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- Revision 1.04
-
- First, I would like to Personally thank Jim Harrer for writing WILDCAT!.
- It is, by far, the best BBS package I have seen, and I have had nothing
- but good response from ALL the users. Without this fine program, I would
- be stuck with some dumpy BBS package, like the last one I run. By the way,
- WILDCAT! is a product of Mustang Software.
-
- This program is intended to be used on WILDCAT! registered version 1.10 and
- has not been tested on any other version. Your on your own if you use it
- otherwise. Course, on the other hand, your on your own anyway.
-
- WCFLESRT was written using Quick Basic 4.0 to read the Wildcat! File records
- and generate an alphabetic listing, by file area, of all files in the system.
- It has been tested to 1800 + files. The upper limit should be around 4000
- files with 1500 files in the largest directory. The WCFLESRT.EXE file and the
- SORT.DTA file (I know we haven't talked about it yet) should be in the
- WILDCAT! sub-directory containing the Fileinfo.dat file. An ASCII test file
- called SORT.DTA should also be generated. This file contains:
-
- 1) The BBS Name for a heading for the top of every page. A character
- containing the actual file area will be added to it to designate the
- file area. NOTE: As of Revision 1.02, start BBS name in Column 1. It
- will automatically be centered.
- 2) The file Areas and locations you want to include in the List as well
- as FILE AREA DESCRIPTIONS. NOTE: The descriptions were added in 1.02
- as well.
-
- Example:
- KENMORE CLONE CONNECTION
- A D:\BBS\BASIC Basic Programs
- B D:\BBS\COMM Communications and BBS Stuff
- C D:\BBS\LIBRARY Library and ARC Files
-
- ONLY the file areas in this list will be sorted and printed so if you want
- to keep some areas private, you can, and if you want to generate a list for
- different areas, you can. Leave ONE or more spaces between the file area
- and the download path. Now, on to the real GOOD stuff that was added.
-
- WCFLESRT.EXE is designed to be run either from a BAT file or directly. In
- order to implement the new features, you will need to add arguments to the
- command line.
-
- First, let me explain the arguments, then how to use them.
-
- "NH" Eliminates all Headings from the files listing page
- "UH" Prints the Uploaders Name instead of the number of Downloads
- "NA" Does NOT sort by File Area, but does an Alphabetic Sort of All Areas
- "FC" Sorts thru all the designated directories, and produces a file called
- CHCKFILE.TXT which lists ALL Files in listing NOT in the actual
- Directory, and files in the Directory NOT in the Listing. Thus, you
- can find Orphan files in the directory, and files that you don't have.
- "DES" Puts the Description in the SORT.DTA file in the heading of each
- page. Note, that if "NH" is invoked, NO Description will be printed.
- "An" Allows generation of a file named "n" instead of the default
- ALLFILES.TXT. The filename "n" can contain a drive/path as well as
- the filename.
- "BU" Generates backup files for every file area in your SORT.DTA file.
- A backup file is a file named "FILEa.BBS" where "a" is the file area.
- These files can be used by WILDCAT's CONVERT to reinstall files should
- the WILDCAT FILEINFO.DAT file become corrupt.
- "NO" Does NOT generate a ALLFILES.TXT FILE. You can use this option
- should you want to do a Back-Up, or a File Check, without generating
- the long list of all files. Note, that NH,UH,NA,An, and DES will be
- ignored if you use this option, as no output will be generated.
-
- So, to generate a file named MYFILES.BBS, with normal headings and No
- description area, No backup and no Filechecks, enter:
- WCFLESRT aMYFILES.BBS
-
- To get the same named file with a check for Orphan files and Descriptions
- for each file area enter:
- WCFLESRT aMYFILES.BBS FC DES
-
- To get the Default filename, Generate Backup files, and printout not in order
- by Areas enter:
- WCFLESRT BU NA
-
- To check for Orphan files, and nothing else, enter:
- WCFLESRT NO FC
-
- I think you should get the point. Seperate all Arguments by a space or more
- and put a space between the WCFLESRT and the first Argument. Letters can be
- in Upper Case or Lower.
-
- One last note. The program READS the Fileinfo.dat file, and it makes absolute-
- ly no changes in it. It is a read only setup so no harm should come to your
- system by running this.
-
- Rather than go on, about Copyrights and such, I will just quickly state here,
- that WCFLESRT is copyrighted by Denver Corrick, and If you think it is of
- any value, and you would like to see additional WC utilities, A donation would
- be appreciated. I will NOT tell you how much to send though, as only you
- know the value of this program to you.
-
- Please send any contributions to
-
-
- Denver D. Corrick
- 578 Kenmore Blvd.
- Akron, Ohio 44314
-
- You can report any bugs to
-
- Kenmore Clone Connection
- (216) 745-9355 Data Only.
- Enjoy!
-
- Revision 1.04 01/17/87
- 1) Fixed silly bug that put descriptions and filenames out of sequence.
- Revision 1.03 01/15/88
- 1) Added the No Output Option.
- 2) Eliminated the generation of a Temp file so program would execute
- faster than before.
- 3) fixed bug that ignored files that started with a character other than
- an alpha character. (I think)
-
- Revision 1.02 01/05/88
- 1) Added No Heading Capability
- 2) Added Back-up Generation Capability
- 3) Added option to Allow sort by Alphabetic only and not by Areas
- 4) Added option to list descriptions in listings
- 5) Added option to check for Orphan files in both Listings and Directory
- 6) Added option to Change filename of generated file
- 7) Added option to print Uploaders Name instead of Number of Downloads.
-
- Revision 1.01 12/21/87
- Fixed bug that made output look good on screen, but BAD on paper. Removed
- the Nulls that Turbo put in the Filename, and filled with Spaces. (In case
- you are wondering how it look good on screen but not on paper). Also added
- date to heading on each page.
-