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- Instructions for installing this cdrom into a wildcat BBS.
-
- - This will only work with version 3.5 - 3.9. Please.
-
- - You must NOT be shelled to dos. Exit wildcat via alt-x, not f-10.
-
- - BACK UP your \wc30\makewild.dat, \wc30\filearea.dat, and
- \wc30\data\allfiles.* if you mess up, you can copy over the new
- mangled filearea.dat with the backup version.
-
- - Change directories to your default wildcat directory.
-
- - Type:
- COPY <your cdrom drive letter>\bbs\wildcat\ins.bat .
-
- - This copies the ins.bat to your default directory. You have to edit
- the batch file to tell it which cdrom drive letter you have. That's
- the first line -- you shouldn't need to edit anything else.
-
- Run the batch file by typing:
- ins
-
- This program will adjust the "number of file areas" in the makewild
- general configuration and install all the file areas and paths in
- makewild's file area configuration. It reads the file \dirs.txt on
- the cdrom for area descriptions and paths. It then creates a batch
- file that you run. This batch file uses wildcat's 'wcfile' and
- installs the filenames and descriptions into wildcat's global file
- database.
-
- The install program asks several questions. The first is the drive
- letter of your cdrom drive. This is probably e: but might be any
- other letter.
-
- The install program also asks where you want this CDROM's directories
- installed in your directory list. The recommended place is several
- directories after the last directory you have specified in makewild.
- (You want to leave room for expansion.)
-
- For example, if you have 100 directories specified with makewild, the
- program will suggest you install the new directories starting with
- area 101. It will not allow you to overwrite directories you already
- have installed unless you give install the -f option.
-
- The -f option to the install program:
-
- install -f
-
- or the batch file:
-
- ins -f
-
- will allow you to overwrite existing file catagories that already
- exist in your filearea.dat database. If you are installing this disc
- over top of an existing disc of the same title, you might want to
- force the new descriptions over top of the existing ones. For this
- reason, I STRONGLY recommend you consider leaving some blank
- descriptions after a CDROM in case future versions have more
- directories than the current version.
-
- I'm curious about suggestions for upgrading from one version of the
- cdrom to another. How should I 'uninstall' the disc? How do I
- remove descriptions from the allfiles.dat file? Since you can only
- have one file with the same name, you would HAVE to remove these to
- install another disc with similar names. ...as always, contributions
- from users are rewarded with free products.
-
- * * Note * *: You WILL also need to manually turn on permission for
- users to see these new file areas.
-
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-
- If you want to just have one super subdirectory with all the files,
- you can use the 'files.bbs' file that's in the \bbs\wildcat
- directory. The file with all the file descriptions in it is called
- allfiles.dir. There's also a file in each subdirectory called
- 'wildcat.txt' that has the file descriptions in wildcat format.
-