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VFREQDIR for VBBS version 3.00 01-03-94
By Gordon Defibaugh
1@1512300 VirtualNet
South Texas Software
(512) 729-6777
With the release of VBBS 6.12b, the ability to FREQ files on-line
via DirectMail is a reality. Downloading a file from another
site is easy if you know the full file name and it is in a
sub-directory with the FREQ flag on.
I had recommended the use of the following Tagline entries to
help other users determine another nodes status:
Use: DM if you have DirectMail enabled in VCONFIG
DM/F if you have DirectMail enabled in VCONFIG
and one or more file sub-directories have
the FREQ flag on.
DM/F! if you have DirectMail enabled in VCONFIG,
one or more file sub-directories have the
FREQ flag on, and the file DMFREQ.ZIP is
in one of these sub-directories.
This is where VFREQDIR comes in. Run daily as an event, VFREQDIR
will create and maintain a directory listing which contains an
entry for every file available to DirectMail FREQ.
By sending a DirectMail with the title: FREQ DMFREQ.ZIP to
another node running VFREQDIR, a return download will contain
the files available for DirectMail FREQ.
See below for first time installation procedure.
To invoke VFREQDIR, put the executable VFREQDIR.EXE in your VBBS
root directory. The command line is as follows:
VFREQDIR.EXE drv\path phonenumber
Where drv\path is the drive and path to a FREQable sub-directory
and phone number is your complete BBS number.
Example:
VFREQDIR.EXE C:\VBBS\LIBRARY\DMFREQ (512) 729-6777
Notes: Only one space should separate the drv\path and the
phone number.
In case of an error, check the \DATA\BBS.LOG file.
All error messages go to the screen and the BBS.LOG
once the path is determined.
If DirectMail is not enabled in VCONFIG or you do not
have any file sub-directories with the FREQ flag on,
VFREQDIR will tell you.
If any of the required system files are missing or have
a length of 0 bytes, you will be warned.
VFREQDIR will process local and/or networked databases.
Only files flagged as online will be processed. File
descriptions from other network nodes will be skipped.
If you have a ZIPCOMNT.TXT file in your \TXT
sub-directory, VFREQDIR will add it to the DMFREQ.ZIP
output file.
First time installation. The following procedure should only
be done once.
It is recommended you set up a separate database for the
DMFREQ.ZIP and DMFREQ.DIR files but it not mandatory.
Make sure you have DirectMail on in VCONFIG and the sub-directory
FREQ flag is on (VCONFIG Database Configuration, Files
Databases). It doesn't matter if the database is networked
or not.
Run VFREQDIR.EXE from the VBBS root directory with the above
sub-directories path and your BBS phone number in the command
line.
After VFREQDIR completes, login on your BBS and go to the files
area. Select the database where you sent the DMFREQ files
and select the SysOp Upload. Upload the DMFREQ.ZIP and
DMFREQ.DIR files and give them a description. Log off the BBS
and the files will be updated. A good description might
be 'Files available with DirectMail FREQ'.
Run VFREQDIR.EXE once again to update the listing with the
DMFREQ.DIR/DMFREQ.ZIP files.
This is a one time procedure. Once the file descriptions
are in, they do not change, only the data in the files.