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TOPDOWN.EXE Karl Schneider
S & H Engineering, Inc.
For WILDCAT 3.0x+ ONLY 8505 Woodwick Ct.
Tampa, FL 33615
813 884 9661 voice
My BBS is temporarily down......
TOPDOWN is a Wildcat 3.0x+ utility which makes an ascii list of the
top 10 or more or less most downloaded files from the Wildcat board.
This list is suitable for a bulletin, hellox file, etc. It sets up
and runs almost identically to my files listing program WC3FLIST.
You may include or omit 'passworded' files, exclude one or more
file AREAS from the list or INCLUDE ONLY one or more areas, and have a
detailed listing showing filename, date, size, # of downloads, and
description, or a 'short' version showing only filename, K size and
description. TOPDOWN produces lists similar to those made by FLOP
(c) Michael Conley, but should be substantially faster, as it is com-
piled in TurboC and does not require BRUN runtime modules.
Usage: TOPDOWN 15
lists the 15 most downloaded files in the specified output file.
TOPDOWN.EXE can live anywhere in your PATH...but it must be EXECUTED from
your Wildcat Home Node Directory(s). (Any node is OK....full file
sharing is supported and nodes do not need to be 'down')
In the same Home Node Directory for whatever node you're running TOPDOWN
on, you must have a text file, TOPDOWN.CFG. A sample copy is included
in this archive and is reproduced here. Edit this with any text ed-
itor to fit your requirements.
>> When editing TOPDOWN.CFG, be sure your editor doesn't add extra
>> lines or characters at the end of the file. I had one report that
>> the XTREE editor adds 2 blank lines and some kind of strange eof
>> marker. If you get a "ERROR in TOPDOWN.CFG" message, check it for
>> something like this. As a last resort, EDLIN (I know, I know)
>> works fine, and it's not that big a file! <g>
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@ Here's a sample TOPDOWN.CFG file. Any lines beginning with a @
@ are ignored. You can delete any of them, or leave them for reference.
@ Lines NOT starting with @ are parameter lines. There must be SIX of
@ them as shown below. Change the information AFTER
@ the : (colon) in them as desired. Do NOT change the ORDER of the lines,
@ do NOT leave out the colon and do NOT leave any spaces
@ between the colon and your option(s)! (colons in a filepath as
@ below are OK, the program is only interested iin the FIRST one in
@ a line).
@
@ The short (single line) listing shows only filename, K size and
@ description. If this is picked (Y), no passwords will be either
@ shown or masked!
@
@ The Include ONLY and EXCLUDE options are mutually exclusive; that is,
@ You cannot Include ONLY some areas and then EXCLUDE some, and vice-
@ versa. Line length is limited to 250 characters, and number of
@ either Includes or Excludes up to 100. Separate them with commas
@ as shown below.
@
@ To include ALL file areas, don't add anything to the Include or EXCLUDE
@ lines. See TOPDOWN.DOC for more information.
@
@ Options on the 'Include passworded files' are as follows:
@ Y -- includes passworded files but masks out the p/w with *********.
@ N -- omits all passworded files from the list.
@ O -- includes ONLY passworded files (from non-excluded areas) and
@ SHOWS the password
@ S -- includes ALL files including those with passwords (from non-
@ excluded areas and SHOWS their passwords.
BBS Name:Agora BBS of Tampa
Include passworded files?:y
Short (single line) listing?:n
Include ONLY areas:
EXCLUDE areas:2,19,83
Output file pathname:D:\WC30\BULLETIN\BULL0003.BBS
@ This line will be ingored too and can be deleted.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Note that only lines NOT starting with '@' are actually used by the
program. You may delete any or all lines beginning with the '@' symbol.
Follow the instructions above. You can, of course run TOPDOWN in a
batch file and by copying different configurations into TOPDOWN.CFG,
create several different reports for different conferences, etc, like
this:
copy config1 topdown.cfg
topdown
copy config2 topdown.cfg
topdown
copy config3 topdown.cfg
topdown
....etc...
This programs uses memory up to the available limit. It should handle
about 8500 files, depending on your memory and setup. If you find it
running out of memory (it will tell you!)....you will probably need to
run it more than once, with different groups of 'included areas'. You
can than of course copy the output files together with DOS COPY...
Please consider registering this program if you find it useful.
A lot of time and effort has gone into creating the WILDCAT utilities
I've written. I find them useful, and hope you do too! $10 or
$15 or so would be reasonable. If you register this program, you will get
full support via the numbers above and enhancements or customiz-
ation within reason. Thanks!
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