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FLM Readme First
ATTENTION
WARNING: Since the '-' is a legal character for file names, FLM
considers it as the start of a FILES.BBS comment only if it is
followed by a space. Please make sure you do not have comments
starting with the dash NOT followed by a space before running
FLM with the "RemMis" statement: illegal comments will be
treated as missing files and removed.
IMPORTANT: DOS users should pay attention to file wildcards in
the okfile header and magic template: "\bbs\file\try\*" includes
all files in "\bbs\file\try" under OS/2, but for DOS an
extension wildcard might be necessary: "\bbs\file\try\*.*".
Files in the original archive:
File_Id.Diz Standard archive description
Flm.Exe Executable
Flm.Ico An Icon for FLM
Flm2.Ico An alternative Icon for FLM
Flm.Inf The Inf documentation
Readme.1st Important notes
Whatsnew.Txt Fixes and additions
Flm_Xmp.Cfg The example configuration file
Compress.Cfg The archiver definitions
OkHead.Lst The sample okfile header
Magic.Lst The sample magic list
AllHead.Txt The sample header for complete list
NewHead.Txt The sample header for new-file list
Flm.Doc The text documentation
License.Doc The license for using this software
Register.Doc Info on Registration
Dos Only
Dos4Gw.Exe Dos Extender (major releases only)
If you have a maintenance release of the program,
the dos extender will not be included, to avoid
unnecessary distribution costs.
Note: The Icons are kindly made available by Andrea Vavassori of
2:331/219.
The OS/2 Inf manual is provided with the DOS version too,
since there are INF viewers under Dos. For example, the very
nice viewer by Damir Ujcic: VIEW01.ZIP, available for F/R from
2:332/504@fidonet: it contains a text mode viewer in both OS/2
and Dos versions.
Whatsnew
If you are using an older version of the program, please read
WhatsNew.Txt before using this version.
How to contact the author
If you have suggestions, bug reports, observations about the
docs, please feel free to contact me at the following
addresses:
Alberto Pasquale of 2:332/504@fidonet
alberto.pasquale@interbusiness.it
2:332/504@fidonet +39-59-246112 V120 V34+ VFC V32T H16
2:332/524@fidonet +39-59-246113 X75 FAX-G3
Alberto Pasquale, Viale Verdi 106, 41100 Modena, Italy
IMPORTANT: if you call crash and require an answer, please state
whether you want it routed (might not be reliable) or ON HOLD
(in which case an answer should be available in 48h maximum,
apart from the holiday periods).
Support ECHO
I am originating an international support echo for all my
programs. If you are interested, please ask your echo feeder to
find a suitable link for the APWORKS area. In addition, I
regularly read the international OS2BBS echo.
TIC distribution
All my BBS related programs are distributed via a TIC file area.
If you want to join, please ask your file feeder to find a
suitable link for the APBBS (OS/2), APBBSDOS (Dos),
APBBSWIN (WIN/NT) areas.
Public Beta versions are distributed without restrictions in
APBBSBETA.
There are also APTOOLS for 3rd party tools related to APWORKS
programs and APWORKSG for German documentation by Roland
Schiradin.
Where to look for
APWorks Programs and Support Areas
In North America the APWORKS support echo should be easily
available, since it is on the Zone 1 backbone.
The following systems carry the ApWorks echo and file areas:
Author's
APWORKS
Alberto Pasquale, Modena, Italy
alberto.pasquale@interbusiness.it
2:332/504@fidonet +39-59-246112 V120 V34+ VFC V32T H16
2:332/524@fidonet +39-59-246113 X75 FAX-G3
File requests could be declined between 23:00 and 06:00 GMT.
Request APFILES for a (short) list of APWORKS files only.
Europe
ApWorks_Germany
Roland Schiradin, Eltville, Germany
schiradi@tap.de
2:2454/169@fidonet
Cyberia/2
Harald Kamm, Bamberg, Germany
2:2490/3045@fidonet
The Ham Spirit
Karsten Jyhne, Malling, Denmark
2:238/87@fidonet
MufNet HQ
Paul Bergquist, Hollviken, Sweden
2:200/146@fidonet
paul.bergquist@moderat.se
paulb@sbbs.se
The BackRoom/2 BBS
Martin Davies, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
gbear@backroom.baynet.co.uk
2:442/617@fidonet
Air Applewood
Vince Coen, Roydon, Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom
2:257/609@fidonet
PULSAR BBS
Branko Radojevic, Dubrovnik, Croatia
branko@pfdu.hr
sysop@pulsar.fido.hr
2:381/124@fidonet
North America
COMM Port OS/2
Bob Juge, Sugar Land, TX, USA
bob@juge.com
1:106/2000@fidonet
Common Sense
Mike Burgett, Newark, CA, USA
burgett@cmnsens.zoom.com
1:215/705@fidonet
Eclectic Lab 1
Mary-Anne Wise, New Westminster, BC, Canada
1:153/831@fidonet
Filebone: MaxFDN
Available via Planet Connect, PageSat, Filebone,
paonline ftphub and the Filegate Project.
