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PTIC
PTIC is a pre-processor for TICK or FLEA. In other words, you run it
before you run TICK or FLEA, because TICK and FLEA don't know about
the new file database structure in Opus 1.70, and you still need to
add new file names and descriptions to your file database.
PTIC uses the same rules as TIC for finding the TIC.CFG file. First
it looks for the command line switch /C, then for the environment
variable TIC, and then for TIC.CFG in the current directory.
Opus 1.70 update file database from TIC files
command line switches are:
/c TIC configuration file name
/d no duplicate file entries
/s use sender instead of originator for uploader name
/q quiet mode
/v verbose gives very detailed output (for debugging)
Note: Be sure to comment or delete all the FILES.BBS statements
like ListFmt and ListName from your TIC.CFG file.
Since Opus 1.70 allows the system dat files and the user file to be
located in other than the Opus home directory, support has been added
to look up these paths in the Opus prm file.
Set up an environment variable labelled OPUS, and specify
the full pathname of the prm file, i.e.
SET OPUS=H:\OP170\BBS.PRM (if your environment space is cramped,
you may leave off the .PRM suffix, the program will add it).
BTW, Doug and I are making the OPUS environment variable
a standard for all the OPUS utilities. If you want the C source,
just ask.
If the OPUS environment variable is not set, the program will look
in the current working directory for USER.DAT and SYSMSG.DAT. If
either file is not found, it will then look for BBS.PRM and look
up the paths in there. If none of the above are found, the program
will fail.
John Valentyn 1:114/5@fidonet.org
Revision History:
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Version 6 - March 16, 1991
Fixed problem with processing FLE files.
PTIC will now change a file entry for an area (instead of adding a
new entry) if the area has the LOCAL DUPBYCRC in the cfg file,
or for all areas if it is invoked with the /D command line option.
Version 7 - April 12, 1991
Changed the lock and priv setting for adding new files.
Version 8 - June 26, 1991
Added more grunged tic file detection.
Changed duplicate file entry handling so that the new entry will
be inserted at the ">" insert point (if defined for the area).