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- RemoteAccess' File Area Organizer
-
- v1.06
-
- For RemoteAccess v1.11 *ONLY*
-
- (c) 1993 by A.L.M
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-
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Explainations / What does it do?
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Preview:
-
- Have you ever looked at a user browsing your file base, and said to your
- self: "What in the world does this file do here?" or "Time to split this
- file area in two", but then thought of the exahousting procedure of
- running RACONFIG and changed your mind? Well, none of that anymore! From
- now on you will be able to make quick and easy changes to your file
- base: You will be able to easly change the name of an area, the path,
- the security and flagset, you will be able to create new directories
- without many CDes and MDes, you will be able to strict and un-strict
- many file areas in couple of key strokes, and more.
-
- At the begining, when I just built my BBS, I didn't think of the fact
- that I will ever want to add more file/message areas, and once I entered
- the areas one after the other - it was too late. Then I joined UltiNET,
- installed FMail, and discovered its excellent Area Manager. It
- helped me sort and change the whole message base - That gave me the idea
- of making RAFAO, which will help me (and you) sort the file base with
- the same ease that FMail provides. RAFAO is designed just like FMail
- (with permission from it's author), so you dont have to worry about
- learning to work with a new interface (that is if you are familier with
- FMail, and if not - it will be a snap).
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- How to use it?
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Once you run RAFAO, you will see the following screen, filled with the
-
-
-
-
- first file area's data:
-
- ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
- │ Area Name Fresh Uploads │
- │ Path \RA\FILES\FRESH\ │
- │ │
- │ Board 1 Include New Files Scan Yes │
- │ Include UL Dupe Scan Yes Permint Long Desc Yes │
- │ │
- │ DnLd Security 3 UpLd Security 3 List Security 3 │
- │ A flag --■■■--- A flag --■■■--- A flag --■■■--- │
- │ B flag ----■--- B flag ----■--- B flag ----■--- │
- │ C flag ---■---■ C flag ---■---■ C flag ---■---■ │
- │ D flag ■------- D flag ■------- D flag ■------- │
- │ │
- ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
-
- On the lower line of the screen you will see the following Reminding
- Ruler:
-
- F1 Edit F3 Global F5 Browse Ins Insert Del Delete Home First End Last
-
- Each option will now be explained in detail:
-
- Edit
-
- Choose this to begin editing the current file area's data field
- (See below).
-
- Global
-
- Choose this if you wish to make major changes to the File Base.
- Once you press F3, you will be presented with 3 new options:
-
- Switches
-
- Here you will be allowed to switch globaly one of the
- three "switched options" (NewFilesScan / UPDupeScan /
- LongDesc). Select the desirable option, then choose
- (Y)es or (N)o, and then enter the range (1-200). RAFAO
- will then switch the option you chose to (Y)es or to
- (N)o (depends on what you selected) within the range.
-
- Security
-
- Same as Swithces only with security level. Choose
- Download / Upload / List. Then enter the new security
- level (0-32000), and then enter the range.
-
- Flags
-
- Same as Switches only with flags setting. Choose
- Download / Upload / List. Then choose flag A, B, C or D.
- Then enter the new flag setting (note that you must
- enter a whole 8 flag, not just 1), and finally, enter
- the range.
-
-
-
-
-
- Browse
-
- Press F5 to browse (look over) the whole file base (note that
- areas with an empty Area Name field will be presented as "-").
- While browsing you may use the keypad to move the highlighted
- bar up and down. Press <CR> to view the current area, press
- <ESC> to exit back to the old file area, and press <DEL> to
- delete highlighted area.
-
- Insert
-
- Choose this to find the first unoccupied file area and to begin
- editing it.
-
- Delete
-
- Choose this to delete the current file area.
-
- First
-
- Choose this to move to the first file area (1).
-
- Last
-
- Choose this to move to the last file area (200).
-
-
- (In the upper example, we see file area #1 which is the Fresh Uploads
- area). Each of the fields will now be explained in detail.
-
- Area Name
-
- This is the area name as it will be inserted into FILES.RA and
- displayed to the RemoteAccess user. The field is 35 characters
- in length.
-
- Path
-
- This is the full path (no filename) to FILES.BBS. No backslash
- needed. In this directory RA will search for FILES.BBS which
- holds the list of files available for download to the current
- file area.
-
- Board
-
- This is the number of the current file area. Selecting this
- option will cause a window to pop up. You will then be able to
- choose a new board number to the current file area by moving the
- highlighted option to a different number (Numbers which apear in
- darker color are allready selected by other areas and can not be
- selected again).
-
- Include in New Files Scan
-
- There is a built in option in RA that scans for new files (for a
- specific user). Turning this option to NO will dis-include
- current file area in the above scan (useful for TEMP file areas
-
-
-
-
- for example).
-
- Include in Upload Dupelicate Scan
-
- RA, as well as other File Door utilities makes a "Duplicate
- Scan" for uploads to assure a user doesn't upload a file which
- allready exists on the system. Turning this option to NO will
- cuase such utilities not to include this areas in the scan
- (useful for areas which failed uploads are stored in).
-
- Permit Long Description
-
- This (when switched to YES) enables RA to handle the long
- description correctly.
