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TGMPF.EXE V2.0
The TeleGard V2.5 BBS, Most Popular Files Generator
(c)1991 by
Geoff Stanley
The Night Rider BBS, 612-570-4242
Files in this Archive.
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TGMPF.EXE - The program.
TGMPF.DOC - This document file.
TGMPF.CFG - Sample configuration file.
TGMPF.VAL - Validation file generated by McAfee's Validate V3
BULLET12.ANS - Sample ANSI bulletin from my system.
BULLET12.MSG - Sample ASCII bulletin from my system.
Distribution.
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TGMPF.EXE is distributed as TGMPF**.ZIP where the '**' is replaced by a
number indicating the version, eg TGMPF10.ZIP is version 1.0.
Purpose of the program.
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TGMPF.EXE is a TeleGard V2.5 BBS support utility that will generate both
Ansi (colour) and plain ASCII bulletin files showing the 10 most popular
files (most downloaded) on a TeleGard BBS.
How to use it.
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The program MUST be run from your main BBS directory so that may find
the STATUS.DAT file to get the information about the location of you
files directories etc.
To run the program a config file MUST be present that conforms to the
following. Config file name must be TGMPF.CFG.
The config file is PLAIN text with each line containing a number. The
numbers on each line mean the following: (see TGMPF.CFG sample)
LINE 1 - The outputted BULLETIN number (in the range 0 - 99).
LINE 2
to
LINE X - The number of the file area's that will NOT be scanned. This is
so that certain file area's will not be checked for downloads.
For example Area 0 which is usually the SYSOP's area.
Once this config file has been made then all that is needed is to run
the program. It will read the config file, check several parameters and
then proceed to read the information from each .DIR file.
During the course of the running of the program you will be kept
informed as to the progress at each stage.
On my 10Mhz AT system with a 25ms average access hard drive the program
reads and sorts 1695 files in approximately 21 seconds.
This is approximatly 300% faster than V1.0 as it no longer creates a
temporary working file unless needed.
NOTE : At the beginning of each BULLETIN you will notice @7@! which are
the TeleGard internal control characters to "Clear the screen" and
"Suppress interuption of display".
This program is CARDWARE, that is if you use it and like it (or not)
please send a card or letter with your comments and suggestions to:
Geoff Stanley
3/7 West St
Hurstville NSW
AUSTRALIA 2220
HISTORY
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V1.0 Compiled 17/02/91 with Turbo Pascal V5.5
First release.
V2.0 Compiled 19/02/91 with Turbo Pascal V5.5
This version only creates a temporary disk file if it runs
out of RAM. It is about 300% faster than V1.0!!!