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Here's what's new since 1.70 - This listing contains fixes & enhancements:
Fix = # Enhancement = *
1.#* If a FILE_ID.DIZ or DESC.SDI file is found and an error is detected
in the format of one these files, then the .DOZ file will be used if
it exists. If a .DOZ does not exist, then the user is prompted
for a file description. (See #13 for description on error detection)
2.# The RBATERR.LOG should now be written to the current directory
where RBatch is started from and not in different directories
like previous versions were doing.
3.* Protocols that do not strip out the EOF marker that RBBS puts
at the end of the "pre-write" has been fixed. When the EOF marker
would not be stripped, this would cause RBatch to think that there
were no files transfered, and hence would not check the files or post
them.
4.# Found that RBatch would not make the "node" directory under the
defined work directory (last line in configuration file) under
certain circumstances. Fixed.
5.# Parameter %1 that is passed to the PHASE?.BAT files was sometimes
messed up. Fixed.
6.# Fixed the formatting of .DIZ/.SDI/.DOZ file descriptions.
7.* Added the ability to have a category code as part of the first
line in the .DOZ file. For example, previously the first line
consisted of:
{FI FILENAME.ZIP
File description goes here
Now you can specify the category code after the filename:
{FI FILENAME.ZIP 16
File description goes here
Where "16" is the category code a user would enter if he/she were
prompted to categorize. Note that you do not use the 3 character
code that is in the FMS, you use the category code that comes from
your upcat.hlp and your dir.dir's
Note that each parameter on this first line is seperated by a SPACE
and that the line MUST end with a Carriage Return (NO SPACES after the
category code or else RBatch will not be able to find a match).
All lines in a .DOZ file start at the LEFT MARGIN. See WHATISA.DOZ
file for further information on the .DOZ file.
8.* You can now specify the name of the batch files that RBatch uses
by adding another line at the BOTTOM on the configuration file.
If no additional line is entered, the program defaults to the
PHASE?.BAT files.
Here are some examples:
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YES;C:\RBBS\WORK;C:\RBBS\ARC.LST - Currently the last line in config.
LOCAL.BAT;LOCAL1.BAT;LOCAL2.BAT - New line is entered with the names of
the batch files to use.
In this example LOCAL.BAT is called first, LOCAL1.BAT is called next,
and LOCAL2.BAT is called last.
Here is another example:
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YES;C:\RBBS\WORK;C:\RBBS\ARC.LST - Currently the last line in config.
LOCAL.BAT;LOCAL1.BAT - New line is entered with the names of
the batch files to use.
In this example LOCAL.BAT is called first, then LOCAL1.BAT, then
PHASE3.BAT is called last.
Here is another example:
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YES;C:\RBBS\WORK;C:\RBBS\ARC.LST - Currently the last line in config.
LOCAL.BAT - New line is entered with the name of
the batch file to use.
In this example LOCAL.BAT is called first, then PHASE2.BAT is called next,
then PHASE3.BAT is called last.
Here is another example:
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YES;C:\RBBS\WORK;C:\RBBS\ARC.LST - Currently the last line in config.
- No additional line is entered in
the configuration file.
In this example PHASE1.BAT is called first, then PHASE2.BAT is called
next, then PHASE3.BAT is called last.
Note from the examples, that you can specify from 1 to 3 new
batch files for RBatch to use. When using more than one batch
filename you MUST seperate each name with a SEMI-COLON!!!! Just
like in my above examples.
9.* RBatch will now support colorized batch and upcat.hlp files
for users that have color chosen as their graphics type. The
program will look for the following:
Non-Color Graphics Choice Color Graphics Choice
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UPCAT.HLP UPCATC.HLP
PHASE1.BAT PHASE1C.BAT
PHASE2.BAT PHAES2C.BAT
PHASE3.BAT PHASE3C.BAT
or if you use a specified
batch file name(s) in config:
GENERIC.BAT GENERICC.BAT
Colorized = ANSI & High Ascii Characters.
