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Version
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TrAminet v1.3 - thourth official version,
well tested with AminetCD #5, #6 and #7.
What is it?
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TrAminet is a tool that processes Aminet CD 5, 6 and 7. The goal is to produce
a filelist for online use with TransAmiga BBS. It checks the file TREE
and INDEX on the CD's Aminet directory. Creates the directory stucture of
tree on the hard disk and uploads the files listed in INDEX.
Disclaimer
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The program is well tested and I could not find a bug. As you know no
program is really bugfree (hint: Murphy's law). It works perfectly on my
system but I can't guarantee that it works on yours either. As usual you
can't blame me for any damage that may be caused by the use or misuse of
this program. It is provided as is. Use it at your own risk!
Distribution
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The use of the program is free of charge but the copyright still is mine.
Everyone who has use for this program may use it. I only ask for keeping
the archive complete. Don't delete any files or ADD any! I hate those
ZZEndPad and similar files that are added by a wide range of BBS's. I don't
want such files in my archives and you will not find them on my BBS. The
archive may be distributed via Aminet and BBS's but not via any PD series
without my written agreement. You are not allowed to ask for a charge if
you give the archive to someone else. If you give it away on disk then ask
for a Disk in return or a fee that is not higher than a new disk of the
same type.
Requirements
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You need the AmigaDOS JOIN command. If you did not delete it it should be
located in your c: directory. Also the standard RAM: is needed. If you
don't want to use RAM for that just make a RAM: assignment to a directory
on your hard drive. This is only necessary if you changed the C= default
installation to avoid having RAM:.
AmigaOS 3.1 Assign command or a PD command that supports TRUE multiassign
is needed.
Commandline
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TrAminet Path/A NODESC/S
On my system path is the multiassign Aminet:
Description
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The only parameter needed is a multiassign. Multiassigns are a bit tricky
but actually it's the only way to use CD-ROMs with TransAmiga BBS (if they
don't have a Files.BBS in every directory that is in TransAmiga format).
Sure it is possible to write a door that accesses the CD-ROM directly and
handles downloads, but I think the multi-assign method has more advantages
as you can use TransAmiga's normal routines.
How can this multiassign be done? It's easy and you don't have to know how
it really works. AmigaDOS provides the possebility of multiassigns. It is
possible that it works differently on different AmigaOS versions! If the
multiassign does not work on your Amiga the way I expect it get a program
like 'true multiassign' that adds real multiassigns to your Amiga. Ok, here
is how it works on my system:
In my user-startup I have the following assignments:
Assign Aminet: file:CDROM/Aminet
Assign Aminet: CD0:Aminet ADD
The second line ADDs an assignment to the allready defined assignment.
That's a multiassign - one assign leads to more than one directory. How
does it work? It's simple. AmigaDOS searches the first directory for the
file you want to open or examine. If it can't find it the next directory in
the multiassign list is processed. ATTENTION! The first path HAS NOT to be
the CD-ROM! My program makes directories and files in the first directory
of the assignment list!
Note: AmigaDOS commands DIR and LIST do not know multi-assigns so if you
use them to list Aminet: (in my example) you will get the content of the
first path of the multi-assign list. In this case it's the directory on the
hard drive.
NODESC is a switch and an optional parameter. If you specify it the .readme
files on the CD will be ignored and not appended to the .Desc files. This
save HD space and program execution time.
Let me write some words about speed. It takes a long time to process all
files so be sure you don't need the shell you start TrAminet in. I don't
suggest to use the RUN command as the output to CLI is still there. You can
send it to NIL: then there is no argument against run, but you won't get
any failtrue messages... Speaking of error messages... There may come up
several messages that tell you that JOIN was aborted due to an error. Don't
panic, that's ok. The program makes .Desc files (if you did not specify NODESC
commandline parameter) out of the .readme files on the CD so the BBS user can
read a long description if he wants to. To produce .Desc files in TransAmiga
formant I have to join two files so I used the join command as it's faster
than reading the .readme file and appending it to the .Desc file line by
line... The time needed to process the CD mainly depends on the speed your
CD-ROM drive has. The faster it is the faster the program will finish.
The program produces a fragment for your file.cfg in RAM: It is called
File.cfg (what else ?-). The number of found fileareas is displayed in the
Shell. (It's 180 for Aminet CD 6/95). Add the number to the number of
fileareas in your file.cfg and insert the file.cfg fragment in your own
File.cfg where you wish the areas to appear. I suggest at the end, just
before the packer definition.
Now you're ready to access the CD from your TransAmiga BBS.
This program was written for AminetCD #5 and #6 but may work with future
releases if they don't change the format. If there is need to update
this program I'll do it.
I hope I did not forget to mention something...
If you have any questions write me a mail.
Example
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If the mentioned assign is done you can run TrAminet like follows:
TrAminet Aminet:
or
TrAminet Aminet: nodesc
The last one prevents TrAminet from joining the .readme files to the .Desc
files. You loose the information contained in the readme files, but most
users do not check the long description of files so there is nothing lost
for those user group.
Contact
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You can contact me via fidonet, email, fax and postal mail:
Fido: 2:2476/12
email: rasa0011@fh-karlsruhe.de
fax: +49-[0]721-859433
postal mail:
Sami Radwan
Uhlandstr. 10
D-76135 Karlsruhe
Germany