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EXECUTIVE HOST MESSAGE BASE PACKER
Version 1.7
Purpose: to eliminate deleted messages in the message base.
Released 24 July, 1991
By John Wright, author Executive Host
Pack.exe will pack your message base, permanently removing messages that
have been deleted by callers or the SysOp. This process will keep your
message base small and manageable, as well as speed up the operation of
Executive Host. Beginning with this version, Pack.exe also creates an
updated message index (message.ndx) file for each message base.
With version 1.6 of Executive Host, multiple conferences may now be setup,
each with its own message base. Pack.exe now packs all conference message
bases automatically. You DO NOT need to change directories and run Pack
from each conference directory.
To run pack.exe, make sure that the file is in your Telix
directory, and type "pack". The program will generate a backup file
(message.bak) of each message base and then clean out deleted messages from
the original file (message.txt file).
If you are running a full-time board, I suggest running pack.exe in your
event each night. You may do this by editing the event.bat file, and
putting another line in it that reads "pack". That is all there is to it.
If you are not running a full-time board, then just run pack.exe when
your message.txt file gets too large, or if you begin to notice a substantial
decrease in the speed of the Host.
Beginning with this version (v1.7), pack.exe versions numbers will mirror
the current version of Executive Host for which it is designed to be
used. Added support to delete outdated mail will be added to pack
in future updates (coming soon).
Pack.exe is free software for use by registered Executive Host SysOp's only.
Pack.exe was written and compiled using the Borland C++ 2.0 compiler, and
compressed using PKLITE Professional Executable File Compressor.
Thank you, and enjoy Executive Host! - John Wright