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- QFIX Version 2.2
- Copyright (c)1990 Ross Neilson Wentworth
- All Rights Reserved
-
- QFIX processes the converted file list (FILES.FIX) that is
- produced by ZZAP when the /F+ option is used. It will
- automatically make any necessary changes to archive file names in
- the BBS file lists that use the same format as QuickBBS or
- PCBoard. This means you don't have to manually edit your
- download lists to change the file extensions after you convert
- files from one format to another.
-
- The QuickBBS format is fairly simple, each download subdirectory
- contains a file, normally FILES.BBS, that contains the list of
- files and descriptions for that subdirectory. For example:
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
- ZZAP60A.ZIP Universal archive conversion utility
- TPPOP22A.ZIP TSR package for Turbo Pascal 5.x
- Complete source code included.
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The PCBoard format is identical with the exception that the file
- dates and sizes are also included. This version of QFIX only
- handles straight ASCII files. No guarantee is made that it will
- work with files containing embedded ANSI escape sequences.
-
- Some versions of PCBoard may produce a differently formatted file
- name, where the name portion is padded to eight characters before
- the extension, e.g. "AFILE .ZIP". The /S command line option
- is provided to handle this diffence. If /S is included on the
- command line the name and extension will be "SPREAD" with the
- proper number of spaces, e.g., "QFIX /S UPLD".
-
- The file name must be at the start of the line (no leading
- spaces) and must not exceed 12 characters (the maximum DOS
- limit). Lines preceded by one or more spaces will be ignored by
- QFIX, thus allowing multi-line descriptions, headers, etc.
-
- Under PCBoard since the file size and name are also stored in the
- list file they must be updated as well. No attempt to do this is
- made in QFIX. Since the Turbo Pascal source code is supplied it
- would be a trivial matter to add the necessary changes.
- Alternately, PCBFiler with the proper parameters will make the
- changes for you if the file name has been properly modified.
-
- QFIX accepts an additional and optional command line parameter.
- If the BBS file list name is not FILES.BBS then you must state
- the file name on the command line. QFIX will properly handle
- hidden files so you can use it to fix up the description file as
- used by 4DOS. Simply give the description file name on the
- command line:
-
- QFIX descript.ion
-
- When QFIX is executed it will look in the default subdirectory
- and along the PATH for FILES.FIX (or the stated list file name),
- which contains the list of file names that have changed.