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How to use RBatch, FakeXfer
& Cap2Doz to post files
locally on your BBS
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by Dan Shore
March 13, 1994
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Posting Files Locally:
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1. With RBBS you can post files locally, but you have to do it one file
at a time, categorizing and typing in file descriptions.
2. With RBatch you can post a multitude of files at a time (a sysop
using RBatch once posted 432 files all at once!). Using FakeXfer
and Cap2Doz along with Rbatch makes the local posting process
"almost" automatic.
"This seems too good to be true!" exclaimed one SysOp. She asked, "How do
I do this process?" Well I am glad she asked and I will go through a sample
session here for you to aid you in setting up your system.
The following directories are used in my examples:
C:\TELIX - Where my captured file lists are
C:\DAN - Where I put the files I download
C:\JUNK - Where I put my FAKEXFER.DEF file
D:\NEW - My Upload directory
The following programs are used and are all in my path:
FAKEXFER.EXE
CAP2DOZ.EXE
RBATCH.EXE
RBATCH3.CFG - is in the C:\RBBS directory
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Here are the steps you should use:
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1. Call your favorite BBS to download files from and make sure
when you are reviewing the files available to download, that
you have your capture file turned on in your favorite comm
package. (In my example I called my captured file list
CAPTURE.DOC)
2. After downloading the files, copy them to the C:\DAN directory
for processing.
3. You should now run the FAKEXFER program with the following params:
FAKEXFER FAKEXFER.DEF C:\JUNK C:\DAN D:\NEW
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
A B C D E
A. The FakeXfer program name
B. The name of the XFER file to create
C. The directory where the fakexfer should be created
D. The directory containing the files to be processed
E. The directory where the files should be copied to
(This is usually your upload directory)
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NOTE: Parameter "C" and "D" CANNOT BE THE SAME DIRECTORY!
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The program, when executed as above, will create a file called
FAKEXFER.DEF in the directory C:\JUNK and will copy all the files
in C:\DAN to D:\NEW
4. You should now run CAP2DOZ with the following parameters:
CAP2DOZ C:\TELIX\CAPTURE.DOC D:\NEW\FILES.DOZ Y XXX C:\JUNK\FAKEXFER.DEF
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
A B C D E F
A. The Cap2Doz program name
B. The Path/Filename of the capture file list
C. The path/Filename of the .DOZ file to create (The .DOZ file MUST
be in the upload dir in order for RBatch to use it)
D. The captured file list has dots as part of the filenames
E. XXX - so the Cap2doz program prompts for the category code. If
you wish all the files processed to have the same category code
enter it here INSTEAD of XXX. XXX tells Cap2Doz to prompt for
category codes.
F. Path/Filename of your XFER file created by FakeXfer program
As Cap2Doz runs, you will see it prompt you for each filename and
ask you the category for that file. The program will also show
you the file description from the captured file list. Note - Do not
be alarmed with the format of the file descriptions, RBatch takes care
of PROPERLY formatting the text.
5. Run RBatch is local mode:
A. Make sure that you configuration file for RBatch in local mode
has the path/filename of the XFER file as C:\JUNK\FAKEXFER.DEF
or whatever the path/filename that you use.
B. Next you should make a RBatch.Cfg file just for local file
posting. In this config there are a couple of parameters
that you should change just for local file posting.
I suggest that you get a copy of a dorinfo?.def file and make
a copy of it and change the username to SYSOP and a blank line.
Here is an example of how it should look:
YOUR BBS NAME
DANIEL
SHORE
COM0 <----COM0 = Local Mode
19200 BAUD,N,8,1
4
SYSOP
<----Blank Line - No spaces just C/R
LOCAL POST, USA
2 <----Color - Change to 1 for Non-Color
180 <----Security Level
74 <----Time Left
0
Make user that you also have in your configuration file (line #2)
the entry:
NO;C:\RBBS\DORINFO?.DEF
? = NODE NUMBER
The "NO" tells RBatch to NOT CREATE a dorinfo?.def file and then
you list the path/filename of the file to read.
You can also have the path to the CALLERS file and name to be
anything you wish. If RBatch does not find the callers file
as you have listed it in the .CFG file, it will create one for
you. Some people like to post the local files to a "bogus"
file and then delete it when finished.
C. You are now ready to run RBatch locally with the following
command line from the C:\RBBS directory:
RBATCH LOCAL.CFG 0 Z 3
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
1 2 3 4 5
1. The RBatch program name
2. The configuration file for RBatch to read. Remember that
you can use a path to the file or else the .cfg file has
to be in the current directory
3. This tells RBatch to use Port 0 (LOCAL)
4. This is the protocol letter that will be posted in the
callers file.
5. This is the node number for RBatch to use (usually a
local node number is used here)
D. Sit back and watch RBatch process all the files in your fakexfer.def
file and have them posted to your BBS!!!
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Posting without a Captured File List:
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Unfortunately if you don't have a captured file list, then you will have
to enter in the file descriptions as RBatch prompts you for them (like
RBBS). But with RBatch you can do a bunch of files instead of one at
at time. Or, if you prepare a .DOZ file ahead of time then you can have
the file descriptions and the categories all set. What is the benefit
of the .DOZ instead of doing it online? Well, you can do a few files
at a time (as your time permits) and when you have a bunch of files ready,
you can then post.
The program TAG200B.ZIP, written by Tom Hansen of Church Chatters BBS fame,
is excellent for tagging files for uploading and having it sequence in a
text editor like Qedit to then put in the descriptions in a .DOZ file
(which is already in the .DOZ format).
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Finally:
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While this seems kinda cumbersome at first, once it is setup with batch
files, you will wonder how you ever posted files locally on your BBS the
old way!!! If you don't like this method, that is ok too, but all who
have tried it just love it.
Any suggestions or comments on improving this process would be appreciated.
Dan Shore - SysOp
THE SHORELINE BBS
301-946-2771