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- T-LOG version 4.01
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- for
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- 'TERMINATE' version 4.00 or later log files
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- Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Chris Wood All Rights Reserved
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- Terminate is Copyright (c) 1992-1995 by Strathrory System Ltd.
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- Disclaimer
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- This program is copyrighted material for personal use on one computer.
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- If you would like to continue to use the program after an evaluation period
- of twenty days, you will need to register 'T-LOG'.
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- United Kingdom based registration applications
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- To register 'T-LOG' send the registration form with a cheque, or postal
- order to the value of five uk pounds ( sterling ) made payable to Mr C.Wood,
- and send to the address in 'T-LOG.REG'.
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- Non United Kingdom based registration applications
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- Non United Kingdom based registration applications will only be considered
- if they can receive their key files via email, and the cheque must be
- drawn on an UK bank account in sterling to the value of five uk pounds, and
- made payable to Mr C.Wood, and send to the address in 'T-LOG.REG'.
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- This program can only used on the understanding that no responsibility is
- held by or can be accepted by the author for any problems arising through its
- use, or misuse.
- It is the understanding of the author that this program operates in the
- manner in which it is intended and contains no major 'bugs' or errors.
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- No charge, other than a nominal disk handling, duplication and postage fee,
- may be made for it and should be supplied as an archived file bearing the file
- name T-LOGvvv.???, where vvv corresponds to the version number (ie 300) and
- ??? corresponds to a relevant archive extension (such as ZIP, ARJ, RAR, etc)
- which contains the files listed below.
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- Archive File contents
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- DESC SDI........One line description.
- FILE_ID DIZ........Brief Description.
- T-LOG REG........Register form, and details.
- T-LOG DOC........This file.
- T-LOG EXE........T-LOG's Executable file.
- EXAMPLE ZIP........Example terminate log file used for testing and results.
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- All information provided by this text file is for guidance only.
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- Description
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- 'T-LOG' deletes all un-neccessary data from the terminate log file, it is
- also capable of compressing the data into a more readable form, and it is
- also able to separate the different types of log file information into their
- specific log files in the registerd version only..
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- ie
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- Fax Calls, Manual Calls, Phone book Calls, Point Calls, and Voice Calls.
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- 'T-LOG' now has the ability to compress 'TERMAIL ver 4.00' log files.
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- If you register 'T-LOG', you will receive a key file which will enable the
- many features that have been disabled in this shareware version.
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- The registered version will enable 'T-LOG' to create an additional log file
- to list the exact totals of calls, time, and monies to a log file called
- 'COST.LOG'.
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- Specification
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- 'T-LOG' needs an IBM compatible computer, with a vga compatible monitor with
- at least a screen ratio of 40 x 25, (i would recommend 80 x 43 (50) myself) to
- view the screen displays properly.
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- 'T-LOG' must have access to at least 100k of free memory to run, it will
- also consume approximately 63k of hard disk space for the full contents of
- the archive file, or approximately 32k if you are just keeping the executable
- file on the hard disk..
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- Performance
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- I consider performance, and reliabilty very important for a program, so I am
- happy to announce that T-LOG's performance is exceptional, and is equally as
- reliable.
-
-
- Here are some statistics for 'T-LOG',
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- ┌─────────┬────────┬──────────┬──────────┬─────────┬────────┬──────────────┐
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ Setting │ Time │ New size │ Old size │ Savings │ Cost │ Registered │
- │ │ (Secs) │ │ │ (%) │ Option │ Version only │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 0 │ 2.19 │ 14593 │ 16314 │ 10.55 │ No │ No │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 0 │ 2.31 │ 14593 │ 16314 │ 10.55 │ Yes │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 1 │ 1.65 │ 9085 │ 16314 │ 44.31 │ No │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 1 │ 1.86 │ 9085 │ 16314 │ 44.31 │ Yes │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 2 │ 1.54 │ 5462 │ 16314 │ 66.52 │ No │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 2 │ 1.86 │ 5462 │ 16314 │ 66.52 │ Yes │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 3 │ 1.43 │ 3574 │ 16314 │ 78.09 │ No │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 3 │ 1.65 │ 3574 │ 16314 │ 78.09 │ Yes │ Yes │
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- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 4 │ 1.59 │ 4448 │ 16314 │ 72.74 │ No │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 4 │ 1.76 │ 4448 │ 16314 │ 72.74 │ Yes │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 5 │ 1.48 │ 2860 │ 16314 │ 82.47 │ No │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- ├─────────┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼────────┼──────────────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 5 │ 1.59 │ 2860 │ 16314 │ 82.47 │ Yes │ Yes │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- └─────────┴────────┴──────────┴──────────┴─────────┴────────┴──────────────┘
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- As you can see it is quite possible to get file savings up to 82.47%.
