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- Notes on 'ArchiveCL'
-
- First, this is a free product! It is not shareware, and
- as such it is not easily adaptible. It was written especially
- for the Hsv. MUG BBS, and no provision is made for other system
- use other than the use of a generic message and blank padded
- symbols, which may be modified with Fedit.
-
- What does it do?
-
- It appends ':Logs:Callerlog' to ':Logs:Callerlog Archive' and
- clears ':Logs:Callerlog'.
-
- If ArchiveCL was launched from RRHost, it will then write
- ' Callerlog cleared by Sysop....'
- as the first line of ':Logs:Callerlog'. (AnalyzeCL ignores any line
- within callerlog data that starts with 3 spaces.)
-
- If ArchiveCL was NOT launched from RRHost, it will write the next
- three lines:
- --------------------
- The RRHost BBS is ready for calls at 02/28/87 at 16:03:38
- --------------------
- as the first three lines of the recently cleared Callerlog.
- The date and time will reflect current execution time.
-
- In either case, 'Red Ryder Host' will be executed if it is on
- the same folder as ArchiveCL. If it is not present, then
- nothing else happens.
-
- Customization Notes:
-
- For AnalyzeCL 0.88 to recognize this as a RRHost boot, the first three
- characters must be 'The', 'ready' must be somewhere in the line, and the
- date must be formatted as in the example. ArchiveCL, as supplied, will
- meet these requirements.
-
- If you wish to use Fedit (or a similar program) to modify either the
- file paths or the message text, I've left adequate blank padding at the
- end of the strings to do so. For example, you may locate ':Logs:Callerlog'
- and change it to 'HS20:BBS:LogFiles:Callerlog' if that's where your CL is.
- ArchiveCL will eat trailing blanks on all symbols, so the length of
- the output string is not important. Be sure not to overwrite the byte
- count for following strings. That is, do not overwrite any characters
- past the text other than blanks.
-
- This technique will work for both the file paths and the
- 'ready for' message.
-
-
- Other ...
-
- When the Hsv MUG BBS is started, it's done with a copy of FSP
- (File Section Processor) that has been renamed to 'Start the BBS!'.
- FSP launches 'ArchiveCL' when it is done with file section
- maintenance, so that the callerlog reflects the latest
- 'boot' of RRHost. ArchiveCL performs its function (see above) and
- kicks off 'Red Ryder Host'. At this point the callerlog will
- only show activity since the last boot, (One of my menus allows
- users to list (Cmd#14) the Callerlog.) and the Callerlog Archive
- will list all activity since the last time it was cleared.