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Addfiles Version 1.14
A SPITFIRE Utility
THIS PROGRAM MUST BE IN YOUR BBS HOME DIRECTORY AND MUST RUN FROM THERE!!!
First the LEGAL stuff......
Warranty... This program is not guaranteed to do anything except take up Hard
Drive space. There is no guarantee as to it's suitability to any task claimed,
implied, or imagined! In simple language, If you download this program and
attempt to use it and become so mad that you kick the dog, who runs out of the
house, knocking over your computer and destroying it, then runs in front of a
delivery truck, who swerves to avoid the dog and hits a light pole, knocking
out the power to a super secret local ICBM site, who fires their missles cause
they think the Russians are attacking, thus destroying the world, IT AIN'T OUR
FAULT!!!!!!!!
Further use of this program constitutes a LEGAL AGREEMENT to hold Sleepless
Knights Software and the program's author harmless and without fault concerning
any problems which may occur. Running this thing without reading the docs is
just plain dumb and does not release you from total responsibility for any
damage which may occur.
This thing has also been known to sneak off and make calls to 900 numbers in
the middle of the night! <G>
THIS PROGRAM MUST BE IN YOUR BBS HOME DIRECTORY AND MUST BE RUN FROM THERE!!!
What it does........
OK time for a long winded story. I have a friend that likes to drop by from
time to time and drop 20 or 30 meg of the newest shareware around that he has
collected. It's real nice, but I've got to add it all to the BBS which is a
real pain because he downloads things cause the description "looks good", then
forgets what the heck it is. So enter my friend the Wildcat Sysop that has just
about decided he'd rather write Spitfire Utils than ones for Wildcat. So here's
what he did for you and I this time. This utility will allow you to specify a
directory where you keep all the new shareware you download or where you have a
mass of new files you haven't had time to add to your BBS. It allows you to
tag one file, all files, or any assortment in between for testing. It then
will present you a picklist of your present file areas and ask were you intend
to put the files. It will then open each file, check for a FILE_ID.DIZ, and if
found will move the file to the area you chose and add it to your SFFILES.BBS.
It supports ZIP, ARJ and LHA archive formats. If you try to run it on ICE, ZOO,
or heaven forbid ARC, not only will it not show you a file list, it will likely
laugh itself to death. There are NO plans to add any code to support these DEAD
formats so please don't ask.
How it works......
There's only a few keys to this thing and it's a real "NO BRAINER"! My nine
year old son ran it just by READING the screen. You start it by typing
ADDFILES, no switches or such. Use the L command to log the disk your files
are located on. I'd suggest that you make sure you are in the ROOT directory
of each drive before you start the program as it tends to like to go to
where you were the last time you accessed the drive. Next use the SPACE bar
to tag the files. CTRL-ENTER will tag all files or untag them if you have
any tagged. Once you are done tagging files press F10 and it will display
a complete selection of your download areas. Highlight the one you want and
press enter, it will then start processing the files. When it is done just
hit Q to quit. It will not display files if the CD-ROM flag is set to yes
in an area. The program will run across a Lantastic network. It processed
450 files on my system across the network in about 5 minutes. Your mileage
may vary.
The strange stuff....
This program is hardcoded to use the 4 line description mode which is set
up when pressing ALT-Z to setup Spitfire. There is also a small bug which
displays a little trash to the screen when working on an LHA file, this is a
bug in LHA and we don't plan to worry about it at all. Please remember you
MUST have all archivers available in your path and MAKE SURE YOU RUN IT
FROM YOUR BBS HOME DIRECTORY!!!!!
The registration stuff....