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- The example terminate log file I used for testing is enclosed in this
- archive, for the disbelieving out there.
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- The times above do not include the compressing of 'TERMAIL' log file, as
- you can see this is bound to be impressive.
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- Performance Note
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- The information provided above is directly affected by your computer setup,
- and the size, and contents of 'TERMINAT.LOG'.
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- The test machine used for the above results was a Packard Bell 386sx 25mhz,
- with 4 mb of ram, and an uncached and uncompressed Western Digital Caviar
- hard disk.
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- Installation
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- Place 'T-LOG.EXE' into the same directory as the 'TERMINAT.LOG' file, if
- you do not do this 'T-LOG' will just exit with an error message.
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- Usage
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- Syntax :-
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- T-LOG [-A:(days)] [-B] [-C:(0 - 5)] [-F] [-L(filename)] [-M] [-N] [-T]
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- Options
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- * -A:(days).......Automatically run ''T-LOG'' after so many days.
- * -B.....Batch file processing.
- -C:0...Remove redundant lines only, and keep original date layout.
- * -C:1...Remove redundant lines only, and re-format date layout.
- * -C:2...Max compression with point addr, and keep original date layout.
- * -C:3...Max compression with point addr, and re-format date layout.
- * -C:4...Maximum compression, and keep original date layout.
- * -C:5...Maximum compression, and re-format date layout.
- -F.....Fully process specified Terminate ver 4.00 log file.
- -L(filename)....Process specified Terminate ver 4.00 log file.
- * -M.....Move the different types of data into their specific log files.
- * -N.....No Summary Call cost reporting.
- -T(filename)....Process specified Termail ver 4.00 log file.
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- *........Available in the Registered version only.
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- To run 'T-LOG', you just type 'T-LOG' at the dos prompt, use [-C:0] if you
- just wish to tidy up the 'TERMINAT.LOG' file.
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- I would highly recommend putting 'T-LOG' in your terminate batch file, so it
- is run every time you use terminate.
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- Option notes
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- * -A:(days)...This option was put in for people who do not wish to run
- 'T-LOG' every time they run terminate, like myself, but still
- want to run it after a certain number of days, from within their
- terminate batch file.
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- * -B..........This option was added so you could run 'T-LOG' without human
- intervention.
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- -C:(0..5)...The compression options as listed below.
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- -C:0........For the purist out there.
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- * -C:1........For the people who want a bit of compression, recommended.
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- * -C:2........For purist's who would like that extra bit of compression,
- recommended.
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- * -C:3........For people who want just that extra bit of compression,
- highly recommended.
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- * -C:4........For purist's who want the ultimate compression, very highly
- recommended.
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- * -C:5........For people who want the ultimate compression, very highly
- recommended.
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- -F..........Force 'T-LOG' to reformat log file.
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- -L(path\filename)..Gives 'T-LOG' the option to use multiple log files.
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- * -M..........Move log file data to their own specific log files, highly
- recommended for speed freaks.
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- * -N..........Prevent 'T-LOG' from outputting any sort of Call cost report
- in the form of a log file, for the speed freaks out there.
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- -T..........Gives 'T-LOG' the option to compress 'TERMAIL ver 4.00' log
- files.
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- Default directory and log file name is '.\TERMAIL\TM.LOG'.
