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- DEL-MISS - The Files Updater V1.00
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- Programme by Dave Gorski @2:250/107
- Docs performed by Phil Burden @2:250/101
-
- History.
- ~~~~~~~
- We all know how big our file areas grow,particularly
- when you programmes like Tick,FileManager,Allfix etc
- running in auto mode,which requires little or no work
- on the part of the sysop.The trouble is,files also get
- deleted when new versions arrive,or you delete files
- on a date basis,in order to conserve on valuable disk
- space.The trouble is,when you do that,you have to edit
- your files.bbs to remove the entries concerning
- deleted files,or else your filelist is full of Missing
- or "stored offline" or whatever your fileslist maker
- puts when the file is missing.Well,along comes
- DEL-MISS,to do that menial task for you.
-
- System Requirements
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Firstly,since DEL-MISS was written in Turbo Pascal,and
- compiled to use 286 code for faster execution,it won't
- work on anything other than a 286/386/486 IBM
- compatable machine.DOS 5 was the prevailing operating
- system in use on the development system and the alpha
- test site.Given those parameters,DEL-MISS should
- perform as advertised.
-
- Guarantees
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- There are none,beyond the fact that it takes up
- diskspace.You are advised to make backups before
- running DEL-MISS,just in case!.No Liability is implied
- or accepted for any mishaps that may or may not occur.
- Since it's cost you nothing,you can't expect
- much,right?.
-
- Installation.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- That depends on your bbs software.DEL-MISS was written
- with Remote Access in mind,and uses the Files.RA file
- that RA uses to find the filearea directories.If you
- don't run RA,then all is not lost,but a little work is
- needed to use DEL-MISS.
-
- 1) Unpack DEL-MISS into a dir of your choice.
- 2) If you run RemoteAccess,DEL-MISS will look for the
- environment variable RA to find files.RA.
- 3) If you don't run RA,create a text file,denoting all
- the dir's you wish DEL-MISS to scan,one per line as
- follows.
-
- e:\File\fileecho
- c:\geo\Works
- c:\geo\art
- c:\geo\back
- c:\geo\font
- c:\sds\Uk\admin
- c:\sds\Uk\utils
- d:\File\fossil
- d:\File\lannet
- d:\GENE\DEMO
- d:\GENE\FILE
- d:\GENE\JEW
-
- No need for a trailing backslash,DEL-MISS will add
- it's own if there isn't one there.It was originally
- tested on 229 directories,without a hitch,covering
- 3300 files.bbs entries.Current limits are 10,000
- entries.
-
- Command Line arguments.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Type: DEL-MISS -d -pFilespec -b -lFilespec
-
- -d turns debug on,gives extended info in case of
- errors
-
- -pPath and filename of the text file to read,or
- location and name of files.ra
-
- -b tells DEl-MISS to create Files.Bak as it goes.
-
-
- -l tells DEL-MISS the location of it's optional
- logfile.
-
-
- -? gives a brief helpscreen
-
-
- If you run RA,and have the RA environment variable
- specified,then you need only type DEL-MISS,no command
- line parameters required.Non RA users should use the
- text file outlined above.
-
-
- Bug reports,enhancements etc.
-
- Yell at Dave Gorski,2:250/107,he wrote it,I was
- suckered into doing the first tests with it!.
-
-
- Finally..
-
- Have fun,this software was written with the spirit of
- Fidonet ringing in the authors ears.It is
- freeware,though the copyright belongs to the author.If
- you like it,drop him a netmail telling him so,if you
- don't like it,don't use it.That's all folks!..
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