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- How to Upload Like A Maniac..... 11/20/91 N Hawthorn
-
- I put this little program together so that I could get my BBS changed
- over from Hermes without too much hassle.
-
- Source is included so that you could make it work on another BBS
- program "format" you have. You could use it to upload from a CD
- rom directory too.
-
- I encourage anyone who can make modifications to work with other BBS's
- to do so and UPLOAD this to AOL and/or the MUBBS support BBS.
-
- To use it you need to "capture" a list of all your file sections before
- you shut down Hermes for good.
-
- I changed the "new" file date to 01/01/85 then did a "new" scan. I turned
- on capture on my terminal program and let it ride.
-
- I then took EDIT and copied and pasted the list's to seperate file
- sections. You have to take out any extra text other than the file
- listings. "extended" comments are OK, and the program handles them
- fairly well. It will cut comments off at about 220 characters or so.
-
- I then uploaded all my TEXT ONLY files, including any ZIP or ARC or
- LZH type files. I uploaded my GIF files sections, and any IBM stuff.
-
- These type of files are "DATA FORK" only types. They do not have
- "resources" because they are not specificly Mac files. I keep my
- TEXT files that way so that ANY computer logging in can read them.
-
- I uploaded my whole Mac section using "Nate's Sysop 2.0" stack
- to convert all my folders to MacBinary. (it's on the support BBS
- and should be available AOL).
-
- You choose folders by clicking on ANY file in that folder. The FIRST
- file you chose is the "Captured Text" file used for input, you must
- choose that file (not just any file in the folder) because the Mac
- needs to know the file name.
-
- To upload Mac sections, you need to understand "MacBinary". It's a
- peice of code that takes a Mac file (that has TWO forks, data and
- Resource) and makes it into ONE DATA FORK. It does this by adding a
- "header" onto the file that tells about the file, like it's length,
- how big the resource fork is.......
-
- Upload Maniac only uploads the DATA FORK. When MUBBS downloads a file,
- it sends the data fork only.
-
- So you need to run a program that "MacBinifies" a whole folder of files
- (like "Nate's Sysop 2.0").
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- When all the files are done (make sure they are all Mac type files)
- then you can upload them with this program.
-
- Later I may add code that "MacBinifies" to this program but don't
- hold your breath.
-
- Look on the support BBS or AOL for a program that MacBinifies a whole
- folder.
-
-
- This is a copy of the text that is printed when the program starts up:
-
-
- *** USE THIS ON A COPY OF YOUR DIRECTORY ***
-
- This program allows you to UPLOAD to a MUBBS directory from a LIST
- of files. It is set for a "Hermes" type file listing that you
- would get by capturing a "L" of files from a "Hermes" directory.
-
- The FIRST character on a line is a FILE name, then a ":" then
- we wait for another ":" and use the discription. If the next line
- contains spaces (at least 2) it is considered MORE description
- (to 2 lines).
-
- You MUST EDIT YOUR INPUT FILE LIST and make it conform to this.
-
- If the files are MAC type files you MUST MAKE THEM "MACBINARY"
- with another program that does this. This only UPLOADS the DATA FORK
- of a file. TEXT and GIF or IBM files are DATA fork only TYPE FILES.
-
- Mac files have BOTH forks, thus they have to be made "MACBINARY".
-
- To cancel press "cancel" at any dialog box.
-
- DISCLAIMER: This program is a test, it may not be fully debugged, USE AT
- YOUR OWN RISK ! BY USING THIS PROGRAM CODE, YOU AGREE TO HOLD IT'S AUTHOR
- HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL LITIGATION ARISING FROM IT'S USE. This program is
- not intended for any particular purpose, and especially not any you expect.
- It can crash, wipe out your hard drive, and make your life misiberable. Back
- up all data before using. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ! This program will self destruct if not handled in a caring manner.
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