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21 Global command line switches
Support for these switches is included in all programs in FrontDoor,
except where otherwise stated. All command line parameters must be
preceded by either a forward slash (/) or a dash (-). Command line
parameters are case insensitive (case does not matter) except where
otherwise stated.
Switch Programs Description
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C FDSETUP Forces color mode
M FDSETUP Forces monochrome mode
NORES All Disables use of internal (and undocumented)
DOS pathname resolution calls. This is
required under PC-MOS/386 and some LAN
environments.
NOCOMMIT All Disables use of DOS 3.3 commit() call.
NOSHADOW All Disables window shadows.
NOMULD All Prevents FrontDoor from attempting to detect
a multi-tasking environment, such as DESQview
and PC-MOS/386.
NOEKBD All Prevents FrontDoor from using extended (AT-
style) keyboard BIOS calls.
NOISCR FM Forces FM to treat a SoftCR (ASCII 141)
character as any other printable character.
The default for FM is to strip these when
reading and writing message from/to disk.
INTL FM Forces FM to always insert the TL kludge
line in newly created NetMail messages. FM
will, by default, only insert INTL
information if the destination system of the
message is located in a different zone than
that of the originating address (your) used
to create the message, or when a different
originating address than your primary AKA is
used.
NOEMS FD, FM Disables use of LIM/EMS memory for overlay
file buffers. This switch does not affect
whether or not FD and FM use EMS/XMS memory
when (if) swapping.
NOLOCK FM Disables Hudson Message Base locking support
in FM. Do not use this unless absolutely
necessary.
NODASH FD Forces FD to strip dash (-) characters from
telephone numbers before sending them to the
modem. This does not affect how telephone
numbers are displayed on screen or logged to
disk.
NOUNPACK FD Forces FD to ignore received mail packets
(files with .PKT extension). This assumes
that you have an external utility to unpack
NetMail packets. Do not use this unless you
absolutely need it.
NOMDM FD Forces FD to ignore information listed in
MODEM.FD.
NOSLO FD Disables support for the Overdrive protocol
option (SLO) in SEAlink. SLO is by default
only active during error free connections
(/ARQ, /MNP, /LAPM, etc.) and for link speeds
above 2400 BPS.
NODZA FD Disables support for the DirectZAP Zmodem
protocol (DZA) variant used between some EMSI
capable mailers such as FrontDoor and
D'Bridge. DZA is only used during EMSI mail
sessions that have not been negotiated via a
script file.
NOZAP FD Disables support for the Zmodem protocol
during mail sessions negotiated using the
FTS-6 (YooHoo) session protocol. This
effectively means that FD will only establish
FTS-6 sessions using the DietIFNA protocol
option. This does not affect sessions
negotiated using EMSI.
NOYOOHOO FD Disables support for the FTS-6 (YooHoo)
session protocol. This means that FD will
only support FTS-1 and EMSI sessions, unless
otherwise restricted.
NOFTSC1 FD Disables support for the FTS-1 session
protocol, effectively making FD non-FidoNet
compliant. This means that FD will only
support FTS-6 and EMSI sessions, unless
otherwise restricted.
--- Public (listed as non-PVT in the FidoNet
nodelist) FidoNet systems should use this
option with CAUTION since by using it, you
may be in violation FidoNet policy. ---
NOEMSI FD Disables support for the FSC-0056 (EMSI)
session protocol. This means that FD will
only support FTS-1 and FTS-6 sessions, unless
otherwise restricted.
RDEBUG FD Enables debug output from the mail routing
handler in FD. This is quite useful when
debugging your ROUTE.FD file.
X<1..255> FD Forces FD to terminate with the specified
errorlevel as soon as there is no more
outbound calls to make. This is not available
in the noncommercial version.
T FD Forces FD into Terminal mode directly from
DOS. Once you exit the Terminal, you will be
returned to DOS.
M FD Forces FD into Mail mode directly from DOS.
This switch was added to allow you to
override the Terminal-only setting in
FDSETUP.
S FD Forces FD to ignore any forced events it may
have missed. FD will by default execute all
pending external events when it is brought
up. This switch is useful if you have
performed system maintenance for several
hours and do not want FD to execute any
overdue forced events.
L:<pwd> FD Locks the keyboard with the specified
password directly from DOS. This has the same
effect as using the LOCK, <Alt-L>, function
from FD's main menu.
ONLINE Terminal Forces the Terminal to not initialize the
modem when it is started. This is not
available in the noncommercial version.
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