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** Documentation File for SFA.EXE **
** (for Opus 1.7x or above) **
** Written by Gianfranco "Frankie" Lanzilli for his Boss Alberto Enna **
** ]\/[imac Opus BBs - +39-6-2751446 - 2:335/12@fidonet.org - Roma, Italy **
** Typewritten documentation by Alberto "Alby" Enna **
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THE IDEA
When Opus 1.7x came out, with the new FILESBBS.DAT data base was "discovered"
one of most interesting features of such structure: to let each one file in
particular Area have an own privilege for Download, not only the AREA one...!
With OPUS-FAM it's a joke, now, to set right privileges for each file...but
it's very "tedious" to do it with a large amount of Files.
The IDEA was growing up...and NOW here's the right answer: SFA.EXE.
WHAT IT DOES
The GOAL is to change the privilege for all files (or someone) in a desired
Area.
When changes are made to BBS.CTL file for the Download/Access Privilege, in a
particular Area, old privileges aren't changed , by NACL . So, you must give
the new privilege to each file in that Area, i.e. with OPUS-FAM , or other
file managers.
>> Here is why SFA <<
The program itself is very "easy_to_launch"... It requires no configuration
file , as the only setting it wish is the name and path of the FILESBBS.DAT.
When you type on command line SFA.EXE it prompts for the pathname , and that
is the only thing you have to do!
The path is setted directly at the end of esecutable, so you can put it in a
Directory of your choice , and not only in the OPUS one.
In case you remove FILESBBS.DAT from its original directory, you'll probably
have troubles... NO PROBLEM AT ALL... Just take again your Original package
SFA.ARJ, and re-extract SFA.EXE, and re-do the Installation!
****** V.I.A. ****** (Very Important Advise)
The reason why this method is to better ensure all Sysops that have a lot of
configuration files, and get mad to follow each one, at time!
To have a few program in executable form, compressed at well with PKLITE (C.)
and best performances, Frankie found this way to operate.
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HOW TO OPERATE
When you run SFA from command line, with no parameters, you'll see something
like this:
Usage: SFA <AreaNumber> <PrivilegeFrom> <PrivilegeTo>
If the download privilege of a file in area <AreaNumber> is <PrivilegeFrom>,
then it is set to <PrivilegeTo>.
<AreaNumber> must be an INTEGER value in the range: 0 .. 65535.
Possible values for <PrivilegeFrom> and <PrivilegeTo> are:
Twit Limited Worthy Favored Clerk Sysop
Disgrace Normal Privil Extra AsstSysop Hidden
**** Yet another Frankie's production, 1991 ****
This is a sel-explained Help, and no other words are spent to comment it.
Try yourselves, and you'll find it very simple to use...!
EXAMPLES
To change the privilege from EXTRA to NORMAL for all files in Area 1:
SFA 1 Extra Normal
If you desire have a log of all jobs, you can use the DOS redirection:
SFA 1 Privil Sysop > SFA.LOG
Is that enough...? Hope yes!
THE SOURCE
We've included in the package the Source file, in Turbo Pascal v5.5, as for
all the other little routines that we've developed in the past. This is our
way-to-operate, and be sure that's the best way to develop in programming.
Examine it, and let's Frankie have a feed-back, if you retain...
SHAREWARE
This program is distributed under the common ShareWare spirit. No rights, no
payments, no registrations are required.
Please do use it only in a non-commercial environment, and freely distribute
it and leave online on your Boards.
PSEUDO-REGISTRATION
If you are satisfied with this program, and wish to contact us, you are very
kindly welcome!! Our Netmail address is @2:335/12.0fidonet.org, and a POST
CARD from your country will be very appreciated!... If you wish, please post
your cards to the ]\/[imac Crew, at following addresses:
The Author The masher The MUS
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Gianfranco Lanzilli Alberto Enna Stefano Toparini
Via San Siricio , 5 Via Dameta , 15 Via E. Rossi , 12
00199 ROMA - ITALY 00155 ROMA - ITALY 00155 ROMA - ITALY
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We'll so be able to see your town by that Post Card, and remember that our
effort is arrived there... This is the *only* thing we ask for, and hope to
receive many and many Post Cards from you!
That's a form of Pseudo-registration, and hope you'll let's have a feed-back,
so to permit us to contact all Opus Sysops in the next future, and for future
projects.
Have a nice work.
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