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01/21/94 Quick Note!
For all those folks that have asked for a clean and simple way to
determine if another copy of either WILDMAIL! or WILDUUCP! is currently
running, this program is for you. This program is generally needed for
those systems that use Multi-Line Mailers such as Intermail or FrontDoor
thereby preventing copies of WILDMAIL!, WMCONFIG!, WMUTIL!, WILDUUCP!
from attempting to run at the same time.
OPERATION
The way INUSE! operates is very simple. You simply execute it from
the appropriate directory (depending on which program you wish for
it to check) using the proper command line parameter and it will read
the respective programs configuration file and then exit with an
errorlevel specific to the current status of the program.
ERRORLEVELS
The current errorlevels INUSE! exits with are:
5 = Program is running (WILDMAIL!/WILDUUCP!)
1 = Abnormal termination
0 = Program is NOT running
Because INUSE! exits with an errorlevel, you'll need to use a batch file
to properly interpret these errorlevels. If you execute INUSE! from the
DOS command line it will literally do nothing of any use for you.
SAMPLE BATCH FILE
Quick note, you may place INUSE.EXE into any of the DOS path'd directories
but you must change to the appropriate directory in order for INUSE! to find
the desired config file.
Shown below is a very simple batch file that you might use to execute
WILDMAIL! when mail has been received.
@echo off
cd\wm30
inuse /w
IF ERRORLEVEL 5 GOTO EXIT rem Program is running, exit!
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO EXIT rem Abnormal termination, exit!
IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO WILDMAIL rem Program not running, execute WM!
GOTO EXIT
:WILDMAIL
wm scan toss netmail areamgr
:EXIT
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
Currently INUSE! only supports checking for WILDMAIL! and WILDUUCP!. To
tell INUSE! which program to check on, you first change to the appropriate
home directory of the program desired (\WM30 or \WILDUUCP) and then use
either of the following command lines:
INUSE /W (for WILDMAIL!)
INUSE /U (for WILDUUCP!)
You may also use a /? for additional help information.
WHAT IS WILDUUCP?
WILDUUCP! is a newly developed mail tosser for WILDCAT! BBS's that will
take mail from a UUCP Host provider such as HoloNet and toss both EMAIL
and NEWS directly into the WILDCAT! message bases. WILDUUCP! also allows
you to forward FTSC style mail onto specific node addresses to gate mail
from the Internet into Fido style networks.
WILDUUCP! provides a vast array of features for handling alias name
translations, conversions, dialing and forwarding of mail to both UUCP
providers and downlink nodes. For additional information on this product,
feel free to give Online Computer Resources a voice call at:
(707) 552-1122 9am-5pm (M-F) PST
Release date was late November 1993, so look for it on your favorite BBS
or Online Computer Resources BBS shortly!