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Whoup ver 1.0 written by Todd Nelson on 05/17/91 written
in Microsoft QuickBasic 4.5
INTRO
Whoup is an RBBS utility that will give recognition to an uploader
by immortalizing his name in the FMS directory!
INCLUDED FILES
WHOUP.EXE The actual program
WHOUP.CFG A sample configuration
MACRO.MCR A sample macro used with Whoup
PROTO.DEF My PROTO.DEF file
WHOUP.DOC You're reading it!
SETUP
Setup is fairly simple first you must have a TZIP.BAT file in the
directory specified in RBBS CONFIG parameter 105. I have included in this
ZIP file, a fairly complex TZIP.BAT file which already has WHOUP
installed. If you use your own TZIP.BAT file then it is very important
that you run WHOUP only *AFTER* the file has been verified as a good
upload, the reason being is that if TZIP.BAT determines the upload
is corrupt and WHOUP installs the uploader's name in the FMS directory
then the FMS will appear correct until an uncorrupt upload is
added to the FMS. At which point the uncorrupt upload will appear to
have two WHOUP entries. The second step is to install a macro into
your PROTO.DEF file. RBBS accepts a macro in a PROTO.DEF entry as
the 9th parameter. The macro may be have any name and path you wish
but must be able to append to a file the following information..
Users First Name
Users Last Name
I've included the file MACRO.MCR which does this perfectly. The last
step is to create a file called WHOUP.CFG which is a simple text
file you create which contains the following..
C:\RBBS\XFER\NAMES.DAT
C:\RBBS\DIR\FMS.DIR
The first line is the name of the file which the macro will append
the user's first and last name. The second line is the full path and
name of your FMS.DIR.
The Rest of the Story
I am distributing this program along with a complete package of RBBS
batch files which will test all .ZIP file uploads and handle the
conversion of .ARC and .LZH compression format uploads. The reason I
have not added batch files for the many other compression formats is
simply because I don't get them uploaded to my BBS enough to even
bother with them. If you would like to make the other .BAT files to
handles those compression formats, you could easily follow my
examples. All that is required is a simple knowledge of .BAT files
and the DOCs for the respective compression method. I am not
releasing this program into the Public Domian per se, but I am
releasing this as DELEWARE, if you like it, use it, if you don't
like it "DEL" it! I would appreciate any comments suggestions or
discrepencies. I am in the U.S Navy stationed overseas in the
Philippines and I am the ONLY RBBS Sysop over here. Needless to say
I find myself scraping to find a good RBBS utility, if you have made
some RBBS Utils or have some good ones please write me and I will
gladly reimburse for expenses or swap with what I have! Thank You
for reading this and hopefully using it...ENJOY!!!
Todd Nelson
Patwing One Det. CUBI
Box 54
FPO San Francisco CA
96654-2906