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PCF 4.0
Technical Documentation
(c) 1993 by Marc Droske / ANKH Dev.
Table of Contents:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Legal Notice
1.3 Future Releases
1.4 Features
2.0 Getting started
2.1 BBS-Modes
2.2 Switches
2.2.1 /p....change pattern
2.2.2 /u....add uncompressed archive size for ZIP,ARJ and LZH (LHA)
2.2.3 /f....alter filelistname
2.2.4 /d....only process files which are newer or equal than a certain date
2.3 The Black List 'BLACK.LST'
3.0 Customer Service
3.1 Getting the key
3.2 "PCF doesn't support my BBS-Software. What do I have to do?"
3.3 What do I have to do to get a FREE key
1.1 INTRODUCTION
============
At first I wrote it for me, but later when some friends found it
also very useful I extended it to other BBS-Modes (PCX originally)
and gave it some new features.
PCF is destined for Sysops. It's a utility to maintain Filelists.
Normally when you were moving a file to your filebasedir, you had to
add the entry in the filelist manually with an ordinary texteditor.
Now, PCF does the job for you. PCF looks for new files in the dir
which are neither listed in the filelist nor in the BLACK.LST which will
be discussed later on. PCF tries to extract a FILE_ID.DIZ , if the file is
a ZIP,ARJ or LZH archive. If a DIZ exists the desctiption will be added to
the filelist instead of -=> No Description Given <=-. You can costumize your
Filelist later with your favourite texteditor.
1.2 LEGAL NOTICE
============
PCF is copyrighted shareware!!
You are allowed to copy this software to friends as long as you don't
copy your key.
PCF is no PUBLIC DOMAIN software , it's not FREE. You're granted a 30 day
evaluation period. If you like PCF and would like to continue using it,
you have to get the key from me. It costs 10$ and gives you unlimited
rights to use PCF. Read chapter 3.1 for more details.
1.3 FUTURE RELEASES
===============
o PCF for OS/2 2.1 (not sure!)
o PCF as DOOR giving Sysops more remote control power
1.4 FEATURES
========
o date checking
o 6(!) different BBS modes (compatible with many others)
o BLACK.LST to exclude certain files from the list
o uncompressed archivesize of ZIP,ARJ & LZH (LHA)
o adds picture resolution + colors for GIF,BMP & PCX
o easy to use from the commandline
2.0 GETTING STARTED
===============
o Copy the key (PCF.KEY) if you have one , in the same directory
as the program itself. Probably a directory on which the
PATH statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT is set.
o PKUNZIP.EXE , ARJ.EXE and LHA.EXE must also be located
in a directory on which the path is set or the current
directory. Those programs must be executable from ANY dir
in order to make use of FILE_ID.DIZ extraction.
o That's about all. Don't forget PKUNZIP & CO also need some
memory, so be sure to provide at least 550kb, so PCF can run
properly.
2.1 BBS-MODES
=========
o PCBoard style filelists
o FILES.BBS
o fill spaces for long descriptions (RA)
o use > for long descriptions (SBBS) change SBBS's settings!!
o PcExpress DIR*.TXT
o ProBoard using '+'
o ProBoard's CDROM-list format
2.2 SWITCHES
========
2.2.1 /p<pattern>
Use this setting to change the search pattern for PCF. Default is
*.*, so PCF will add all files which are not already in the list.
PCF /p*.ARJ adds all ARJ archives to the filelist.
2.2.2 /u
Add uncompressed archive size to filelist description.
This works only for ZIPs,ARJs and the LHA compatible version
of LZH. No guarantee for Lharc!!
2.2.3 /f
This switch allows you to alter the file to be processed.
e.g.:
PCF PCB /fPCB.001
This uses PCB.001 instead of PCB.LST as the filelist.
2.2.4 /d<date>
Only process files, which aren't older than a <date>.
The date must be in the format MM-DD-YY.
e.g.:
PCF PCB /d09-12-93
exludes all files older than Sep 12th 1993 from processing
2.3 The Black List (BLACK.LST)
==============
This is a list,which is in text format, so you can edit
it with your favourite text editor. It should contain
all the files, which you don't want to be added to the
filelist. The files should be delimited be a <CR> (carriage
return).
e.g.: Sample contents of BLACK.LST
FILES.BBS
PCB.LST
DIR1.TXR
BLACK.LST
3.0 CUSTOMER SERVICE
================
3.1 GETTING THE KEY
===============
The key only costs 15$, which you should send per mail to
ANKH Dev.
225, route de Treves
L-6940 Niederanven
Luxembourg
If possible send NETMAIL first to Marc Droske (2:270/17.10@fido).
If you're not connected to fidonet , call
Use your Illusion (00)352-316701 (V32bis) and leave a message.
Any note on PCF in the filelist and the waiting will be removed.
Future updates will be FREE!
3.2 "PCF doesn't support my BBS-Software. What do I have to do?"
============================================================
You're lucky. Read on!!
3.3 What do I have to do to get a FREE key
======================================
Send a sample filelist of a BBS-Software which is not
supported by PCF to me by NETMAIL (fido).
It should contain samples for all different features
of the format. Also write some detailed descriptions.
You'll get a FREE key then, but no FREE future releases.