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Version 1.00 - 09 Dec 91 - It's snowing!!
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- First MEGA release :-)
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Version 1.01 - 10 Dec 91 - It's coooold!!
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- SHIT!! Reported a bug by my great friend Simone :
if HOLD dir was empty, PURGE mode of SkyTick fall in loop :-(, sorry but
I have always at least 200 files in my HOLD directory :-)
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Version 1.10 - 14 Dec 91 - It's coooold!!
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- Now SkyTick fully support 4D addressing, i.e. you can write things
like this in the config file :
FILEECHO SKYUTILS #1
TO 2:331/106.8
TO 11:10/2.2
Etc, etc, the same for the PASSWORD keyword.
- Fixed a bug in config file parsing routines (sometimes SkyTick sent files
to strange nodes!).
- Added dupes checking! Look at the DUP keyword in config file!
If you have dupes checking turned on, SkyTick will store all filenames and
CRCs processed in a file-database, and then it will check all inbound files
against the database in order to put in BAD dupes one.
- New command line option in WRITE mode:
[-Z<Split>] Max number of lines in message
If in WRITE mode the body has more than <Split> lines the message will
be split in n messages.
Useful for brain-dead message processor that doesn't support long
messages. Default is 100 lines for message.
- New method to calculate MSGID: lines in order to prevent dupes on very fast
Amiga.
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Version 1.20 - 20 Dec 91 - It's coooold!!
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- Fixed 4D addressing bug, now works great!
- Fixed other little bugs!
- Now SkyTick creates Pointers.file and file.dat if they doesn't exist
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Version 1.30 - 24 Dec 91 - Santa Claus is coming :-)
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- Fixed bug in PASSWORD keyword parsing.
- New type of file echo :
MSDOSECHO -> In this echo all filenames will be checked in order to be
Ms-DOS compatible
AMIGAECHO -> Filenames will NOT be checked and it is the same of
FILEECHO for compatibilty with older config file
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Version 1.40 - 23 Jan 92 - It's snowning
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- Fixed a bug in MSDOSECHO
- Fixed small bug
- Added FREE keyword in config file, if present, it will upload all files
with flag FREE set. Idea by Leon Shaner
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Version 2.00 - 10 Jan 92 -
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- Modified AMIGAECHO and MSDOSECHO for Areafix compatibility. Now you can
set the area type with the TYPE keyword.
TYPE AMIGA -> Set amiga-style fileecho
TYPE MSDOS -> Set msdos-style fileecho
msdos-style fileecho is the default.
AMIGAECHO and MSDOSECHO are NO MORE supported. You must use FILEECHO now.
- SkyTick now puts zone:net/node.point as filenotes of outbound *.TIC
- Added replace feature in both Tick and Hatch function. This should be
a very useful feature for often-update programs. When you hatch a file
you are asked to insert the 'replace' file, if you give it, the new file
will delete and replace the old file. I.e.
If you hatch FOO150.LHA and replace FOO140.LHA, when SkyTick will process
the .TIC it will delete FOO140.LHA from your file area and upload FOO150.LHA
For this reason I've added the DELPATH keyword in SkyTick.CFG, it's syntax
is:
DELPATH <Path>
This keyword is optional, but if enabled will move any replaced filename
in <Path> instead of simply delete it.
Last, if you want to turn off the replace feature (i.e, you don't want
SkyTick to delete your old files), just write the keyword 'NOREPLACE' in
SkyTick.CFG.
- Added COMMAND <string> feature, if present, SkyTick will execute
<string> each time a file is processed/hatched in a given area.
Tokens available for COMMAND keyword :
%a - Areatag
%n - Filename
%t - Time & date the file was received
%l - File lenght
%c - File CRC
%d - File Description
%z - File Origin (zone)
%f - File Origin (net)
%q - File Origin (node)
%p - File Origin (point)
Example:
COMMAND c:rx rexx:myscript %a %n "%d" %c
Note: The string should NOT be contained between '"' (only brain-dead
parsers require it :-) :-) ).
- PURGE command is now 10-20 times faster :)
- During HATCH mode, if you type "NONE" as Area Tag, the file will be simply
uploaded to the DLG file area, w/o sending it to anyone.
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Version 3.00 - 30 Mar 92 - It's raining
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- Added the GENERIC keyword in config file to tell SkyTick to operate in a
GENERIC fashion and don't load DLG-specific config files.
- Before uploading a file in the DLG area, SkyTick checks if the file already
exists. (This require a SkyFreq-compatible Index file). Added the INDEX
keyword in config to support this :
INDEX <Index pathname>
The Index should be generated with MakeIndex, included in SkyFreq distribution
package.
- Now SkyTick is OS2.x only. If you try to load it under 1.3, it will quit,
for 1.3 users is time to exit from the stone age :-)
- Changed default flavour from Direct to Hold.
- Goodbye for ever SAS! SkyTick is now being compiled by the GREAT DICE by
Matt Dillon. The best C compiler ever made :-)
- Added 3 new flavours *** YOU MUST RECONFIGURE YOUR Tick.CFG !!! ***:
* -> Will set the RECEIVE mode for the node (SkyTick will accept files from
him)
& -> Will set the SEND mode for the node (SkyTick will send files to him)
% -> Will set the TIC mode for the node (SkyTick will send the tics to him).
