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TicIt (tm) 2.5 Copyright 1994-1996 By ProSoft COPYRIGHT NOTICE TicIt is a copyrighted program being distributed under the shareware concept. As such, you may use TicIt for a period of 30 days without registering the software. After the 30 day evaluation period, you must register your copy of TicIt or you will be in violation of United States and International copyright laws. As a shareware program, TicIt my be freely distributed through a BBS. Shareware distributors may distribute copies of TicIt on disk for a modest disk duplication charge not to exceed $6 per disk. It is a violation of the TicIt license agreement to modify the EXE file in anyway. TicIt KEY files are non-transferable. SHAREWARE LIMITATIONS Until TicIt is registered, it is limited to using five areas. These limitations do not hamper the would-be TicIt Sysop's ability to fully evaluate the software; yet, it does encourage registration by sysops who are truly interested in running TicIt. WARRANTY TicIt is distributed without warranty. In no event will ProSoft be liable to you for damages, including any loss of profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of your use of or inability to use the program, even if ProSoft or an authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. ProSoft will not be liable for any such claim by any other party. TRADEMARKS TicIt is a trademark of ProSoft TriBBS is a registered trademark of TriSoft. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TicIt uses the memory swapping routines by Thomas Wagner. TicIt's Configuration Program uses TechnoJocks Object Toolkit for its user interface. - i - TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1 SETTING UP TICIT 1 The TicIt Configuration Program 1 BBS Options Menu 2 TIC & Mail Options Menu 4 AKA's Menu 5 Archivers Menu 6 Edit Areas 7 Downlinks 9 Node Editor 10 Uplink Editor 11 View Documentation 11 The Exit Option 11 Import FileBone 13 Hatch a File Option 14 RUNNING TICIT 15 ALLFIX COMMANDS 15 ALLFIX MESSAGES 16 HATCHING 17 SUPPORT 18 - ii - INTRODUCTION TicIt is a FidoNet TIC Processor written expressly for the TriBBS Bulletin Board System. As such, it can take incoming FidoNet TIC Files and toss the accompanying file directly into the TriBBS file base and create TIC's for your FidoNet downlinks. Additionally, TicIt supports FrontDoor-type mailers. It supports points and all of the most widely used compression programs. TicIt also supports a large number of ALLFIX features to allow your downlinks to automatically request echos without the need for you to intervene. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS TicIt requires 400k free memory, an AT-Compatible machine, and TriBBS 10.0 or TriBBS/Pro 10.0 SETTING UP TICIT The first step in setting up TicIt is to create a directory for it. Use a DOS command similar to the following to create your TicIt directory: MD \TICIT Next, copy the files TICSETUP.EXE and TICIT.EXE to the newly-created TicIt directory with a DOS command like the following: COPY TICSETUP.EXE \TICIT COPY TICIT.EXE \TICIT THE TICIT CONFIGURATION PROGRAM --------------------------------- The TicIt configuration program, TICSETUP.EXE, is used to configure TicIt to toss and scan files. To run the configuration program, simply enter TICSETUP at the DOS prompt. TICSETUP will present you with its main menu, which consists of the following options: File System Areas Nodes │ │ │ │ Read Manual │ Edit Areas │ Exit │ Import RAID Format │ BBS Options Node Editor Tic & Mail Options Uplink Editor AKAs Archivers To select one of these options, move the highlight bar with the arrow keys and press <ENTER>. - 1 - BBS Options Menu ---------------- The following is a sample display screen for BBS Options: ╔═════════════════════════════BBS Options══════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ BBS Name City Scape BBS░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Sysop Name David Alger░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Origin Line City Scape BBS * 413-568-5241 * 28800 v.FC!░░░ ║ ║ TriBBS C:\TRIBBS\░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ NetMail C:\IM\NETMAIL\░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ INBound C:\IM\PACKETS\░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ OutBound C:\IM\TICS\░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Bad Files C:\BADZIPS\░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Virus Scanner SCAN /NOMEM░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Bulletin C:\TRIBBS\NETS\TICIT\BULLET1.TST░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Log File C:\IM\TICIT.LOG░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Pass Through C:\TRIBBS\NETS\TICIT\PASSTHRU\░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Magic File ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Convert To ║ ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ BBS Name The BBS Name is simply the name of your BBS. Sysop Your own name, note: This field is used for registration purposes. Origin The Origin line appended to some outgoing ALLFIX messages. TriBBS The path to TriBBS's Main Node, Node 1's directory. Required. Netmail The path to your front-end mailer's netmail directory. This is an optional field for those who plan to use AllFix