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- AUTO DRIVE EXAMPLES AND IDEAS FOR
- PRO-FILE PROFESSIONAL FILE SYSTEM
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- If you are having trouble grasping the new idea of Auto Drive and the
- tremendous possiblities it offers, here are a few practical uses it has..
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- SITUATION: I want to set up PRO-FILE to run daily as an event from my BBS
- and have it take care of everything necessary to update the file
- lists automatically.
- SOLUTION: PROFILE AUTO
- NOTES: This is the only predefined auto drive command line. The actuall
- command line you'd have to type is PROFILE Alt-CA. Of course,
- if you were to go into PRO-FILE and quit without doing anything,
- a lot would still have been done. When PRO-FILE loads, it
- automatically checks for new files. When it exits, it automatically
- generates the file lists that need to be updated. There's only
- one thing missing - some of the extended info. In order to gather
- all of the extended info, PRO-FILE must scan the RA activity log,
- and that's what this example does. In addition, it appends the
- log file to OLDRA.Log to allow you to view old logs in the future.
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- SITUATION: While I've got PRO-FILE set up to run as an event and take care
- of everything automatically (PROFILE AUTO), I also want it to
- generate a total file list users can download in the same event.
- SOLUTION: PROFILE Alt-CAAlt-T2A_Alt-X
- NOTES: You will need to replace the PROFILE AUTO command with the above
- line. This does the same thing, but at the same time, generates
- a master files list and places it in Area A where users can d/l it.
- If you want PRO-FILE to place it in a different area, replace the
- A after the 2 above with the other area letter.
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- SITUATION: I've got PRO-FILE to generate a master listing and place it in
- an area for users to download, but I also want users to be able
- to download a zipped version.
- SOLUTION: This is a multi-stepped process:
- PROFILE Alt-T2A_Alt-X
- PKZip \File\Newfiles\AllFiles.Zip \File\Newfiles\AllFiles.Lst
- PROFILE Alt-KANY_Alt-X
- NOTES: This must be done in 3 steps. The first step should generate
- the total listing in the area you want (Substitute for Area A)
- (along with whatever else you want it to do). The second should
- zip up the master file listing into a different file. Finally,
- the third step tells PRO-FILE to update from disk from area A
- (Substitute if the master list wasn't put in area A). By
- updating from disk, PRO-FILE will find the new zip file and add
- it automatically. It would be wise to go a step further (or
- actually before) and add the file information before PRO-FILE
- updates from disk for the first time. This additional step
- is a one time procedure. What you would do is go into PRO-FILE
- manually and add a file (Alt-A). When it asks you for the file
- name, enter the zip file name. It doesn't matter what you enter
- for the other information (except the descriptions). When the
- update from disk is performed, PRO-FILE will enter the rest.
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- SITUATION: When users up/download a file, my BBS loads Filedoor or other
- file transfer program. After they finish up/downloading, I
- want the changes to appear in the file listings without waiting
- for the daily event.
- SOLUTION: PROFILE or PROFILE AUTO
- NOTES: Remember, when PRO-FILE loads, it automatically scans for new
- files, so the first example would take care of any uploads.
- If the user downloaded any files, then you can also have the
- download count incremented by the second example. The second
- example scans the log file of any downloads. However, having
- PRO-FILE go through every step just to add a download count is
- insignificant if you have a slow machine. You may just want to
- stick with the first example, which won't take but a second.
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