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PROCDIR - Directory File Management System
** This Package ONLY WORKS WITH PCBOARD 14.5 **
FREEWARE - Use as you please - DON'T PAY A CENT
Well, after having run PCBoard 14.x for quite some time, I was duely
impressed with some commercial software, and not so impressed with the
non-commercial versions of packages that managed the DIR files within the
PCBoard environment.
What I was looking for was a package that would take the total number
of files and their accumulated sizes and somehow translate that information
to the DIR file within each conference. That is what this package does and
it will do more with each suggestion I receive.
Here is an example of the output file that is created...
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ The DreamScape BBS - (416) 889-8318 ║
║ Adult Conference ║
╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Last Updated on : October 13th, 1990 at 11:58:40 DFMS Ver 1.0 ║
╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Directory Directory Description Files Bytes ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ 1 Adult R-Rated Data Shack Scans 75 11,246,693 ║
║ 2 Adult R-Rated Gifs 'A'-'D' 288 49,248,544 ║
║ 3 Adult R-Rated Gifs 'E'-'H' 113 18,909,229 ║
║ 4 Adult R-Rated Gifs 'I'-'L' 89 14,186,068 ║
║ 5 Adult R-Rated Gifs 'M'-'P' 165 28,013,004 ║
║ 6 Adult R-Rated Gifs 'Q'-'T' 131 22,736,762 ║
║ 7 Adult R-Rated Gifs 'U'-'Z' 36 6,000,403 ║
║ 8 Adult Miscellaneous Graphics 1 365,025 ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║ Conference Totals 898 150,705,728 ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
.... I have several conferences running on my board but included this one
as an example of what the resulting DIR file looks like.
Simple to use ... just follow these instructions ...
1. Place a copy of PROCDIR.EXE anywhere that your system will
have access to it (even in the PATH= list)
2. Type PROCDIR and press enter.
What is this going to do to my board you may be asking yourself ! And why
shouldn't you ! You've probably spent a great deal of time getting your BBS to
operate and appear just the way you want it to and now here's a program that
may alter things - hopefully for the better.
What does PROCDIR do ?? Well ... here is the explanation:
1. Read in the PCBOARD.DAT file (This is always in C:\PCB\)
2. Figure out where the CNAMES file is and gather all the
important information as to where the DIR and DIR.LST files
are kept for each and every conference on your board.
3. Accumulate the number of files and their sizes.
4. Create a NEW DIR file where it SHOULD BE as defined in the
conference data file.
What you SHOULD DO before you run this program is backup all your
DIR files (this program does not create DIRG files - yet) and see what it
does for your system. I really love the ease of use that I have put into
developing this utility software and run it after each time I have messed
around with the files through PCBFILER.
Your comments and suggestions are more than welcomed. Please feel free
to drop me a line at....
The DreamScape BBS (416) 889-8318 (HST 14,400)