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AreaDump v1.00
Copyright (C) 1991 by George Hatchew
All Rights Reserved.
AreaDump is a simple, small, fast program that will "look into" your
Opus-CBCS v1.20 SYSMSG.DAT file and compile a generic AREAS.BBS file.
AreaDump is completely free to use, as long as you are running Opus-CBCS
v1.20 or its compatible updates. Any other software requires a fee of
$500 to the author. (Send Netmail to FidoNet address below for complete
licensing information). :-)
In order to operate, AREADUMP.COM must be able to locate your BBS.PRM
file. From your BBS.PRM file, AreaDump finds everything it needs to
know.
AreaDump finds your BBS.PRM file through the following steps:
1) If you have SET the environment variable OPUS=<bbs.prm name>
AreaDump will use that. If you have "SET OPUS=C:\OPUS\BBS",
AreaDump will add the ".PRM" onto the path.
2) If it cannot find the OPUS environment variable, AreaDump will
default to using "BBS.PRM" in the current directory.
3) If you want to override these, specify the BBS.PRM name to use on
the command line. (To use LINE2.PRM, simply type "AreaDump LINE2" on
the command line.)
In order to do away with YADCF <Yet Another Dreaded Config File>,
AreaDump's list goes to the Standard Output Device. You can send it to
your printer, to a disk file, or wherever. Without using DOS's
redirection, the output goes to your console.
Example Usage:
AREADUMP BBS > C:\QM\AREAS.BBS <- Sends output to Disk File
AREADUMP OPUS > PRN <- Sends output to your Printer
AREADUMP > NUL <- Sends output to The Bit Bucket
AreaDump will find your system name and sysop name from the .PRM file it
uses. (For the "Intro" line of the AREAS.BBS file.)
AreaDump also accepts two command line parameters:
-Z# To ONLY output Echos that are in a particular Zone, use the -Z
command line.
Example: AreaDump -z69
Would compile a list of only the areas that you are
sending/receiving from Zone 69. The default behavior is to list
ALL Echomail areas, regardless of zone information.
-L Tells AreaDump to list Zone numbers into your AREAS.BBS file.
By default, AreaDump will not include the zone in its output
list.
Examples:
AREADUMP C:\OPUS\BBS.PRM -L -Z1 > AREAS.BBS
[Loads BBS.PRM in your OPUS directory, and only outputs Zone 1 Echo Areas]
Output:
C:\OPUS\MSGS\FIDO\MEADOW MEADOW 1:2240/1 1:2240/172
AREADUMP -Z69 > AREAS.69
[Loads BBS.PRM from Environment Var OPUS, and outputs only Zone 69 Areas]
Output:
C:\OPUS\MSGS\KINK\DIRTY DIRTY 1300/72 4201/76
Hopefully that covers about everything. What is it good for you ask?
I dunno... You decide! I use it in my nightly maintenance so that I
always have a fresh AREAS.BBS lying around for programs like REPLYLNK
to use. I'm sure others will find other useful applications. If
nothing else, it'll take up just over 10K of your precious disk space.
If you have problems, suggestions, complaints, or whatever, send them
to me (George Hatchew) at FidoNet address 1:2240/176. I'll try to help
out with anything that I can.
George