and support downlinks. INBound This is the path to incoming TIC files and their accompanying files. Required. OutBound This is where TicIt will place outbound *.TIC files if you're hubbing to downlinks. Optional. - 2 - Bad Files Where to place files that have failed a check for one reason or another. Required. Virus Scanner This is the name and/or path to your virus scanner and any command line options needed. This is optional but is required if Scan Files is set to YES. Bulletin This is the path and/or filename of the bulletin file TicIt will create with a report of its activities. Optional. Log File This is the path and/or filename of the TicIt log file. Pass Through This is the directory where pass-through files for your nodes will be stored. If you hub files and have pass-through areas (file areas for your nodes not included in your normal file areas) this field is required, otherwise it's optional. Magic File The path and filename of your mailer's "magic" filename file. This file holds alias names so that someone File Requesting (FREQ) files need not know the exact filename of a file but can request it using a "magic name". Optional. Convert To TicIt can convert files stored in one archive type to another type so all your files will be the same archive type. Valid options: ZIP,ARJ,LZH,PAK,ZOO,ARC, or left blank to not convert. - 3 - Tic & Mail Options Menu ----------------------- ╔═══════════════════Options═══════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hub Mode No ║ ║ Scan Files Yes ║ ║ Honor Replace No ║ ║ Strip High Ascii No ║ ║ Default Local No ║ ║ Default Kill No ║ ║ Default Send None ║ ║ Default Kill File Delete ║ ║ Kill Orphan TICS No ║ ║ Message Conference 171░ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Hub Mode Hub Mode specifies whether or not to hub files out, This is more or less a failsafe for TicIt if you're having problems with TicIt sending to people when you don't want it to. This is mainly left over from version 1.00, but it's helpful :) Scan Files This needs to be on if you want to scan incoming files for virii. Honor Replace TICs have a verb in them called REPLACE which does what it says. It tells TicIt to replace a specific existing file in your file area with the one in the TIC. This is a failsafe to honor or not honor the REPLACE verb. I personally don't honor them, but some Sysops wanted it :) Strip High Ascii Simply strips High Ascii from incoming FILE_ID.DIZ's. Tells TicIt whether or not to Strip High Ascii from the incoming TIC files. If you dislike how DIZ's look when they have boxes, etc., around them and TriBBS's file list screws them up, I recommend setting this to ON. Local FLG Puts the "Local" flag on outgoing messages. Some mailers require the Local Flag option to be set on outgoing messages with your address. I recommend this setting be ON. Kill FLG Puts the "Kill" flag on outgoing messages. Simply tells whether or not to delete the outgoing message after it's sent to the recieving system. I recommend putting the Kill Flag ON. - 4 - Send Type This sets the routing flag on outgoing messages. This can be set to Direct, Hold, Crash, or None. Direct will send messages direct to its recipient without allowing your mailer to route it. Hold causes outgoing messages to wait in your mailer until its recipient calls and picks it up. Crash sends the message to its recipient as soon as it possibly can. None allows the mailer to determine how the outgoing message is transferred. Kill File Set either the Delete or the Trucate flag on outgoing messages for files. Delete will physically delete the outgoing file, while Truncate will set the file size to 0. I recommend setting the Delete Flag Delete Orphan Deletes TIC files that have no accompanying file. This can happen sometimes when connection fail or transmission errors occur. Message Conference Which conference to write incoming file announcements to. If this field is 0 or left blank it will not import an announcement. Valid conferences are 1 to the total number of conferences. AKAs Menu --------- ╔═══════════════AKAs════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Main AKA 1:321/328░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 1 1:321/328.1░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 2 1:321/328.2░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 3 1:321/328.3░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 4 1:3234/23░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 5 2:2121/12.1░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 6 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 7 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 8 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Aka 9 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════╝ Main AKA The Main AKA field should be set to the Fido-style address that you use the most. If you are a member of FidoNet, you will probably want to set it for that address. AKAs AKA's are a list of alternative addresses your system may have. Handy if you are involved in more than one network. - 5 - Archivers Menu -------------- ╔══════════════════════════════Archivers═══════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ZIP Compress PKZIP -a -ex░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ZIP UnCompress PKUNZIP -o░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ARJ Compress ARJ a░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ARJ UnCompress ARJ e /y░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ LHA Compress LHA a /m░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ LHA UnCompress LHA e░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ PAK Compress PAK a░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ PAK UnCompress PAK e░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ZOO Compress ZOO a░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ZOO UnCompress ZOO e░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ARC Compress PAK a /c░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ARC UnCompress PAK e░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ RAR Compress RAR a -y░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ RAR UnCompress RAR a -y░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ZIP Compress The ZIP Compress field tells TicIt how to perform ZIP compression on an archive. ZIP Uncompress The ZIP Uncompress field tells TicIt how to perform ZIP decompression on an archive. ARJ Compress The ARJ Compress field tells TicIt how to perform ARJ compression on an archive. ARJ Uncompress The ARJ Uncompress field tells TicIt how to perform ARJ decompression on an archive. LHA Compress The LHA Compress field tells TicIt how to perform LHA compression on an archive. LHA Uncompress The LHA Uncompress field tells TicIt how to perform LHA decompression on an archive. PAK Compress The PAK Compress field tells TicIt how to perform PAK compression on an archive. PAK Uncompress The PAK Uncompress field tells TicIt how to perform PAK decompression on an archive. - 6 - ZOO Compress The ZOO Compress field tells TicIt how to perform ZOO compression on an archive. ZOO Uncompress The ZOO Uncompress field tells TicIt how to perform ZOO decompression on an archive. ARC Compress The ARC Compress field tells TicIt how to perform ARC compression on an archive. ARC Uncompress The ARC Uncompress field tells TicIt how to perform ARC decompression on an archive. RAR Compress The RAR Compress field tells TicIt how to perform RAR compression on an archive. RAR Uncompress The RAR Uncompress field tells TicIt how to perform RAR decompression on an archive. Edit Areas ---------- When you select this option on the Main Menu you will be shown the Area Selection menu below: ┌───────── Areas ─────────────┐ │ Add New Area │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────┘ Select Add New Area to add a new area. You can also use Alt-D to delete an existing area. When you add a new area you will be shown the Area Editor screen: - 7 - ╔═══════════════════════Area Editor════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Area Name PDNAI░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Area Number 14 FidoNet Administrative Files ║ ║ Uses AKA 1:321/328 ║ ║ From AKA ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Over Write No ║ ║ Allow List No ║ ║ Convert Yes ║ ║ Downlinks ║ ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Area Name Area Name is simply the FidoNet Area Tag name, FidoNet<tm> uses 8 characters maximum per area name, however TicIt allows up to 20 characters maximum per area name. Area Number Area Number is the corresponding area file in TriBBS. Press <Enter> to see a list of TriBBS file areas and use the arrow keys to select the area. Select <0> Pass Through File Area for passthrough areas. Uses AKA TicIt will use this address when sending out files. From AKA From AKA is for security. If you specify a node number, TicIt looks at each TIC file on the "From" verb line. Over Write If a file with the same name exists in the current directory, TicIt will fail the copy unless this option is set to "YES". Otherwise TicIt will not allow the import of a file with a name exactly the same in the <To> directory. Allow List Allow List does two things. If set to Yes, downlinks can use %LIST and view the area. If set to No, it's a security feature that won't allow downlinks to see the area. Even if they know it's there, they won't be able to add it via AllFix. You must manually add the area for them. Convert If set to Yes, TicIt will convert archive files to the type specified in the BBS Options menu. This option is great for NODELIST on the Fido backbone, as it won't convert the nodelist to a different format. - 8 - Downlinks --------- Nonfunctional in beta 4. - 9 - The Node Editor ---------------- When you select this option on the Main Menu you will be shown the Node Editor menu below: ┌───────── Nodes ─────────────┐ │ Add New Node │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────┘ Select Add New Node to add a new node. You can also use Alt-D to delete an existing node. When you add a new node you will be shown the Node Editor screen: The following is a sample display of the node editor: ╔════════════════════Node Editor════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Address Name 1:321/328░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Password CITYSCAPE░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Local Flag? Yes ║ ║ Kill Flag? No ║ ║ Routing Flag Crash ║ ║ Kill File Type Truncate ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Address Name This field is the node's address. You cannot edit this field. Password