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- ESCRUB
- ------
- The ESCRUB program is used to process the messages from an echo conference
- looking for entries to the echolist. These fragments of a echolist must
- be in the Echolist Format as shown below, otherwise ESCRUB will not "see"
- them. P&M Software Co. is sponsoring a Echolist Echo Conference, the
- conference designation is E01/007. It may be obtained from 009/000 in
- Phoenix and many other GT systems. Local coordinators are urged to post
- changes to their echolists in this conference.
-
- When ESCRUB processes a message area, the message can appear as normal,
- but ESCRUB will automatically scan for entries of the proper echolist format.
- Text that does not match this format will be ignored.
-
- The Echolist format is compatible with the ECOxxx.LOG format maintained by
- the ECOxxx.COM programs.
-
- Here is the command line format:
-
- ESCRUB pathname output
-
- Sample usage: ESCRUB d:\echo_eco eco_work
-
- Where:
-
- pathname ....... The pathname of the message area to be scrubbed for
- echolist entries. The 'pathname' *must* point to the
- top level directory for the desired message area.
-
- The GTMSGS sub-directory in this area should be sorted
- prior to invokation of ESCRUB. The Norton 'ds' command
- can be used, for example:
-
- DS NE C:\ECHO_ECO\GTMSGS
-
- Please note that 'pathname' *must* not contain the
- '\GTMSGS' as shown for 'ds'.
-
- output ......... The file that will be created with the result of the
- scrubbing of the message area. Duplicate entries will
- have been removed prior to writing this file, with
- precedence given the later entries --- the reason for
- the directory sort prior to scrubbing. This file is
- ready for input to EMERGE as a 'new_echolist' or command
- line parameter #1.
-
- Here is an example batch file, showing the usage of ESCRUB and EMERGE together.
-
- escrub c:\echo_eco eco1
- sort <c:\gt\echolist.bbs >eco2
- emerge eco1 eco2 out
- del eco1
- del eco2
-
- Where:
-
- c:\echo_eco ...... The pathname of the echo conference where the echolist
- fragments are published. The id of the conference
- sponsored by P&M Software Co. for this purpose is
- E01/007. It may be obtained from 009/000 in Phoenix,
- and from many other GT systems.
-
- sort ............. The DOS filter. The program is supplied with DOS
- version 3.0+. It is used here to insure that the
- input files are in conference number order.
-
- emerge ........... The program that will reconcile two echolists, producing
- a consolidated final output.
-
- eco1 ............. Temporary work files. They are deleted when no longer
- eco2 required.
-
- out .............. The final output file. May be installed as your
- working echolist or chained into further runs of
- EMERGE, when more than 1 source of echolist is to be
- processed.
-
- Echolist Format
- ---------------
- The following is a sample echolist:
-
- E00/001 GT POWER Support 009/000 01:00-06:00
- E01/007 The ECHOLIST 009/000 01:00-06:00
- E01/008 The NODELIST 009/000 01:00-06:00
-
- Column Contents
- ------ --------
- 1-3 Echo Series. Ranges from E00-E99.
- Please note that with the advent of G bags and this
- new way of maintaining echolists, only E99 conferences
- will be considered 'local'. This should be quite
- adequate for any net, 1,000 local conferences.
-
- 4 '/'. Constant.
-
- 5-7 Conference number. Ranges from 000-999.
-
- 8 Restriction code:
-
- 'p' .... Private conference. Usually by
- invitation only.
- 'a' .... Adult material. Do not expose to minors.
- 'g' .... GT Sysops only. Others not welcome.
- 's' .... Sensitive subject matter. Be careful who
- gets to read it.
- ' ' .... Blank - no restriction.
-
- 9 Normally blank. Will be set by EMERGE to 'ยท' as a
- change marker.
-
- 10-55 Conference description.
-
- 56 Blank. Constant.
-
- 57-59 Net number of sponsor. Must be in range 000-999.
-
- 60 '/'. Constant.
-
- 61-63 Node number of sponsor. Must be in range 000-999.
-
- 64 Blank. Constant.
-
- 65-75 The time when the conference is available on the
- sponsors system. The format is unrestricted, but is
- usually a range of hours in the Central Standard Time
- Zone of the U.S.A.
-
- 76-? Data following the time is not significant. So comments
- might be added.
-
- All files processed by ESCRUB and EMERGE must adhere to this format. Otherwise
- the echolist will be malformed.
-