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- RUFC v1.00
- RemoteAccess User Flags Changer
- ^ ^ ^ ^
- Written by Jojo Sybico
- (c) Copyright 1993 All rights reserved
-
- Netmail: 6:754/1@FidoNet
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Disclaimer │
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- The RUFC-package is supplied "as is". The author is not responsible for any
- damages that may happen while using RUFC. He also does not claim that this
- program will do everything your heart desires. Only sure thing is that it
- will consume a small part of your disk space.
-
- RUFC has been developed on a 486DX2-66 and is running on a 386-33 multi-node
- BBS platform running under Desqview with SHARE loaded. Please make *sure*
- that RA is not running while you are using RUFC, or your USERS.BBS may/will be
- corrupted.
-
- The RUFC-package is copyrighted 1993 by Jojo Sybico. All rights are reserved.
- You're encouraged to give away the packet to friends and to upload it to other
- BBSes. It is forbidden to modify it and to give it away without all its
- support files and/ or the copyright notices.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ What's RUFC? │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- RUFC is a program that I wrote when I shifted from SuperBBS to RA 2.00 gamma-1
- and I needed a global user-flag changer for it. I tried TFC but it would only
- change one user-flag at a time. I use only one CD-ROM drive with multiple
- disks and use the Dx user-flag to control file group access. I needed to turn
- off one D-flag and turn on another D-flag. I got fed up running TFC twice
- everytime so I decided to write this utility.
-
- RUFC runs in a multitasking environment but doesn't give away time-slices
- because there's really no need. Again, make sure that RA is not running in
- another window or you might risk damaging your USERS.BBS file.
-
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Requirements │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- 1. An MS-DOS (or similar) compatible PC (XT/AT/286/386/486/Pentium/etc)
- 2. A BBS running under RemoteAccess 2.00
-
- RUFC does not work with RA versions earlier than 2.00.
-
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- │ Installation │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- Copy RUFC.EXE to where your USERS.BBS file resides.
-
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Running RUFC │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- Typing RUFC <enter> at the DOS prompt will give you a help screen.
-
- RUFC RA 2.00 User Flags Changer v1.00
- Copyright (c) 1993 by Jojo Sybico, All Rights Reserved
-
- Command line syntax:
-
- RUFC <security> <flag><+/->
-
- <security> of the users you want to change flags (0 for all)
- <flag> A, B, C, D, A1, A2 ... D7, D8
- <flag> + turns flag on, - turns flag off
-
- Examples: RUFC 0 A-
- Switches all A flags off for all users
-
- RUFC 0 A- A1+
- Switches all A flags off then A1 flag on for all users
-
- RUFC 10 A- B1+ C1-
- Switches all A flags off then B1 flag on
- then C1 flag off for all level 10 users
-
- <security> specify the security level of the users you want to toggle the
- flags. Enter '0' (without the quotes) if you want the changes to
- apply to all the users regardless of security.
-
- <flag> can be A, B, C, D for toggling whole user-flag banks on/off
- can be individual user-flags (i.e. A1, A2, A3 ... D6, D7, D8) if
- you just want to toggle individual user-flags.
-
- <+/-> + turns the specified flag on
- - turns it off
- Note: there must be no spaces between the flag and the + or -
-
- You can specify multiple flags to be toggled on or off. The parameters are
- processed sequentially from left to right.
-
- If there is an error, your userfile will remain unaltered. Your old userfile
- (if the execution if successful) will always be saved in USERS.OLD. If for
- some reason there should be a Runtime Error, you should be able to find your
- userfile unaltered as USERS.BBS. If not, it should be in the USERS.OLD file.
- Inform me right away if this is not so.
-
- Below is the file processing routine of RUFC:
- 1. opens USERS.BBS for input
- 2. opens USERS.$$$ for output
- 3. processes the user-flag changes
- 4. closes the input/output files
- 5. deletes USERS.OLD if it exists
- 6. renames USERS.BBS to USERS.OLD
- 7. renames USERS.$$$ to USERS.BBS
-
- Prudence dictates that you backup your USERS.BBS before running RUFC until
- such a time that you feel that it runs according to what you think it should
- run.
-
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Registration │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- RUFC is cardware! Send me a postcard of your city if you continue to use the
- program.
-
- Send it to: Jojo Sybico - RUFC
- 13 Happy Valley
- 6000 Cebu City, Philippines
-
-
- I wrote this for every RA 2.00 sysop who wanted to change the user-flags from
- the command line.
-
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Thank you... │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- - to my wife, Gina, who happened to be in Manila while I was writing this
- program, enabling me to stay up half the night to write the program and
- another half a night to write the docs
-
- - Manuel Wenger who wrote T.F.C. for giving me the idea of writing still
- another RA user-flag changer
-
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Various copyrights │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- MS-DOS is Copyright 1981-1991 by Microsoft Corp
-
- DESQview is Copyright by Quarterdeck
-
- RemoteAccess is Copyright 1993 by Continental Software
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- T.F.C. is Copyright 1993 by Manuel Wenger
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- Turbo Pascal is Copyright 1991 by Borland International, Inc.
-
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Future Enhancements and the RUFC author │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- As of now, RUFC works fine with me without any planned future enhancements.
- But if you have any enhancements requests, feel free to contact me about it.
-
- To contact the author, write a Fido Netmail to 6:754/1, Jojo Sybico or call my
- BBS, C.E.B.U. BBS +63-32-221-545. Send me a postcard or snailmail to the
- address above.
-
-