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;╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ;║ Helpfile for Portal of Power Last changed: 29.12.93 DW ║ ;║ ║ ;║ (C) Copyright 1989-93 by ║ ;║ Dan Wulff, Jens Sandalgaard, Steen Christensen & S¢ren Ager ║ ;║ ║ ;║ This file may not be given to anybody, without the written permission ║ ;║ from The Portal Team. ║ ;╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ; ; ;=========================================================== ; FILE FORWARD: FILES TO FORWARD ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 460 FileFwd: Filename !NOINDEX Here you must enter the file name you want Portal to look for, in your 160Inbound directory. It may be a specific file name, or a mask, as used by your operation system. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 461 FileFwd: Accept from !NOINDEX These 4 fields may contain an address, from which you expect this file to come. If it is left blank (0:0/0.0), the file will be accepted from any node. If the file is sent to your system from any other node, than the one specified here, OR there is not enough room to move it to the 463Move to directory, it will be moved to your 480Secure dir. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 462 FileFwd: PortalFix name !NOINDEX If you want points and nodes to be able to decide if they want to receive a file, you may supply a name here, for them to use for linking and unlinking them from it, using the built-in PortalFix (FileFix<tm> & AreaFix<tm> in one). ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 463 FileFwd: Move to !NOINDEX This field contains the path the file is to be moved to, it CANNOT be left blank, because it would confuse the file forwarding function. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 464 FileFwd: Add to FILES.BBS !NOINDEX If you set thes option to 'Y', Portal will adopt the file, by adding its name and 465Description to a FILES.BBS in the 463Move to-directory, creating one, if it does not already exist. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 465 FileFwd: Description !NOINDEX The description of the file, it will be added to FILES.BBS, if the 464Add to FILES.BBS-option is set to 'Y'. The description can contain some wild cards, which are: $1-$12 which corresponds to the 12 characters in the file name. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 466 FileFwd: Add before line !NOINDEX If this number is greater than zero, the 465Description will be inserted in the FILES.BBS, just before that number of lines, instead of at the bottom. If the number of lines is less than the number specified here, the line will be added after the last line. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 467 FileFwd: Touch file !NOINDEX If this option is set to yes, the file will be stamped with current time and date. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 468 FileFwd: Kill dupe !NOINDEX When set to 'Y', this option will delete the file, if it exists already, in the 463Move to-directory. This may be useful, if you receive files, that use a number, as part of the file name, e.g. NODEDIFF.A01, and you want to prevent forwarding duplicates of the file. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 469 FileFwd: Check date !NOINDEX This option, when used, makes Portal check whether the file date is greater than the last time a matching file was received. If it is NOT newer, it will NOT be forwarded, but moved to the 480Secure dir. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 470 FileFwd: Keep # !NOINDEX If this option is set to something other than zero, file forward will delete excess files, matching the specified mask, from the oldest on up, until the number of files left, in the destination directory is equal to the number specified here. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 471 FileFwd: Send to !NOINDEX These 2 lines is used to specify who the file should be sent to. The lines look something like this: 231/12 231/57 231/62 or in the abreviated form: 231/12 57 62 ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 472 FileFwd: Do before move !NOINDEX You may specify a command to be issued, before the file is moved. It may be any valid command, but no checking at all is made, to ensure that the command is valid. NOTE: When the command is called, your current directory is the 160Inbound-directory. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 473 FileFwd: Do after move !NOINDEX You may specify a command to be issued, after the file is moved. It may be any valid command, but no checking at all is made, to ensure that the command is valid. NOTE: When the command is called, your current directory is the 463Move to-directory. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 474 FileFwd: Level !NOINDEX The level specifies the minimum level that a node must have, to be able to use PortalFix get this file. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 475 FileFwd: Keys !NOINDEX Keys specify what keys the node must MINIMUM have, to be able to use PortalFix to get this file. ; ;=========================================================== ; FILE FORWARD: MISC. OPTIONS ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 480 FileFwd misc: Secure dir. !NOINDEX This directory is used to store files, that violate File Forward Security, or files that there is not enough room to move. The file will be renamed, and an entry will be made in your 164log file. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 481 FileFwd misc: Pre command !NOINDEX This command is issued before Portal starts looking for files to forward. It may be any command, either internal, or external, and is just passed on to the command-processor. It could do some special things, like converting anything in your 160Inbound-directory, to some special Archive format, or do some cleanup, or whatever you like. If you need much memory, for this command to run, you may use the 663Globals: Swap on exec-option. