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NEWLST
A RELAYNET Statistical Bulletin Generator
For The Newlife Christian Network
by
Kevin Cummins
NEWLST is a simple utility that creates Bulletin or Welcome Screens for
your BBS. It includes the current time of the mail transfer as well as the
number of messages imported and exported, by reading the info in the
RELAY.LOG file created by PcRelay software.
NEWLST was written with the Spitfire BBS Sysop in mind (since that it what
I run.....convenient, huh?) It will allow you to add a Spitfire <MORE>
prompt to the end of the display if you desire. Since this is a command
line option, NEWLST can be used on any other BBS, too.
NEWLST OPERATION:
NEWLST operation is very simple with four paramaters on the command line.
If you run NEWLST with no or incorrect parameters, you will get the
following message:
Usage: NEWLST <Log path> <Bulletin path> <color> <SF Pause>
Example:NEWLST C:\RELAY\RELAY.LOG C:\SF\DISPLAY\ALL.CLR /Y /N
1. <Log path> is the full path and filename for your relay.log file
created by the PcRelay Software.
2. <Bulletin path> is the full path and filename for the bulletin,
welcome, or goodbye screen you wish generated.
3. <Color> is whether you are creating ansi color screen with a clear
screen or not. Choice is either /N or /Y.
4. <SF Pause> is whether of not you want a Spitfire <MORE> prompt
added to the end of the display file. Choice is either /N or /Y.
If you are not using this with Spitfire BBS Software, you would
obviously want to use /N here
NEWLST reads the RELAY.LOG file for it's info, and uses the system clock
for the time in the display. Therefore, you would want to add this to the
batch file you use for your mail runs. To keep NEWLST from reading from
relay.log in the case of an unsuccessful mail run and writing incorrect
info to the display. I recommend the following procedure:
This is my mail run batch file. Yours may, of course, vary somewhat.
CD\PCRELAY ->Changes to Dir for PcRelay
EXPORT ->Run The Export Routine
CD\PRO20 ->Change to Communications Dir
PCPLUS /FRELAY ->Runs Procomm from Script
IF EXIST IN.RLY GOTO YES ->Indicates Successful run
CD\PCRELAY ->Change back to PcRelay Dir
IMPORT without running NEWLST &
GOTO END run Import routine.
:YES ->Run this branch if successful
CD\PCRELAY & runs import routine & NEWLST.
IMPORT
NEWLST C:\PCRELAY\RELAY.LOG C:\SF\DISPLAY\ALL.CLR /Y /Y
NEWLST C:\PCRELAY\RELAY.LOG C:\SF\DISPLAY\ALL.BBS /N /N
GOTO END
:END
REBOOT ->I use a utility to reboot system
after mail run. Not necessary.
There are other ways this utility could be implemented, but this works
just fine for me.
REGISTRATION:
Registration for NEWLST is a modest $5. If you wish to register, send $5
to the address below. Your registered version can include your BBS Name
at the top of the display if you so desire. Simply include a note as to
how you want the BBS name to appear.
If you register and run something other than Spitfire and need the display
to include a <MORE> prompt, supply me with the ascii codes your BBS needs
to include it, and I will replace Spitfire's codes with yours.
I can be reached thru the Newlife Net at ->CCBBS.
Thank you for looking at NEWLST.
C & C Bulletin Board System (618)-253-3608
C/O Kevin Cummins USR DS
100 Humphrey Road
Harrisburg, IL 62946