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- NLTS 1.0 - Node List Text Searcher
- (C) 1994 Psycho Hut Software
-
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- WARNING!
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- This documentation contains gratuitous sarcasm. Not suitable for those
- that can't take a joke. No reason not to have a sense of humor these days,
- even if you're a programmer.
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- License
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- NLTS is shareware. It costs $50 to register.
-
- Just kidding. It's free as free gets. If you want the source code (Turbo
- C++ 3.0-compiled) just ask. To find out where to ask, see the "Contacting
- the Author" section below.
-
- Disclaimer: NLTS was not written to format hard drives, destroy
- FAT tables, truncate the nodelist to 0, or cause resistance-related heat
- damage to silicon-based electronic microcomponents. If it does, it ain't
- my fault. Blame your favorite virus author or Bill Clinton, since
- we all know that he has caused every one of the world's problems since
- Biblical times.
-
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- Requirements
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- * DOS 3.3 or higher
- * approx 18k of HD space
- * A FidoNet nodelist (NODELIST.???)
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- Installation
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- Unarchive everything to your nodelist directory. NLTS <must> be in the
- nodelist directory. It'll tell you so if you try to put it anywhere else.
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- What it Does
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- NLTS is an extraordinarily simple command-line-utility. It will search the
- most recent FidoNet nodelist (it looks for the highest number -
- NODELIST.230 would take precedence over NODELIST.100) for a string that YOU,
- the user, specify. If it finds a match, it will then print the entry out to
- the screen or a file as described below in the "FAQ".
-
- Syntax is available by running NLTS with no parameters, but if you're one
- of the wise minority that read the docs FIRST, here it is.
-
- NLTS <search_string> [-c]
-
- <search_string> is the string you want to search for. It must contain no
- spaces.
-
- [-c] is optional and specifies a case-sensitive search. The default is
- case-insensitive.
-
- NLTS, whether or not it is redirected, will print out a period "." every
- 100 lines to let you know it hasn't locked up. Also, whenever it finds a
- match, it'll print an exclamation point "!".
-
- ---
- FAQ (yeah, right)
- ---
- Q> "Why a separate program? LIST does this just fine."
-
- A> Ah, but NLTS is redirectable. For example, if I wanted to make a list
- of all the nodes that are ran by people named Josh, I would use this
- syntax:
-
- NLTS Josh -c >joshnode.txt
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- It will then write the nodelist entries of the nodes to joshnode.txt.
- Along with the title and a couple of other things. The periods "." do
- not go to the file.
-
- Q> "Program X already does what NLTS does! Why did you waste your time
- writing NLTS?"
- A> I wrote this for my personal use, and decided to release it to the public
- in case someone else didn't have Program X. I haven't seen a SMALL program
- to do this, myself. Also, it was something to do in C instead of Pascal, which
- means I could even do Windows and OS/2 versions if I were feeling particularly
- self-important.
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- Future Plans
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- Working on other programs, unless catastrophic bugs appear causing
- Armageddon or other bad things. Or if enough people ask for a certain
- feature.
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- Contacting the Author
- ---------------------
- I can be reached through several channels:
-
- NetMail: 1:2260/150
- Echomail: BBS_CARNIVAL, SHAREWRE, RA_UTIL, FN_SYSOP, tons of others
- US Mail: Josh Whitt
- Rt. 2 Box 420K
- South Shore, KY 41175
- BBS: (606)932-6662 (Psycho Hut II, RemoteAccess 2.02)
-
- I WILL answer, but I'm busy and it may take a few days.
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- Legalities
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- LIST (C) Vern Buerg
- Turbo C++ (C) Borland Int'l.
- FidoNet (C) Tom Jennings/Fido Software
-
- And have a Merry Christmas! *<:)
- - Josh Whitt
- 1:2260/150
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