ATPDIAG(1)           ATP QWK Mail/News Reader          ATPDIAG(1)


NAME
       atpdiag - checks atp qwk reader configuration.


SYNOPSIS
       atpdiag  [ -h | -v | --help | --version ]


DESCRIPTION
       A diagnostic script written in Perl, useful during instal-
       lation of ATP QWK news/mail  reader,  and  for  diagnosing
       possible  configuration  problems.   When started, atpdiag
       looks for the environment variable ATP.  then searches for
       the  configuration  file  atprc.  If that file can be suc-
       cessfully opened, atpdiag parses  it,  checking  specified
       paths  and  support programs for existence and accessibil-
       ity. Informational, warning, and error messages  are  dis-
       played.


       Perhaps  the  most  common  ATP  installation error is the
       failure to set and export the  ATP  environment  variable.
       Normally  this  should be done in the user's shell startup
       file such as the  .profile in the user's  home  directory.
       ATP  expects  the environment variable ATP to point to the
       directory where ATP  will  keep  its  atprc  configuration
       file, taglines.atp tagline file, and message bases.


       Another  possible  ATP  configuration  problem occurs when
       using Info-Zip UnZip 5.11 and later. These recent versions
       of  UnZip  require the -L flag when un-zipping certain qwk
       packets originating in the MSDOS world.  Previous to UnZip
       5.11,  the  default  behavior  for  UnZip was to translate
       MSDOS file names to lower case on unzipping. Now you  must
       request lower case translation explicitly by adding the -L
       flag to your unzip command in your atprc.  This  may  also
       be  accomplished  by setting and exporting the UNZIP envi-
       ronment variable.

       When run, atpdiag will attempt to detect your  UnZip  ver-
       sion and report if the configuration appears wrong.


FILES
       /usr/local/bin/atpdiag
       $ATP/taglines.atp
       $ATP/atprc


SEE ALSO
       atp(1), perl(1), unzip(1)





ATPDIAG 0.92             28 November 1995                       1