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- Ex -- the External transfer protocol CD-ROM download driver.
- Program and documentation (C) Copyright 1994 Strange Systems.
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- Ex is released as shareware. User is granted a 14 day evaluation period.
- Usage after 14 days requires registration. Registration is a one-time $10 (in
- US funds) for all future updates to Ex. The registered version of Ex supports
- up to 25 Volumes and copies up to 25 files per run. Register to:
-
- Roger Morris
- PO Box 52183
- Shreveport, LA 71135-2183
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- Purpose
- Ex was designed to copy files off of CD-ROM drives before downloading them.
- Works with all external transfer protocols that use a redirection file for
- the download list, via the @ character and is host software independant. Ex
- needs a config file to determine your system setup; default is Ex.Cfg but can
- be changed via the -c command line option.
-
- Operation
- Ex copies up to 5 files as necessary, loads the transfer driver, then
- deletes the copied files before returning to the host program. Registered
- versions copy up to 25 files per session. The errorlevel returned from Ex
- is whatever the transfer program exited with. If the transfer module didn't
- load, then 255 is returned. Running Ex with no parameters brings up a blurb
- screen and exits with errorlevel 0.
-
- Command line
- Ex reads the command line for an alternate config file and the redirection
- file. Everything after the config file is expected to be a transfer driver
- and it's parameters. Ex reads and, if needed, rewrites the redirection
- file. A typical command line is:
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- Ex -cConfig.Fil FZmodem sz -rr @D:\BBS\Node5.Lst
-
- This would tell Ex to read configuration file 'Config.Fil' in the current
- directory, then to run FZmodem to transfer files.
-
- Config file
- The default config file is Ex.Cfg in current directory, and needs only 2
- verbs -- CopyDir and Volume. Only one CopyDir is permitted but up to 5
- Volumes are supported. An example config file is:
-
- ; Sample config file for Ex
- ; (All verbs must begin in first column!)
- ;
- ; Where to copy files to ...
- CopyDir C:\Temp
- ;
- ; Drives that we want to copy from and not download directly off of
- Volume P:
- Volume Q:
- Volume R:\
- ; Alternate method for CD-ROM servers:
- Volume \\Cd-Server\CD-1
- Volume \\Cd-Server\CD-2
- ;
- ; Maximum limits: 1 CopyDir, 5 Volumes. (Registered version is 25 Volumes)
- ;
- ; End of Ex.Cfg
-
- Multi-Node
- Ex will run multi-node with either a single config file or a config file for
- each node. Ex will only delete the files it copied, so all nodes can share
- the same CopyDir entry. Note: if multiple nodes try copying the same file
- to a shared directory simultaneously, expect bad things.
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- Warranty
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- No warranty, expressed nor implied. User determines usability of program
- and assumes all responsibilities for the usage of this program. Feedback is
- welcomed. Send feedback to the above US Mail address, or electronic mail to
- FidoNet 1:380/25 or 1:380/5. Modem support sites are Strange Systems at
- 318-869-4006 or MSG Resources at 318-865-4503. Latest version of Ex can be
- found on either of these systems in the STRANGE download directory or file
- requested as Ex from either system.
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