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ACHECK - Network Uplink Controller
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Written by Paul Baker @ The Tavern BBS 44-(0)81-445-6514
Turbonet 100:1011/0 Nest 90:102/140 Atarinet 51:502/100 Fido 2:440/108
Usenet mettav.royle.org
What does ACHECK do ?
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Acheck scans your AREAS.BBS and DAREAS.BBS , counts the number of nodes
or points connected to each of your areas , if zero then it sends a netmail
to the appropriate host requesting disconnection for that area and deletes
the .HDR and .MSG files from your drive.
The AREAS.BBS and DAREAS.BBS aren't changed at all, if a point/node requests
a disconnected area then ACHECK will notice this and re-connect that area
to your Host.
The DAREAS.BBS is scanned automatically , the AREAS.BBS is only scanned for
those areas defined in ACHECK.CFG
What this means is that you can take as many areas as you want to be available
to your nodes/points , but not download the mail in these areas from your
host unless needed .
If an area loses all of it's downlinks then you will stop downloading the
mail for that area within 24 hours , saving you time and money.
Creating ACHECK.CFG
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Put ACSHELL.PRG and ACSHELL.RSC in the same directory as Your AREAS.BBS and
run ACSHELL.PRG.
1) Enter your Name in the Sysop Box
2) Click on the Netmail Path and using the file selector , select the
netmail message file.
2) Click on the Areafix box and enter your Hosts address , Your Address for
that network , the Areafix name that your Host expects and the Subject
line that will contain your Password for that Host together with
any other parameters you wish to send in the message subject line.
Do this for each of your Network Hosts.
3) Click on the Area Box , to select which Areas you wish ACHECK to scan
for in your AREAS.BBS file ,click on the appropriate box , this will
highlight that box , any boxes that are highlighted when you click on
EXIT AND SAVE will be scanned by ACHECK.
RUNNING ACHECK
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ACHECK.PRG and ACHECK.CFG need to be in the same directory as your
AREAS.BBS/DAREAS.BBS files.
When an area is disconnected the name of the area is added to a file called
ACHECK.BBS , when re-connected the name is removed from that file.
Running ACHECK.PRG without parameters will display the commands available.
To make Acheck scan your areas then pass the parameter RUN to it.
IF you add an area to your AREAS.BBS (and have selected it using ACSHELL)
or DAREAS.BBS , but you haven't connected it to your host using an areafix
message and you don't want it connected to your host unless a node or
point requests it .
Then run ACHECK with the parameter INIT , the area will be scanned and
marked as 'off-line' in ACHECK.BBS but no netmail disconnecting it will be
sent to your host.
Running ACHECK with the parameter REPORT followed by a path and filename
will give a text file showing which of your nodes/points are connected to
which areas.
FUTURE ADDITIONS (?)
====================
Any ideas on how to improve / add to the program will be greatfully received
at the above addresses.
Bugs Killed in the contained version
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I noticed that a problem occoured with ACSHELL when I had area names over
21 characters long , it refused to save the areas correctly in ACHECK.BBS.
An error occouring in the error capture routine caused ACHECK to go into a
continual loop.
** >Disclaimer< **
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I cannot be held responsible for any damage wether to hardware or software
which is caused either directly or indirectly by this software.
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*You use it entirely at your own risk.*
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saying this , the program has been extensively beta tested over a period of
time , and 99% of the bugs have been fixed , (the 1% we don't know about) ,
if you do find a bug , please send me a netmail and I will do my best to
fix it and send out an update ASAP.
Enjoy!