-
- Download Security
-
- This is the minimal security level one user must have to
- download from the current file area.
-
- A/B/C/D Download Flag
-
- Each flag (A, B, C and D) actually has 8 status flags on it.
- Those flags enable you to control with more precision who would
- be allowed to download from this area. For example, turn on flag
- A1 (first flag of A flag [■-------]) to all registered users. Do
- the same to your "REGISTERED ONLY" file area. Now, only
- registered users will have access to the "REGISTERED ONLY" file
- area.
-
- Upload Security
-
- See Download Security.
-
- A/B/C/D Upload Flag
-
- See Download Flag.
-
- List Security
-
- See Download Security.
-
- A/B/C/D List Flag
-
- See Download Flag.
-
- On the lower line of the screen you will see the following Reminding
- Ruler:
-
- F1 Edit F3 Global F5 Browse Ins Insert Del Delete Home First End Last
-
- Each option will now be explained in detail:
-
- Edit
-
- Choose this to begin editing the current file area data (as
- described aboce).
-
-
-
-
-
- Global
-
- Choose this if you wish to make major changes to the File Base.
- Once you press F3, you will be presented with 3 new options:
-
- Switches
-
- Here you will be allowed to switch globaly one of the
- three "switched options" (NewFilesScan / UPDupeScan /
- LongDesc). Select the desirable option, then choose
- (Y)es or (N)o, and then enter the range (1-200). RAFAO
- will then switch the option you chose to (Y)es or to
- (N)o (depends on what you selected) within the range.
-
- Security
-
- Same as Swithces only with security level. Choose
- Download / Upload / List. Then enter the new security
- level (0-32000), and then enter the range.
-
- Flags
-
- Same as Switches only with flags setting. Choose
- Download / Upload / List. Then choose flag A, B, C or D.
- Then enter the new flag setting (note that you must
- enter a whole 8 flag, not just 1), and finally, enter
- the range.
-
- Browse
-
- Press F5 to browse (look over) the whole file base (note that
- areas with an empty Area Name field will be presented as "-").
- While browsing you may use the keypad to move the highlighted
- bar up and down. Press <CR> to view the current area, press
- <ESC> to exit back to the old file area, and press <DEL> to
- delete highlighted area.
-
- Insert
-
- Choose this to find the first unoccupied file area and to begin
- editing it.
-
- Delete
-
- Choose this to delete the current file area.
-
- First
-
- Choose this to move to the first file area (1).
-
- Last
-
- Choose this to move to the last file area (200).
-
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-
-
-
- Troubleshooting
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- FILES.RA not found:
-
- RAFAO searches for FILES.RA in two ways. First, it'll check the
- enviroment variable RA for the path. If the RA variable does not
- exists, RAFAO will try and find FILES.RA in \RA. If both ways
- fail, RAFAO will report the above error. All you need to do is
- add the following command to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- Set RA={Your RA Directory}
-
- Incorrect version of configuration file:
-
- In each version of RemoteAccess, the file base is being
- maintained in a different way. Since I dought there are any
- Sysops who use versions previous to 1.11, I didn't bother making
- RAFAO compatible with those older versions, and since I myself
- havn't upgraded my BBS to version 2.00, I couldn't make RAFAO
- compatible with version 2.00 as well. Using RAFAO on a
- RemoteAccess system other than v1.11 might mess up the file
- base, that is why I made this Version ID Check - to warn you in
- case you havn't read this part before running RAFAO. Now there
- is another thing; If you ever tried to install RA2 before (and
- for some reason changed your mind after running 111TO200 or
- any other file from the RA2 package) the Version ID in the
- configuration file has been changed. If you are using RA111, but
- this error occures anyway, RAFAO will ask f you wish to change
- the configuration file. Answer YES only if you are sure you are
- using RA111 and not RA2!
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Support/License
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- RAFAO is an A.L.M Product. As such, it will do {no more and} no less
- than expected (as long as it hasn't been tampered with). If you have any
- reason to believe RAFAO will not work properly, backup FILES.RA and you
- will be safe. In any case I offer no warranty!
-
- RAFAO is a simple little tool, yet it represents several night's sleep.
- I have decided (for the first time) to make it a Shareware and not a
- Freeware, which mean you can't use it for more than the evaluation
- period of 30 days without legally purchasing it. RAFAO is not crippled
- in anyway, and will not make "Did you forget to register" remarks,
- because I dont believe it does anything but annoy the user. However, I
- ask, if you do find RAFAO useful, let me know by sending any amount of
- money you find satisfying, and by that encouraging me to keep on
- programe (use the address below).
-
- For any comments, suggestions, denoation, bug-reports or insultes:
-
- A.L.M Support BBSes: The Miller Time (2:401/62)
- 972-52-420168,
- 19:00-07:00, 2400 V.42bis.
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-
-
-
-
- The Northern Castle BBS (2:401/250)
- 972-4-762554,
- 22:00-16:00, 2400 MNP-5.
-
- The Black Hole BBS (2:401/52)
- 972-8-468952,
- 24 Hours, 2400bps.
-
- Author's Home Address: Adi L. Miller
- 36 Jabotinski St'
- Kfar Saba, 44404,
- ISRAEL.
-
- *** EOF
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