You will note that the program looks for the filename with a "C"
appended to the filename. If the "C" file does not exist then
the non-color file is used. Also, remember that you can call
the upcat.hlp whatever you wish, as long as it is specified in
the configuartion file. (Some people like to have a different
upcat.hlp file for RBatch)
10.# When in "local mode" for posting files to your BBS, the keyboard
timeout function has been set to 60 minutes.
11.* Time Credits can now be assigned by security level(s). The format
for the Time Credit line in the configuration file is:
security level,percentage;security level,percentage
Here is an example:
5,125;10,150;15,175;25,200
You must have the HIGHEST value security level at the minimum
if just using one time credit percentage. In other words if
your hightest security level of a user on your BBS is 100, and you
want all your users to have 100% time credits, then your configuration
line would be:
100,100
Remember that the program checks to see if the users security
level is LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO the security level(s) on this
line and then uses the associated percentage. For example if
you had the following:
5,100;25,150
Then users with security levels LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 5 would get 100%
credit, and users with security levels between 6 and 25 would get 150%.
Note also that if you use multiple security levels that you have
your HIGHEST SECURITY LEVEL listed as your last item.
Currently you can have up to 20 security levels defined.
Remember that you this line should be input from lowest security
level to the highest, just like my examples.
12.# File category for first file could carry over to successive files
during a batch upload. Fixed.
13.* Included better error detection for the processing of FILE_ID.DIZ,
DESC.SDI and .DOZ files. An error will be detected when processing
a file if:
1. The .DOZ file does not contain a {FI or {fi
2. The .DOZ file has a description line length longer
than 80 chars
3. The .DOZ file does not contain a matching filename to the
file currently being processed
4. The .DIZ or .SDI has a description line length longer
than 45 characters
14.* When processing prepared file descriptions using .DIZ/.SDI or .DOZ
files, RBatch will strip ALL High Ascii Characters.
15.# A quirk with BiModem on some systems will cause a filename to be
written to the XFER-?.Def file twice. Since trying to get Erik
Labs to fix this is impossible, I have written in a fix for this.
16.# Another anomolie with BiModem is that when a file exists and it
does a verify on the file, it will post the file as having 1 CPS
as the transfer rate. I have also written in a fix for this.
17.* RBatch will now check for the existance of the following files
that are listed in the configuration file. If the files do not
exist, RBatch will terminate and write the error to the
RBATERR.LOG file.
Here is a list of files that are checked:
1st FMS/.DIR Messages Callers Upcat.Hlp
2nd FMS/.DIR Users Dir.Cat
Dorinfo?.Def - But only when you say "NO" for RBatch to create it.
(For use in 17.4 which now create a dorinfo?.Def
file for Dooring Protocols)
18.# If you only have one file extension listed in the configuration file
to check for file duplicates, the program would not work. Fixed.
19.# Reports of BBS's that use \FMS TOP, writing the descriptions
backwards instead of from the top down. Fixed.
20.* If the FIRST THREE characters on ANY line in the UPCAT.HLP is
{NS, the program will strip it and replace it with three spaces.
21.# If the file uploaded did not have an extension, the duplicate
file check would say - Checking .FILENAME as a Duplicate file,
instead of saying - Checking FILENAME. as a Duplicate file. Fixed.
22.# When processing description files (.DIZ/.SDI/.DOZ), sometime the
line lengths in the FMS/.DIR would be off. Fixed.
23.* The FakeXfer program would not check the destination directory to
see if the file already existed (this is commonly your upload
directory). If a file already exists in the destination directory,
FakeXfer will not process and copy that file. If all the files
are duplicates of files in the destination directory, FakeXfer will
post a message to you stating that no files were process or copied.
-==[Rbatch 1.76]==-
Sorry for the quick release of another version right after 1.75, but a
very nasty bug (#1) was present and another release was required.
1. # Fixed nasty bug where if the internal file description had a single
character as the first word on the line, it would hang the system.
This was due to old code not removed prior to 1.75 release. Not sure
how this got code did not get removed? Probably lack of brain
function on my part!
