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- From: rat@ruth.UUCP (David Douthitt)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: New files on Halcyon
- Message-ID: <DgaLuB2w165w@ruth.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 06:41:48 CST
- Organization: Network XXIII - +1 608 222 9253
- Lines: 69
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- I've been grinding out code for some time, and keeping the secret to myself :-)
- I thought I'd send my latest creations over to halcyon and let the world in
- on the secret.....
-
- AT -
-
- At is a one-shot form of the unix utility cron; it's input is a standard
- crontab line. There is also an option to exit immediately (after
- performing any program specified, if appropriate). The exit status code
- will be set, and you can decide where to go depending on whether the
- time was the one specified in the command line.
-
- Duck -
-
- Duck is a program I wrote for Waffle to analyze the cost of the phone
- calls to my hosts. Duck was written so that I would know what the costs
- would be; however, it could possibly be used for billing purposes.
- This was NOT my intent - a Usenet feed should be a public service, in
- the tradition of the Hacker Ethic.
-
- Ellie -
-
- Ellie is a text file translation tool, which will strip (or add) control-Z
- end-of-file markers, set (or clear) high bits, and set the line-terminator
- to carriage return only, linefeed only, or both. There are also several
- pre-sets, including translations to text formats for UNIX, Apple II ProDOS,
- Apple II DOS 3.3, and MS-DOS.
-
- Jenna -
-
- Jenna is a program which will save messages to a v1.64 format. Each
- message is saved to a file, which can be in the standard <user>.###
- format, but there are other options - Jenna was originally written for
- another purpose and kind of grew into its current form.
-
- Spin -
-
- Spin will scan your files area (in specified subdirectories) and post
- new files to the specified newsgroup, uuencoded, with "Part x of y"
- subject lines.
-
- Termite -
-
- This program will take an incoming Flea file (from a Fidonet file echo)
- and put the incoming file into a specified Waffle subdirectory. The
- file's description will be automatically added to the specified files
- description file (given in the static file).
-
- NOTE:
-
- If you combine Spin and Termite, you can start gating file echos into
- Usenet...... (but be careful!)
-
- I'm also working on a news and mail gateways to Fidonet for Waffle. The
- news gateway is in beta test; if you don't mind being a guinea pig for
- possible loose cannons and bombs, send a mail message to
- list-server@ruth.uucp with "subscribe amanda-l" in the message body
- and all should be well. The mail gateway is still under development and
- is not available yet for beta test.
-
- Any questions on any of these programs, drop me a line!
-
-
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