The Allfix Password field tells TicIt the password the node will use in the subject line of AllFix messages. Local FLG Puts the Local flag on outgoing messages. Some mailers require the Local Flag to be set on outgoing messages with your address. I recommend setting this to ON. - 10 - Kill FLG Puts the Kill flag onto outgoing messages. Simply tells whether or not to delete the outgoing message after it's sent to the receiving system. I recommend setting the Kill Flag ON. Routing Flag Sets the Direct, Hold, Crash, or None flag on outgoing messages. Direct will send messages direct to its recipient without allowing your mailer to route it. Hold causes outgoing messages to wait in your mailer until its recipient calls and picks it up. Crash sends the message to its recipient as soon as it possibly can. None allows the mailer to determine how the outgoing message is transferred. Kill File Type Sets either the Delete, or Trucate flag on outgoing messages for files. Delete will physically delete the outgoing file, while Truncate will set the file size to 0. I recommend setting the Delete Flag Uplink Editor ------------- When you select this option on the Main Menu you will be shown the Uplink Editor menu below: ┌──────── Uplinks ────────────┐ │ Add New Node │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────┘ - 11 - Select Add New Node to add a new uplink. You can also use Alt-D to delete an existing uplink. When you add a new uplink you will be shown the Uplink Editor screen: ╔═══════════════════Uplink Editor═══════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Address Name 1:321/212░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Password CITYSCAPE░░░░░░░░░░░ ║ ║ Area List C:\FIDO\FILEBONE.NA░░░░░░░░║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Address Name The Address of your hub Password Put your password for your hub with the above address here. When TicIt requests a Area you don't carry but your hub does, it will need to know your own password. Area List The path and filename of the FILEBONE.NA compatible listing, The file is as follows: % Any line starting with a '%' is a comment. % Lines starting with Area<space><AreaName> are Area % Statements. Area <AreaName> % End of File View Documentation ------------------ Views TICIT.DOC if it's found in the current directory. The Exit Option --------------- You can exit TicSetup by selecting the Exit Option. - 12 - Import FILEBONE --------------- Nonfunctional in beta 4. This option is an easy way to import areas into TicIt. How? Simply use a FILEBONE.NA formatted text file (used by FidoNet), to import an area. Be careful though, it accepts anything for a file input, and importing a regular text file could be hazardous. To use this option, select <Y>es and type the filename, ┌─[■]────────── Choose a file ───────────────┐ │ Name: │ │ *.* OK ▄ │ │ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ │ │ Files: Directories: │ │ 0001.PAS [..] Cancel ▄ │ │ 0005.BAK [FILES] ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ │ │ 0005.EXE [WORK] │ │ 0005.PAS [ -A- ] Help ▄ │ │ 112121.BAK [ -B- ] ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ │ │ 112121.TIC │ │ 31.MSG │ │ ADDRTEST.BAK │ │ ADDRTEST.PAS │ │ ALPHA.BAK │ │ B1TOB2.BAK │ │ │ │C:\TP\TICIT │ │0001.PAS 2297 Feb 11,1995 1:12a A│ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Press <Enter>, then select your conferences with the <Spacebar>. Press <F10> to start importing. You will be shown a list of conferences to use for each one you've selected. ┌───────────────────── File areas availible ──────────────────────────┐ │ BACKBONE Backbone: List of Echomail Areas and Info Files │ │ FILEBONE Filebone: List of FDNs & Info Files │ │ COORDUTL FidoNet: Coordinator Tools and Utilities │ │ FIDONEWS FidoNet: Weekly FidoNews Newsletter │ │ NODEDIFF FidoNet: Weekly NodeList Updates │ │ 1-BUSI SDN: DOS Business and financial │ │ 1-COMM SDN: DOS Communications terminal │ │ 1-DATA SDN: DOS Database, spreadsheet and PIM │ │ 1-EDUC SDN: DOS Education for children and adult │ │ 1-GAME SDN: DOS Entertainment and games │ │ 1-GRAP SDN: DOS Graphics and drawing │ │ 1-MISC SDN: DOS Miscellaneous programs │ │ 1-OTHR SDN: DOS non-shareware - public domain and freeware │ │ 1-SOND SDN: DOS Music/Voice/Sound players and sound files │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ - 13 - Hatch A File ------------ The following is a sample screen of the hatching option: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File ········································ │ │ Area Name ···················· │ │ Description ········································ │ │ Magic Name ·········· │ │ Replaces ············ │ │ Hatching Address ···················· │ │ │ │ Press <TAB> to change fields <F10> to Hatch <ESC> to Exit │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ <F1> - Find File <F2> - Find Area File The full path to the file you are hatching Area Name The area you are hatching a file into. Please note this is sometimes a specific area on some networks. For example Programmers Distribution Network uses PDNHATCH only for hatching into it. Description A short description of the file you are hatching. Magic Name Magic Name is a option field. It is used by some TIC processors to update a list of "Magic" Names that are often referred to when a