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The Mountie! v1.00
Mount & Dismount CD-ROMs
For
RemoteAccess v2.00G
Software and documentation written by Clyde Sisler
Copyright (C) 1993 Clyde Sisler
All rights reserved
New Sysop Proverb: He who faileth to backeth up files
of exceedingly great value shalt
shedeth a voluminous amount of
large tears before joining the
omniscient Sysop in the sky.
***** Table of Contents *****
1 Warranty & Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3 Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5 Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1 Warranties and Disclaimers:
Ha, Ha, Ha! You kiddin' me or what? You get no warranties, written,
implied, or otherwise except that this software will take up some of
your disk space. Instead, you get a bunch of the following disclaimers:
"The Mountie!" is released into the Public Domain and may only be used
in agreement with the conditions set out in this document. Subsequent
use of this package constitutes that agreement and releases the author
(Clyde W. Sisler) from any and all forms of future liability or
litigation. Under no condition shall the author be liable for any
damages or costs of any kind which result from your use or inability to
use "The Mountie!"
"The Mountie!" refers to all executables and documentation and other
files released for distribution by the author in the original compressed
archive.
"The Mountie!" is copyrighted material by the author and as such, all
rights are reserved and protected under U.S. copyright laws.
Care has been taken to write and test a program that does (and doesn't
do) what the documentation states. "The Mountie!", however, is
provided as is, without warranty or guarantee of any kind, either
expressed or implied! It works for me and it *SHOULD* work for you.
The author will not be obligated to provide future maintenance nor
enhancement releases nor ongoing support for "The Mountie!". The author
further reserves the right not to release future Public Domain versions
but may provide shareware or commercial versions of this product instead.
"The Mountie!" may be distributed freely provided no money or any other
compensation is asked for or accepted under any condition.
With all that crap out of the way, let's get to it!
2 Introduction:
Before you do anything else with The Mountie!, please backup the
FGROUPS.RA and FILES.RA files in your [drive]:\RA directory. Both
of these files are modified when you mount and dismount disks using
The Mountie!.
The Mountie! allows you to logically mount/dismount CD-ROMs, network
drives, local hard drives or removable disks within RemoteAccess v2.00G.
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File Areas associated with a physical disk are grouped together using
RA's File Groups and RACONFIG.EXE. You then select which of your
File Groups are disks in The Mountie! Each disk definition contains
Online & Offline Security Codes & Flags.
When a disk is mounted, you're asked for the Drive on which it is to
be mounted and the Device Number. This information can change each
time the disk is mounted, allowing you to easily move a disk from drive
to drive. The File Group record is updated with it's online security
code & flags. Each File Area associated with the disk is then updated
placing the drive letter as the first character of the path. The
device number and (optionally) online security code & flags are also
changed.
When a disk is dismounted, the File Group record is updated with it's
offline security code & flags restricting user access to the disk as
you see fit. "(Offline)" is also placed near the end of the File Group
Name. Each File Area is then (optionally) updated with offline security
code & flags, further restricting access as your plan dictates. "**" is
(optionally) placed near the end of the File Area Name. This provides a
simple means for identification of offline areas when you still want the
areas visible to the user. "(Offline)" and "**" are removed from the
names when the disk is mounted again.
Changing the Group and Area Names provides a means of notifiying users
of the unavailabilty of the disk and areas but still allowing them access
to the listings. You'd probably want to change the download security
code and/or flags to prevent access and give some thought to upload
security as well. The "**" in the File Area name is particularily
useful if the area appears in File Groups other than those indicating
a disk, such as catagories.
Note: It's assumed that all File Areas on a disk will have the same
security codes and flags and they will be the same as the File
Group. Before using The Mountie! you should sit down and determine
what you're access restrictions will be and if The Mountie! is
suitable for your needs. A future release of The Mountie! may
allow you to import Security codes & flags from FILES.RA and
modify them for online/offline use in the Mountie!
3 Package Contents:
BOOHOO.TXT A sad story
FILE_ID.DIZ Description of this package
MOUNTIE.DOC This Document
MOUNTIE.EXE The Mountie! executable
FA.EXE File Area report utility
FG.EXE File Group report utility
FGFA.EXE File Group/File Area report Utility
MF.EXE List files with flags turned on in FDB
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4 Installation:
If you're reading this, it's already installed. Hopefully you have
RemoteAccess v2.00G installed on the same machine and have the
RA environment variable set in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
Example: SET RA=[drive]:\RA
5 Operation:
Just run the durn thing and you're presented with the Main Menu.
Press <ALT> to activate the menu or <ESC> to quit the program
Groups: This section allows you to Select Groups, drop to DOS or
quit the program.
Select Groups: displays all of the File Groups you've
defined in FGROUPS.RA. You're presented
with the File Group's name, it's Group
number and the Drive letter, if currently
mounted. A check mark appears on the extreme
left if it's been selected as a disk. Pressing
the space bar toggles the check mark on and off
thereby selecting or de-selecting the File Group
as a disk.
Use the mouse, PGUP/PGDN and arrow keys to
move back and forth between the File Groups.
Press <ENTER> when all disks have been
selected. DISKS.DAT will be written. This
configuration file contains the disks you've
selected, their attributes and if they're
mounted or dismounted.
DOS Shell: Quick way to Drop to DOS to perform some
function without leaving the program. Note
that The Mountie! does not swap itself out
of memory so you'll have that amount of
overhead when you're at the DOS prompt using
this function.
