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- AceComm & Utilities (tm) Version 2.0 7/23/94
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- Utility Name: IDX.EXE
- Description: Create an index file for all Host,NETs in the FIDO NODELIST
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- IDX.EXE is used for indexing the 'RAW' NODELIST file. This index
- is currently 4 -5k in size. The index file is used by ACECOMM
- for any mail related activities. For instance if you wish to make
- use of the File Request option, you will (1) need a copy of the
- NODELIST (2) run IDX (3) put both the NLIST.IDX and NODLIST.nnn
- files into a directory pointed to by the ACECOMM directory labled
- Nodelist.
- IDX must be run each time the nodelist changes.
- Note: ACECOMM will also use FBL.EXE output .NOD files in place of the
- .IDX/NODELIST combo.
- Source code for IDX.EXE is available from my BBS from file area
- ACE_COMM.
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- - IDX Input
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- IDX requires an unformated nodelist file. (nodelist.234 etc.)
- Formated (compiled) nodelist files won't do.
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- - IDX Output
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- IDX creates a file NLIST.IDX. The index file is nothing more than
- a list of ZONE:NET pointers. an IDX record is 10 bytes long. The
- first two records contain a byte equal to the nodelist.ext filename
- size. Follows the filename. Filenames in NLIST.IDX will be used to
- find which nodelist file they belong to.
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