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 482 FileFwd misc: Subject !NOINDEX This field contains the subject that you want your forward letters to have. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 483 FileFwd misc: Private !NOINDEX When set to 'Y', this option will mark all forward letters as Private. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 484 FileFwd misc: KillSent !NOINDEX When set to 'Y', this option will mark all forward letters as KillSent. The KillSent flag, makes your mail scanner delete the message, after it has been scanned out to the receiver. ; ;=========================================================== ; FILE FORWARD: TICK AREAS ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 500 Tick: Area name !NOINDEX This is the name of the tick file area. Tick is a kind of "file echo", where you send files instead of messages. If a file is received that is not in this setup, the .TIC file is renamed to .BAD, and processing may take place at a later time. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 501 Tick: Group name !NOINDEX This field may be used to sort Tick areas into groups, to make it easier to determine which distribution net the file is belonging to. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 502 Tick: Human name !NOINDEX This field is used for a meaningfull description of the area, and it is is used under PortalFix, for making the list of available areas, and other things. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 503 Tick: Area path !NOINDEX This option specifies the path where the file is to be moved to. It cannot be left blank. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 904 Tick: Write letter !NOINDEX *** NOT IMPLEMENTED YET! *** This field is used to select if your Portal should write a letter in an echo mail area, to anounce the arrival of new files on the system. This option should only be used by a RC of the corresponding net, or by someone appointed to announce the files. See also: 505Message path ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 505 Tick: Message path !NOINDEX This field is used for a specifying the destination of the above message. If you are using .MSG style messages, you must specify the path for the desired area. If you are using hudson style, you must specify the area number of the message. See also: 504Write letter ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 506 Tick: Allow repack !NOINDEX Here you may specify if it is allowed to repack the files before they are sent to the other nodes. Most areas and distribution nets do NOT allow this, so if you are not sure, leave it to 'N'. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 507 Tick: Check CRC !NOINDEX If set to N Portal will not check the CRC of the files received in this area. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 508 Tick: AKA to use !NOINDEX Here you enter which of the defined addresses you want to use when sending ticks in this area. If set to (DEFAULT), the first of your addresses that match the zone you got the tick file from will be used. If none is found, your main address is used. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 509 Tick: In/Out nodes !NOINDEX This field is used to specify the nodes, that can both send files into and receive files from this area. If a node ONLY can receive from it, he should be placed in 510Out nodes instead. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 510 Tick: Out nodes !NOINDEX This field is used to specify the nodes, that can ONLY receive files from this area. If a node can send files too, he should be placed in 509In/Out nodes instead. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 511 Tick: Level !NOINDEX The level is used for security, in exactly the same way as the nodes setup, and file forward. This field is used together with the 512Keys-field. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 512 Tick: Keys !NOINDEX The keys are used for security, in exactly the same way as the nodes setup, and file forward. This field is used together with the 511Level-field. The keys are more important than the level, so the level of a node does not matter if it does not have the right keys set in the nodes setup. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 513 Tick: FILES.BBS !NOINDEX Here you enter the name of the text file that Portal shall add the files in this area to. If this field is left blank, FILES.BBS will be used. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 514 Tick: Check dupe !NOINDEX If set to No, Portal will not check this area for dupes. ; ;=========================================================== ; FILE FORWARD: TICK MISC OPTIONS ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 520 Tick misc: Dupe directory !NOINDEX This option should point to a directory, where Portal will create some files, to be able to check for dupes in the flow of the Tick files. The dupe check consists of one ASCII file for each Tick area, containing the names of the files which have been processed by Portal's Tick processor. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 521 Tick misc: Hold directory !NOINDEX This option specifies where Portal will store the .TIC files that need to be sent to other systems. It could point to your 161Outbound-directory, or any other directory on your system. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 522 Tick misc: Do before processing !NOINDEX This is a DOS command you want to run before tick files are processed. ; ;----------------------------------------------------------- !TOPIC 523 Tick misc: Request missing !NOINDEX If this option is set to 'Y', Portal will request any missing files, from the node you got the .TIC file from. ;