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FoxConvert.rexx by Anthony Brice - 10th July 1996
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This is just a quick rexx script which you can use with Dave Naylors FoxGate
to convert outbound flo files which can cause havok with FoxGate converting
them due to Spot using the '#' chars in the flo prefix. If you're not using
FoxGate, or don't know what I'm on about now, then ditch this script and forget
you ever heard of it :-)
I needed to use FoxGate to collect some fido networks from a Bulletin board
that I don't usually call via the internet so it comes on a local call. That's
what FoxGate does for you, but it has an akward little bug when parsing outbound
files that don't use the '^' character within the flo file, such as Spot, which
uses '#' instead. These characters are a signal to Trapdoor and other mailers
to tell it what should be done with the file once sent, and foxgate doesn't
understand Spot's default, and runs amok.
FoxConvert is an arexx script which can be configured in two lines at the top
of the script.
Path - is the name of the outbound file IE: 2:250/194.0.FLO
FoxGate - is the path to the foxgate executable as the script will launch
foxgate after correcting the flo file for you automatically. This
is done so you can add FoxConvert to your Link script when you dial
up to the internet, and then forget all about it.
Hopefully Dave will fix up this bug in FoxGate after I send him this archive,
but this should get you going untill then if you need to use FoxGate as I do.
Usage:- It's called with no arguments basically. Set the executable and script
bits if they're not already set, and then just type FoxConvert.rexx,
or call it from within another script, or Spot's archiver command.
Cheers,
Anthony Brice - anthony@backyard.demon.co.uk