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- -T(path\filename)..Gives 'T-LOG' the option to compress 'TERMAIL ver 4.00'
- log files in different directories, and under different file names.
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- *........Available in the Registered version only.
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- Recommended
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- Unregistered command line:- T-LOG -C:0 -T
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- Registered command line:- T-LOG -B -C:5 -T
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- Registered batch file command line:- T-LOG -A:7 -B -C:5 -T
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- Usage Note
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- Special speed index options will be written to the new 'TERMINAT.LOG' file
- to increase the processing speed of future 'TERMINAT.LOG' file operations,
- please do not delete them.
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- Handy Performance Tip
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- To speed the processing of 'TERMINAT.LOG' up even more, you could split the
- 'TERMINAT.LOG' file up using the ( -M ) parameter, which will mean that
- 'TERMINAT.LOG' will be reduced to a smaller size and so will in turn then
- increase the speed of 'T-LOG' processing proportionally to the amount
- 'TERMINAT.LOG' has been reduced by.
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- Registration
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- To register 'T-LOG', fill out the 'T-LOG.REG' file, and send a copy to
- the address in the 'T-LOG.REG' file, and you will then receive the key file
- which allows you to unlock all the features in 'T-LOG'.
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- Help, suggestions, and or bug reporting
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- If you need any help with 'T-LOG', or have any suggestions for future
- releases of 'T-LOG', or you find any bugs which might have slipped through the
- net, then please contact me at the fidonet address below,
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- chris.wood@p4.f106.n440.z2.fidonet.org
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- History
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- I developed 'T-LOG' after investigating my log file and finding that there
- is a high degree of un-neccessary information contained within the original
- 'TERMINAT.LOG' file.
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- T-LOG version 4.01 - Bug fixed version 4.00, and added the ability for
- 'T-LOG' to be able to compress 'TERMAIL ver 4.00' log
- files.
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- Given 'T-LOG' the ability to return the screen back to
- their original colours on completion of processing
- 'Terminate' log files (as requested).
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- Re-released this option as ver 4.00, distribution
- executable did not actually contain this option, a silly
- mistake on my part, I encoded it in to the test version
- and forgot to check it was in the distribution version
- as well.
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- T-LOG version 4.00 - Updated 'T-LOG' to be compatible with 'Terminate
- version 4.00' log files.
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- Given 'T-LOG' the ability to return the screen back to
- their original colours on completion of processing
- 'Terminate' log files (as requested).
-
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- T-LOG version 3.00 - Removed the shareware nag screens, and delays as so
- many people seem to be having problems with them.
-
- Added additional compression, and the ability for
- 'T-LOG' to re-format date, time layout, as well as
- giving 'T-LOG' the ability to process different log
- files, and improving and adding some new features to
- the 'COST.LOG' file.
-
- Fixed the fax processing bug, removed the backup
- file support, as this can be easily implemented via
- a batch file if needed.
-
- After losing versions 2.02, and 2.03, I looked around
- for a program which would compress, and tidy up the
- terminate log file output, unfortunately the only
- programs I came across were not able to provide the
- compression, and tidying I sought and required.
-
- So I sat down and rewrote an early version of the
- 'T-LOG', and there was born version 3.00.
-
- I took more time debugging, and enhancing this version,
- so hopefully this will be bug free.
-
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- T-LOG version 2.02 - 2.03 Lost the source, and executibles for these
- versions, when my hard disk crashed and I lost all my
- stored data.
-
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- T-LOG version 2.01 - Fixed full process and move data combination bug,
- summary total bug, and zero byte terminat.log bug.
-
- Also added support for voice call logging.
-
- Steve requested a backup file, column headings,
- reordering of the call headings, and secondary cost
- accounting, so implemented these as well into T-LOG.
-
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- T-LOG version 2.00 - Beta second release.
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- Fixed redial bug.
-
- A complete rewrite was needed so implemented a cost
- log file, and registration system, as well as adding
- support for manual call logging.
-
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- T-LOG version 1.00 - Beta first release.
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- Basic log file cleaner, tidier, and spliter.
-
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- End
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