FidoNet "FREQ" is made. A "FREQ" is simply a "F"ile REQ"uest. Replaces Replaces is an optional field, and specifies whether you want TicIt to include the Replaces verb in the outgoing TIC file. Replaces will replace a file on the receiving end if they allow it. This is useful for patches and updates. For example, I might specify that T_IT21B3.ZIP will be replaced when T_IT21B4.ZIP is hatched. Hatching Address The Hatching Address is the address of the system you're hatching to. This allows only one person to receive the file. Often useful for net's where you are not a hub point hatching to many people. If you are the hub point going to many people the TICIT SEND command line can send up to 25 nodes at a time. - 14 - RUNNING TICIT To run TicIt, add something similar to the following to your frontend mailer's batch file where it processes received mail: cd \ticit ticit cd \im IMPORTANT: Because TicIt requires compression programs to function correctly, you must have copies of all of the compression programs in a directory that is in your DOS PATH. ALLFIX COMMANDS TicIt offers a number of AllFix commands that can be used by running TicIt using the following format at the DOS prompt: TICIT ALLFIX <command> This section will explain these AllFix commands in detail. TICIT ALLFIX MGR The MGR command instructs TicIt to scan and process any Allfix messages in the netmail directory. TICIT ALLFIX QUERY <FidoNet address> The FIND command lists all of the active areas for a specified node address. Example: tritoss allfix query 1:328/104 TICIT ALLFIX ADD <FidoNet address> <Echo> <Echo> <...> The ADD command adds a specified node to one or more file echo areas. Example: tritoss allfix add 1:328/104 tribbs c_echo TICIT ALLFIX DELETE <FidoNet address> <Echo> <Echo> <...> The DELETE command deletes a specified node from one or more file echo areas. Example: tritoss allfix delete 328/104 comm fdecho TICIT ALLFIX NOTIFY The NOTIFY command will send a message to each of your AllFix nodes which lists all of the areas available to the node and which areas each node is active in. - 15 - ALLFIX MESSAGES How do downlinks use TicIt's AllFix capabilities? Pretty easy, actually. They simply address a message to AllFix or TicIt at your system's address. On the subject line, they MUST put their AllFix password. In the body of an AllFix message, a downlink can turn file echos on and off by simply listing them one echo name per line. An echo will be deleted if it is preceded by a hypen (-). The list of echos must be followed by a tearline (---). Anything after the tearline is ignored by TicIt. The following commands may also be used: %QUERY - Sends back a list of connected areas. %LIST - Sends back a list of ALL the Hub's areas. %HELP - Sends a Help message. %PWD (password) - Allows the node to change their password. Here's an example body of an AllFix message: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +COMM +DBRIDGE +TRIBBS_SUPPORT -FDECHO %QUERY --- Hi! This is ignored by TicIt. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message would instruct TicIt to turn on the COMM, DBRIDGE, and TRIBBS_SUPPORT echos and turn off the FDECHO. It also requests that a list of the current file areas to which this node is connected be sent back in a return message. - 16 - HATCHING TicIt has direct support for hatching files into a filebone, or sending a file to many nodes below you. TicIt supports two modes; Automated and Sysop Intervention. Automated uses command line parameters to define the file to send, etc., while Manual requires the operator to be present to enter some data. To hatch, use the following command line: TICIT SEND Automated override commands may be listed in any order. All but the /S command can only be listed once. If any of these commands are missing from the command line, TicIt will ask you to fill in the gaps of information. Please take note of this. /F<filename> The filename of the file to be hatched. /A<areaname> The Area Name of the file echo this file belongs to. /S<node> The node this file will be sent to. Up to 30 "/S" parameters may be places on the command line. Instead of a node number in this parameter, you may use @<filename>, where filename is an ASCII file with a list of the nodes to send the file to. The @<filename> parameter may only be used in the first occurance of the "/S" parameter on the command line. A maximum of 30 nodes may be listed in the ASCII file. For example, TICIT.TXT is an ASCII file containing the following lines: TICIT.TXT ------------------------------------------------------ 1:321/328 1:321/0 1:321/212 ------------------------------------------------------ The command line would be as follows: TICIT SEND /FTICIT.DOC /DTicIt /APROSOFT /S@TICIT.TXT /D<desc> Puts the description of the file into the tic file. - 17 - SUPPORT I will provide support only for questions dealing directly with TicIt. As much as I would like to be able to, I just don't have the time to answer questions about how to setup a frontend mailer, a tic processer, etc. If you have a question about TicIt, a suggestion on how TicIt can be improved, or you suspect a bug, please feel to contact me on City Scape BBS (413-568-5241), through FidoNet (1:321/328), through Internet (dalger@map.com). The latest copy of TicIt may be FREQed with the magic name of TICIT. - 18 -