replaces command specifies the file to be replaced by
- this new file. Labtest will remove the replaced file from
- the file base and delete it from disk. Labtest will only
- check the destination area for the file. It will not check
- your entire system. Labtest will ignore the file extension
- of the file to be replaced when actually removing the old
- file. For example, if the Replace command in the .TIC file
- indicated that LABTST29.ARJ was to be replaced, Labtest will
- replace all files named LABTST29 in the destination
- directory, regardless of the actual file extension.
-
- The Desc is used only when no Ldesc exists. This will be
- imported into the file base if there is no FILE_ID.DIZ in
- the archive.
-
- The Ldesc is used in place of the Desc when no .DIZ exists.
-
- When configuring Labtest for .TIC files, you have a few
- options regarding the uploader's name information and the
- auto-replace feature.
-
- In the configuration file, specifying an exclamation point
- immediately before the area name will disable
- auto-replacement for that area. For example, !SDS_RA will
- disable auto-replacement for the SDS_RA area. This remains
- in effect for only the area named. If the following area
- does not have ! before the name, auto-replacement is enabled
- for that area. You may disable auto-replacement for the
- entire system by specifying /NTR on the command line.
-
- After you have Labtest configured properly to handle your
- .TIC files, all you need to do is run LABTEST /TIC /O to
- process them. It is important to have the /O on the command
- line to force Labtest to process any files. Without the /O
- on the command line, Labtest will skip files that have been
- previously processed.
-
- Command line options affecting TIC operations
-
- /ND No delete. This prevents Labtest from removing the .TIC
- files and their associated file after it has processed them.
- Under normal circumstances, this would not be necessary.
- If, however, you wanted to leave the .TICs and the files in
- the inbound directory, use this command line switch.
- Labtest will only mark the files as having been processed,
- so it will not process them again.
-
- /TO Tic Override. This command line switch is designed for
- the rare occasion that you specified /ND (No Delete), but
- want to force Labtest to re-process the .TICs.
-
- /NTR No TIC Replace. This command line will prevent Labtest
- from replacing files named in the .TIC with the 'Replaces'
- command. When files are hatched, the author may wish to
- have older versions removed from circulation. This is
- achieved by using the Replaces command and naming the older
- version to be replaced. In the event that you do not want
- Labtest to replace an older version, specify /NTR on the
- command line. This command will remain in effect during the
- entire session, preventing Labtest from replacing any files.
-
-