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OFARE - Opus 1.79 File Area REindexer
The purpose of this program is to re-index the database. When
Opus adds new files to an area, the information for that file is
added to the "overflow area" of the database. When a file is
deleted, the entry in the database is not physically purged, it
is just marked as deleted. Opus doesn't even expand wildcard
names that occur in a file area anymore, because you can't put
wildcard names in a file index.
In order to purge deleted files from the database, combine the
information from the "overflow area", and to re-expand wildcard
names, OFARE should be part of your regular maintenance.
If your filesbbs.ndx or filesbbs.adx files are grunged or lost,
ofare has the capability of re-creating them. If you loose the
filesbbs.dat file, too bad, you're in for a painful process.
Backup frequently!
allowable command line switches are:
/b xx Use xx buffers for btree routines
/l Produce orphan, len0, and missing lists
/o Include orphan files
/m Exclude missing files
/q Quick mode (don't update file date/time/size)
Since Opus allows the system dat files and the user file to be
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:\OPUS\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 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.
HOW TO CHANGE AREA NUMBERS (without losing a thing)
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What do you do when you want to move a file area to a different
area number? For example you want to make your current games
files area which is currently area 15 into area 88. Use the
change area number option from the Opus-FAM main menu.
John Valentyn 1:114/5@fidonet.org