Australia
Tardis BBS
Malcolm Miles, North Balwyn, VIC, Australia
3:633/260@fidonet
File Areas on the Internet
UK
ftp.enterprise.net
/apworks
ftp.baynet.co.uk
/pub/apworks/os2
/pub/apworks/dos
/pub/apworks/beta
USA
ftp.juge.com
cmnsens.zoom.com
/pub/apworks/bbs
/pub/apworks/bbsdos
/pub/apworks/beta
/pub/apworks/dosbeta
ftp.oeonline.com
/pub/Maximus
ftp.bmtmicro.com
/bmtmicro
Only the public release versions of programs that can be
registered via Bmt Micro.
How to Request the
Latest Version of APWORKS Programs
The following magics are honoured by APWORKS and some of the
support sites:
Magic Name Description
APFILES ApFiles.Lst List of Programs by Alberto Pasquale
FASTLST FLST???.RAR OS/2 The ultimate v7 Nodelist processor.
Fully automated processing and
maintenance, no need for clumsy batch
files. Can report to Squish or *.MSG
areas, multitasking friendly, many
options.
FASTLSTD FLSTD???.RAR DOS
FASTLSTW FLSTW???.RAR NT
FASTLSTG German Docs by Roland Schiradin
Available on 2:2454/169
NEF NEF???.RAR OS/2 TIC file distribution and
announcement for Binkley-style
outbound and *.MSG or Squish message
base, file-Areafix included with
FileBone support, full multitasking
aware (BSY, file sharing etc.),
exceptionally flexible Multi-Aka
support.
NEFD NEFD???.RAR DOS 32 bit only, w DOS4GW extender.
NEFW NEFW???.RAR NT
NEFG German Docs by Roland Schiradin
Available on 2:2454/169
FLM FLM???.RAR OS/2 File List Manager for Maximus,
very flexible way of compiling
many different lists at a time.
Internal file base support
(no need for FBP).
FLMD FLMD???.RAR DOS 32 bit only, w DOS4GW extender.
FLMW FLMW???.RAR NT
NMFW NMFW???.RAR OS/2 Multi-Robot: netmail forward to
Sysop's point, Maximus user and file
management via netmail messages,
areafix for squish, point routing to
their boss if no phone number for
them in the nodelist, etc.
NMFWD NMFWD???.RAR DOS 32 bit only, w DOS4GW extender.
NMFWW NMFWW???.RAR NT
QFB QFB???.RAR OS/2 Substitute for FBP.EXE
Generates a separate file-request
index with no duplicates.
QFBD QFBD???.RAR DOS 32 bit only, w DOS4GW extender
QFBW QFBW???.RAR NT
QFBG German Docs by Roland Schiradin
Available on 2:2454/169
SQPRV SQPV???.RAR OS/2 Local area (private/public) forward
to points for Squish. The (Co)SysOp
points can receive the whole area.
SQPRVD SQPVD???.RAR DOS
----- SQFM110.RAR OS/2 Allows to change the "from address"
of PKTs before they are compressed.
To be used with Squish.
For example, it is useful to Hub
coordinators who want to continue
processing mail with their primary
address for current links while
processing with the administrative
address for their uplink BackBone.
FreeWare.
----- SQFMW110.RAR NT
----- SqSetAll.Rar OS/2 Sets renum limits in all Squish Areas
taking the parameters from
Squish.Cfg.
----- SqSetDos.Rar DOS Dos version.
----- AdjFDate.Rar OS/2 Changes by +-N days the File Date.
Can choose between Creation and
Modification dates on HPFS.
Show and Touch options.
----- AdjF_Dos.Rar DOS Changes by +-N days the File Date.
Current versions (Dec 08th 1996): NEF 2.37, FastLst 1.36,
FLM 1.40, NMFWD 2.05, QFB 1.10, SQPrv 1.04.
Bug Reports
If you find out a real bug, I will do my best to fix it and make
the new version available in a few days. To do that, I need your
cooperation: when you find a strange behaviour, double check
your configuration and the manual to be really sure it's not
your fault, then study the conditions in which the bug appears
and, in the end, send me your detailed report about the bug
together with your config file and all the stuff necessary to
replicate the problem. I can fix a bug only if I am enabled to
reproduce it !
Wish List
To help me provide a better and better program, please let
me know your problems and your wishes about future versions.
Please let me know your opinion:
Alberto Pasquale 2:332/504@fidonet
alberto.pasquale@interbusiness.it
BBS: +39-59-246112 V120 V34+ VFC V32T H16
BBS/FAX: +39-59-246113 X75 FAX-G3
Viale Verdi 106
41100 Modena
Italy