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CATNODE! v1.00
Nodelist Processor for WILDCAT! v3.+
(c) Copyright 1992 by Dale Barnes, All Rights Reserved
Fidonet 1:3601/14.20
Table of Contents Page
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
Introduction ............................................. 1
Features ................................................. 1
Files Included ........................................... 1
Copyrights ............................................... 1
Disclaimer ............................................... 1
Installation ............................................. 2
Usage .................................................... 2
Control File ............................................. 3
Thanks! .................................................. 4
Registration ............................................. 4
Technical Support ........................................ 4
History .................................................. 4
CATNODE Reference Manual Pg 1
Introduction
~~~~~~~~~~~~
CATNODE is used to create the needed database files that WILDCAT!
needs to properly allow the use of the Netmail features. CATNODE
currently only supports the Fidonet compatible St. Louis style raw
text nodelists.
Features
~~~~~~~~
1) Ability to ABORT at any time during a NODELIST compile. Just
press the ESC key and this will stop at the current position
but you should still be able to use what has been compiled but
it allows you to stop and reconfigure quickly.
2) Status bar showing current action and percentage of its completion.
3) Shows what ZONES and NODE address that have been defined in the
control file.
4) Merge ability - Allows you to MERGE almost any St. Louis format
nodediff file to the proper nodelist file.
5) Define your primary nodelist. See the section on the control
file for more details.
Files Included:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CATNODE.EXE - Plain version, runs on any MSDOS, IBM compatible machine
CATNODE.CFG - Sample configuration file
CATNODE.DOC - This Document
Copyrights
~~~~~~~~~~
CATNODE is Copyrighted by Dale Barnes and Majik Micro Systems
WildNode! is Copyrighted by Online Computer Resources
WILDCAT! is Copyrighted by Mustang Software Inc.
IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines
Fidonet is a trademark of Tom Jennings
MSDOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation
Disclaimer
~~~~~~~~~~
I only guarantee that this program will take space. Use at your own
risk. Neither the author nor any other person, corporation or
organization involved in it's distribution will not be held responsible
for any damage of any kind from the use of this program.
The author is not responsible for any damage, lost profits from the
use of or the inability to use this program. The entire risk of using
this package will remain with you, the end user.
CATNODE Reference Manual Pg 2
INSTALLATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The setup for this program is quite simple. Before installing
CATNODE, you must have already installed WILDCAT!.
There are two different approaches you can take with CATNODE. The
first is to place the CATNODE.EXE and the CATNODE.CFG file in
the data directory as defined in the MAKEWILD config program. The
second way is to use WILDCAT!'s environment variable "WCNODELIST" to
tell both WILDCAT! and CATNODE where to find/place the nodelist files.
For more information on the nodelist variable, please refer to the
WILDCAT! docs.
1) Place the CATNODE files in the same directory as your raw
nodelist files and where your WILDCAT! nodelist files are
suppose to be as defined in MAKEWILD. You can run CATNODE
from this directory or use option #2.
2) CATNODE can use the WCNODELIST DOS environment variable
and place CATNODE.EXE on any path defined via the SET PATH
statement. Your CATNODE.CFG, raw nodelist files and the
WILDCAT! nodelist files will need to be where WCNODELIST
points to. Also this is where your WILDNODE.DAT/IX files
will be placed.
YOU MUST MAKE SURE that the trailing backslash is used:
Example: Set WCNODELIST=E:\WC30\DATA\
CATNODE does not require the trailing backslash but I
guess WILDCAT! or other utilities might.
Usage
~~~~~
CATNODE can be placed in any pathed directory or make sure the
current directory is where you want the data files stored unless
you are using the WCNODELIST enviroment variable.
Commandline options:
/C - Clean up, using this option the command line will tell
CATNODE to delete any prev week nodelist if the current
nodelist is compiled and/or any diff file, if a merge
is completed.
/M - Merge all diff files found. If this option is not used
then no updating of the nodelist will take place even if
the proper diff file exists.
CATNODE Reference Manual Pg 3
Control File
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now we must edit the CATNODE.CFG file. A Example is listed below:
Default_List <nodelist name> <diff name>
Node 1:3601/14.20
Zones 1 5 6
Pvtlist dbnet <diff name>
Country 1
Cost 11 125
1-415- 4
1-916- 9
1-707- 11
End
Default_List - This option allow you to tell CATNODE what the primary
nodelist you will be using. The default is NODELIST for
the FidoNet network. No extension is needed since CATNODE
always looks for the most up to date list available.
Node - This is your network address of your system. This option
is not really needed currently but I may have a use for this
in the future.
Zones - Tells CATNODE what ZONES to include in the finished nodelist
files. ZONE 1 is North America so if ZONE 1 is the only information
you require, then list only that zone after the key word. If you
omit this, then all zones will be included.
PvtList - If you are using other network nodelist or private nodelists, then
you will need to use this option.
If using other network nodelists that adhere to the Fidonet specs
for raw nodelists, then you can just list the name of the other
network nodelist with no extension and it will be included. CATNODE
can also merge any PvtList diff files to the main PvtList file as long
as it adheres to FidoNet specs. Another network using "MAILLIST" would
be for example:
PvtList MAILLIST MAILDIFF
The second parameter tells what diff name to scan for updated lists.
Country - This is the long distance dialing code for the country you
live. Please refer to your phone book for country codes.
Cost - This controls the cost of the netmail message. The first
line has three parameters: COST <domestic cost> <int'l cost>.
Domestic cost is ther cost within your country, Int'l cost is
any call outside your country code.
CATNODE will continue to read the cost information until a END
is found. There are two parameters required between the first
line and the END. They are as follows:
<Phone Prefix> <Cost>
Phone Prefix can be any part of a phone number, from just the 1-
to 1-305-999-5555 and assign the cost of <Cost> to that number.
CATNODE Reference Manual Pg 4
Thanks!
~~~~~~~
I would like to take a moment to personally thank Lee Fisher for helping
me test this program to the fullest. When I asked of those using my
program for bug reports, Lee was always there. Thanks Lee!
Registration
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Free, no charge.
Technical Support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Technical support is available via Fidonet conference WILDCAT. Netmail
can be sent to Dale Barnes at 1:3601/14.20. I will attempt to answer
all questions but the WILDCAT echo would be the best place to get support
questions answered.
History
~~~~~~~
v1.00 - Released 10/17/92