2. # If a user dropped carrier during the upload, RBatch would not invoke
any of the batch file(s) to check the upload,
3. * Found another character that DSZ/GSZ would put in the XFER file and
have now added that to the RBatch processing. This was an undocumented
feature of DSZ/GSZ. Boy am I suprised that this was not it the
DSZ/GSZ documentation <<G>>!
4. # Fixed up FakeXfer so that if you are using it in command line mode,
and all the files that you are processing already exist in the
target directory, the program will properly tell you that they
already exist and no files were processed or copied.
You should replace your version of FAKEXFER.EXE with the one supplied
in FAKEXFER.ZIP
-==[Rbatch 1.80]==-
Mostly the new things in 1.80 were requests from registered users, but
1.80 also includes a fix for file description posting problems.
1. # The first line of extended descriptions would carry over to the
next file when both files contained internal file descriptions,
but only in a certain circumstance. A hard bug to track down
as it only occured in a very specific instance, but I finally
found it.
2. * If the file(s) you uploaded contains a FILE_ID.DIZ or DESC.SDI and
a .DOZ file is also present, the description will be taken from
the .DIZ/.SDI and the category will be used from the .DOZ file.
This makes uploading or local file posting totally automated
once the upload or local file posting process is started. RBatch
takes care of both the file descriptions and categorizing with
no intervention by the User/SysOp! If the .DOZ file does not
exist, then the SysOp/User will have to categorize the file, if
the security level allows them to.
3. * The ending screen now will show the number of files transfered and
the average cps rate of the files transfered.
4. * When a user is in the extended description part of the program,
text will appear before the first line telling the user how many
lines of extended descriptions they are allowed and how long each
line can be.
5. # The merges that are included (Remember these are optional!!) have
been changed to fix a problem when a user stacks commands to have
the proper filenme displayed as ready to receive by RBBS.
6. * Added to the BIMODEM.ZIP file a sample configuration for BiModem.
Documentation is also included describing how to modify the
configuration file so that you can get BiModem up and running
on your BBS "QUICKLY" with just a few changes.
7. * Added into archive, the program TESTFIL3.ZIP - This program was
written by myself to be able to check dates of files uploaded to
your BBS. The program is configured by the sysop to determine
what percentage of files are allowed for what date. If the number
of files exceeds the percentage, and errorlevel is returned to
use in batch files to delete the upload. An example is used in
PHASE2.BAT.
8. * Added into archive, the file DVRBBS3.ZIP - This file was prepared by
Tom Hansen of Church Chatters BBS (tm) to aid the RBBS sysop in
setting up RBBS with DV. This file is not specific to RBatch but
does help in the setting up of the DSZLOG and NODE parameters that
RBatch uses. Many thanks to Tom for preparing this file.
9. * Added into archive, the file PROBLEMS.DOC - These are some of the most
commonly asked questions about RBatch. I have compiled this list in
hopes it helps out with problems you may have with RBatch. It does
not cover all the problems that I have ever answered, just the most
common ones.
10.# Took out the check for the FILE_ID.DIZ & DESC.SDI format. RBatch use
to check to see if each line exceeded 45 characters, and if it did
it would prompt the user for a file description. It seems that
A LOT of folks do not know about he 45 character/line limit, so I
have changed RBatch to read lines longer than 45 characters without
detecting an error.
11.* Added into archive, the file CAP2DOZ.ZIP - This program was
initially written because I got tired of manually editing a
screen capture file listing, to prepare it as a .DOZ file. It
started out just as a simple reformatter and then progressed into
what it has become in version 1.0. The program is nothing stupendous,
but it does the trick and really makes preparing a .DOZ file MUCH
MUCH easier. Hence, local file posting on your BBS is much easier.
Once the .DOZ file is prepared, you just fire up RBatch locally, and
sit back and watch all the files get posted to your BBS automatically!
So far CAP2DOZ has been tested and works on RBBS and PCBoard captured
file listings.