And the usually ones :
H -> Send the stuff in Hold
N -> Send the stuff in Normal
C -> Send the stuff in Crash
D -> Send the stuff in Direct
Combining this 3 new flavours you can specify for EACH node if you want to
send him only the files (w/o the tics), only tics (w/o the files), both files
and tics or receive only.
Examples :
TO 2:203/602 *&%H ; Will send files, tics to the node and will accept
files too.
TO 2:331/315 &%N ; Will send files and tics in Normal mode but NOT accept
files from him.
TO 2:331/106.3 &H ; Will send ONLY the files, very useful for points that
doesn't need the nice .tics :-) and not accept files.
The flavours can be written in any order and by any spacing, i.e. :
'*&%C', 'C%*&' and 'C %* &' are the SAME thing.
The default flavours are : *&%H
- NEW BOMBASTIC intuition interface for Hatch mode... just type SkyTick HATCH
and see :-) If you set the GENERIC keyword in the config file the Dlg Area
and the MX gadgets will automatically disappear. I don't describe its use,
since it is very simple. Hope you will enjoy this new interface.
I've in mind to create a similar interface also for WRITE command, stay
cool :-)
- Deleted the old bugged dir scanning routines and replaced with the OS 2.x
ExAll() function that is much faster and reliable.
- Optimized some routines.
- Added pulldown menus in Hatch mode, 3 commands available :
File Search (Amiga+S) - Pop up an ASL file requester that helps you to
locate the file to hatch
About (Amiga+A) - Some infos about SkyTick
Quit (Amiga+Q) - Humm...
- Fixed a bug in WRITE mode : if the origin of an area already has the
(zone:net/node) string, SkyTick wont' attach is own anymore.
- Added a smart pausing routine (like LhA)
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Version 3.01 - 16 Apr 92 - SUN!
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- Added a separator in pull-down menu
- Fixed the Normal flag bug: SKyTick was creating .NLO files instead of
.FLO .
- Fixed the bug in the upload routine if you don't have a MakeIndex-style database
(BTW it is HIGHLY recommended).
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Version 3.10 - 07 May 92 - SUN!
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- Added 3 gadgets in Hatch window : 'Dupe Check - Upload', 'Dupe Check -
Hatch' and 'Delete after hatch/up'
The 'Dupe Check - Hatch' gadget let's you to toggle on/off the dupes checking
routine while HATCHING, and the 'Dupe Check - Upload' while uploading a file
to a DLG file area.
The 'Delete after hatch/up' gadget allow you to delete the file after it
has been uploaded and/or hatched.
You can toggle the 'Delete after hatch/up" routine also via command line
by the -Q switch, the 'Dupe Check - Upload' by -J and 'Dupe Check - Hatch'
by -V.
- Fixed a bug in time stamp routine that created incorrect time in .TIC's
path lines.
- Recompiled with SAS 5.10b, this should fix some problems running SkyTick
in batch mode. (DICE startup code is bugged :'( )
- Added other two gadgets in Hatch window : 'Set FREE Flag' and 'Style'.
The former -if set- will make the upload with the FREE Flag set (will
run only if you have DLG)
The latter let's you to toggle the filename checking. Enabling Amiga
style SkyTick won't check for illegal chars / ex. lenght in filenames.
- Fixed a bug in PURGE mode: if you would send files without tics to a node,
the PURGE command deleted the files.
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Version 3.11 - 19 May 92 - SUN!
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- Fixed the stupid datestamp bug when uploading to DLG areas... the files were
set with a date behind of 8 years :-)
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Version 3.20 - 23 Dec 92 - It's coooold!!
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- Fixed some minor bugs
- Added the NOHOLD keyword in config file, NOHOLD is a local keyword: it
changes the status of a file area, i.e. :
FILEECHO SKYUTILS #11
NOHOLD
TO 2:123/456 *%H
TO 9:876/543 *%H
The NOHOLD keyword makes the file *NOT* to be copied to the hold
directory. The node will receive the file present in the file area
(11 in the example).
This is useful if you DON'T add your banner to the files, and will save
some space on your HD.
If you modify the files when they are in your DLG file directory DO NOT
use this option since the file CRC and CRC stored in the .TICs will be
different causing a lot of hassle to your downlink(s).
- Added the NODUPE keyword in config file, NODUPE is a local keyword: it
changes the status of a file area, i.e. :
FILEECHO SKYUTILS #11
NODUPE
TO 2:123/456 *%H
TO 9:876/543 *%H
The NODUPE keyword disable the Dupe Checking for that area.
- Added disk space check
- Added statistic. Statistic are generated by the MakeStat program.
To enable statistic, uncomment the STAT keyword in config file.
- Fixed the replace bug.
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Version 3.21 - 22 Gen 93 - It's coooold!!
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- Added AKA in config file keyword, by this new keyword you can list your
AKAs, i.e. :
AKA 2:331/117
AKA 2:331/122
AKA 17:101/200
- Fixed a bug in GENERIC mode