This program is released as 29 centware or tradeware (not trade wars). If
you like it, use it on a regular basis or feel that it makes your life
any easier mail a postcard or letter to the address below telling us where
you got it and praising us for this wonderful addition to your Spitfire
toolkit. If you write a utility for Spitfire how bout a copy of your
program with any keycodes or such required to run it. This program is not
crippled in any way. It requires no codes, key files or other tricks to
run it from here on out. It is the basis for an upcoming SPITFIRE Utility
that will handle your file areas in ways you've not seen before. Plans are
for the new program to create file headers, manage all file areas and create
an allfiles list in the process. Course if I don't get some feedback on this
thing why bother continuing with the project. So how bout it folks. Does it
work? All letter bombs will be returned <G>.
Mail your comments to: Mike Weaver
Sleepless Knights BBS
Route 8 Box 258
Athens, Al 35611
BBS support will be available on Sleepless Knights BBS 205-233-5730
FidoNet 1:3607/40.
Sleepless Knights Software is a trademark of Mike Weaver and
Sleepless Knights BBS.
SPITFIRE is a trademark of Mike Woltz and Buffalo Creek Software.
This program remains the sole property of Jeffery K. Fuller and
all worldwide rights are retained by the same.
VERSION UPDATES AND INFORMATION
Version 1.11 ...... WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU OVERWROTE ALL THE ORIGINAL CODE!!!!
Version 1.12 ...... NOPE IT WON"T FIND THE ARJ'S AND SPELLING DOES COUNT!!!!
Version 1.13 ...... IT'S FIXED AND I HAVE 4 COPIES OF THE CODE TUCKED AWAY!!
Update information. Version 1.3 was released due to a request by Vicki Surratt
that this thing support the old DESC.SDI format of file descriptions. At least I
caught a message in the SPITFIRE echo with her name attached asking for this
added feature so it' ALL YOUR FAULT VICKI!!!!! This is a complete rewrite of the
code and resolves a little known bug in version 1.0 that could have crashed as
it refused to release the file handles. It also adds the ability to detect the
older file information format of DESC.SDI. If it has a choice between the
FILE_ID.DIZ or the DESC.SDI it will always add the FILE_ID.DIZ information to
your file listing. There are no plans to make this a selectable feature. This
program is NOT INTENED TO REPLACE CHECKUP. It's function is completely different
and there should be no confusion about this! It is intended to help you by
checking any mass group of files you have and if they have FILE_ID.DIZ or
DESC.SDI in the archive, moving them to the area of your choice and adding the
available file description to your SFFILES.BBS.
Version 1.14 ...... FIXED MINOR BUG THAT WOULD ALLOW BOTH SOURCE AND DESTINATION
DIRECTORY TO BE THE SAME. UPDATED VERSION NUMBERS IN DOCS.
REAL IMPORTANT STUFF.... O.K. folks you win, the plans were for the next update
of this program to allow it to run as an event from the command line. After that
it was intended that this thing might be made sensitive to certain words in a
config file that would send files to specific areas which were predefined if
the FILE_ID.DIZ or DESC.SDI contained a certain predefined word, like CLIPPER
or MODEM or whatever. But here's the problem. I've been told that a great many
of you are using the program, but I've not received the first little post card
or any copy of any program that anyone might write as I requested. So folks
this is how I see it. If I don't receive the requested info I'm going to ask the
programmer to add a registration key program that will enable it to run from the
command line on the next update unless I hear from a few folks. Let's not let it
go that far. At best it would cost .30 to send a postcard or a netmail message
telling us that you use this thing!
Version 1.15 ...... MINOR COSMETIC FIX. FORGOT TO REMOVE THE DEBUG INFORMATION
FROM THE SOURCE CODE. THE PROGRAM WOULD DISPLAY THE UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD PATHS
AFTER YOU EXITED IT. This the STEALTH VERSION and is again the complete fault
of VICKI SURRATT. No more bells and whistles to wake the family up for you at
3 AM!!!!!! But we've added a special feature to get even with you VICKI, the
program will now make you crave HOT SALSA and COLD BEER everytime you run it!
That'll teach you <G>!!!!!
And last but not least..........
THIS PROGRAM MUST BE IN YOUR BBS HOME DIRECTORY AND MUST BE RUN FROM THERE!!!