Exit: Quit the program
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Disks: This section allows you to mount or dismount disks and change
their online and offline attributes.
After selecting any of the following functions, you're presented
with a list of File Groups previously selected as disks. The
disk's name, Group number and the drive letter, if it's currently
mounted, are displayed.
Use the mouse, PGUP/PGDN and arrow keys to position the cursor
and press <ENTER> to select the desired disk.
Mount A Disk: Use this function to place a disk online. Once
the disk has been selected, your're presented
with a request for a Drive letter and Device
number on which the disk is to be mounted.
Note: To keep things relatively simple and
provide added flexability, no check is made
to see if the disk is already mounted nor if
another disk is already mounted on the drive.
You're also presented with 3 Yes/No switches
which tell The Mountie! if the File Areas'
Name, Security code and/or Security flags
should be updated. Use the space bar or
left/right arrows to change the default
setting.
Note: These settings are saved and used as
default settings when/if you decide to
dismount the disk.
FGROUPS.RA is updated with the Group's online
attributes (see Online Attributes below) and
positions 21-30 of the File Group's name are
spaced out (see Dismount A Disk below).
FILES.RA is then updated. Each File Area in
which the disk's Group Number appears as a
Group or Alternate Group is updated with the
Device number and the Drive letter is inserted
into the first position of the path.
If Yes was selected for Name, positions 29-30
of the File Area's name are spaced out (see
Dismount A Disk below).
If Yes was selected for Security, each File
Area's Download, List and Upload Security
codes will be updated with those defined in
the File Group's Online Attributes.
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If Yes was selected for Flags, each File
Area's Download, List and Upload Security
Flags will be updated with those defined in
the File Group Online Attributes.
Dismount A Disk:
Use this function to place a disk offline.
Note: To keep things relatively simple and
provide added flexability, no check is made
to see if the disk is already dismounted.
This allows you to change the offline
attributes and dismount it again.
You're also presented with 3 Yes/No switches
which tell The Mountie! if the File Areas'
Name, Security code and/or Security flags
should be updated. Use the space bar or
left/right arrows to change the default
setting.
Note: These settings are saved and used as
default settings when you decide to mount
the disk again.
FGROUPS.RA is updated with the Group's offline
attributes (see Offline Attributes below) and
"(Offline)" is placed in positions 21-30 of
the File Group's name. Group Names are
restricted to 20 characters so " (Online)" can
be added to the end of the name and still fit
within RA type 50 displays.
FILES.RA is then updated if any of the Yes/No
options were selected. Each File Area in
which the disk's Group Number appears as a
Group or Alternate Group is updated as
indicated by the Yes/No switches.
If Yes was selected for Name, "**" is placed
in positions 29-30 of the File Area's name.
File Area Names are restricted to 27 characters
so " **" can be added to the end of the name
and still fit within RA type 50 displays.
If Yes was selected for Security, each File
Area's Download, List and Upload Security
codes will be updated with those defined in
the File Group's Offline Attributes.
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If Yes was selected for Flags, each File
Area's Download, List and Upload Security
Flags will be updated with those defined in
the File Group Offline Attributes.
Online Attributes:
Use this function to change the online
attributes of a disk.
When a File Group is first selected as a
disk to be mounted and dismounted (Select
Groups), the File Group's Security and
Security Flags in FGROUPS.RA are used to
intialize the Online and Offline Attributes
for both the File Group and File Areas. These
are stored in DISKS.DAT and used to update the
File Group and (optionally) File Areas only
when actually mounting or dismounting a disk.
The Online Attributes should probably remain the
same as those defined in RACONFIG as the File
Group and all of it's File Areas will be changed
to the attributes in DISKS.DAT when the disk is
mounted.
Online Attributes are really the means to
restore Security Codes and Flags to their
original values when mounting the disk after
it's been dismounted.
If you change the File Group or File Area
Security Code or Flags in RACONFIG, you probably
should change them here too.
Any value in the flags fields other than '-'
or ' ' means the flag is turned on. Use of the
'O' flags is not supported.
Offline Attributes:
Use this function to change the offline
attributes of a disk.
See Online Attributes above for a brief
introduction to Online/Offline Attributes.
Combined with the changes made to the File
Group and File Area names when dismounting
a disk, the Offline Attributes give you a
lot of flexibility in how you want to handle
offline disks.
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You can have one or both appear on your type
50 menus with their names altered to indicate
they're not available.
You can also use File Group and/or File Area
Security and/or Flags in any combination to
restrict or permit access to the list, upload
and download functions.
6 Utilities
FA.EXE File Area report utility - useful for keeping track of which
directories are on which drives
FG.EXE File Group report utility - useful for reference when assigning
File Areas to File Groups
FGFA.EXE File Group/File Area report Utility - Useful for keeping track
of which FIle Areas are in which File Groups
MF.EXE List files with flags turned on in FDB - useful for displaying
files with flags turned on the Files Database, espeically after
loading a new CDROM. These flags are:
1) Deleted
2) Unlisted
3) Free
4) Not Downloadable
5) Locked
6) Missing/Offline
7) No Time Restrictions
The above utilities all use stdout for the output. This means if
you just run the program, all data will, by default, display on the
monitor. You may also redirect the output to a printer or to a disk
file. For instance:
FA.EXE > filearea.lst will cause the output of the File Area Report
program to be written to a disk file named
filearea.lst in the current directory.
FG.EXE > prn (or lpt1, etc) will cause the output of the File Group
Report program to be sent directly to the
printer.
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