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- Oparse 1.00 - Unofficial docs.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- OPARSE - Opus Nodelist Parser/Generator.
-
- OPARSE is based on the original OPARSE by Doug Boone, PARSELST by Bob
- Hartman and XLAXNODE by Scott Samet. Only the features related to Opus are
- included in this package.
-
-
- WHAT OPARSE CAN NOT DO.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Currently Oparse will not update the NODELIST files with NODEDIFFs.
- Oparse can call (execute) an updater such as EDITNL though.
- - Oparse will not generate support files for other systems like:
- TBBS
- SEADOG
- FIDO
- etc...
- - Oparse will not generate Script files for PCP or Routing files.
-
-
- WHAT OPARSE CAN DO.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Generate version 5, 6 and 7 nodelist files for Opus.
- NODELIST.SYS & NODELIST.IDX,
- NODELIST.DAT & NODELIST.IDX,
- NODEX.DAT & NODEX.NDX respectively.
- - Generate a NODELIST.BBS (I don't know why??)
- - Generate a Sysop's name look file (FIDOUSER.LST and SYSOP.NDX).
- The algorithm for FIDOUSER.LST was based on Bob Hartman's code.
- The algorithm for SYSOP.NDX was based on Doug Boone's code.
- - Generate a printable/readable listing of the Nodelist.
- MATRIX.PRN - 132 column listing.
- MATRIX.TXT - 80 column listing.
-
-
- OPARSE is compatible with a subset of PARSELST's and XLAXNODE's config
- file. You can rename your PARSELST.CFG or XLAXNODE.CFG file to OPARSE.CFG
- and use it with little or no modification. You should of course modify
- some of the new commands to use things like a version 7 nodelist. OPARSE uses
- the same DIAL and COST table strings as PARSELST and XLAXNODE. Any options
- listed that have no meaning to Oparse are ignored with a warning.
-
- To execute Oparse enter the following command at the DOS prompt:
- OPARSE [/nNODELIST] [/cCONFIG] [/mMYLIST] [/pPVTLIST] [/B#]
- Where:
- [/nNODELIST] Process NODELIST instead of the default. NODELIST can be any
- valid DOS filename and path. Oparse will search for the latest NODELIST.###
- in the current directory if this option is not used.
-
- [/cCONFIG] Use CONFIG as the configuration file to use. CONFIG can be any
- valid DOS filename and path. Oparse will default to OPARSE.CFG in the current
- directory.
-
- [/mMYLIST] Include MYLIST as part of the NODELIST for your Zone. These added
- entries will be listed in the MATRIX.PRN/TXT file. MYLIST is any valid DOS
- filename and path.
-
- [/pPVTLIST] Include PVTLIST as part of the NODELIST. These added entries will
- NOT be listed in the MATRIX.PRN/TXT file. PVTLIST is any valid DOS filename
- and path.
-
- OPARSE comes in 2 flavors. Diet (OPARS286.EXE) for execution on 286/386 &
- 486 systems for slightly improved performance. And Regular (OPARSE.EXE) for
- any of the above systems and the older 8088/86 & 186.
-
- OPARSE.CFG FILE.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- See the enclosed OPARSE.CFG file for a more complete list and example.
- You could also refer to the documentation for PARSELST and XLAXNODE. Keep in
- mind that not ALL those options are available.
-
- - New verbs for Oparse:
-
- VERSION7 - Generates a version 7 nodelist for Opus.
- If USERLIST or INTERLIST is enabled it will generate a SYSOPS.NDX
- file as well.
-
- MODEM1 <string>
- MODEM2 <string>
- MODEM3 <string>
- MODEM4 <string> - Searches for <string> in the flags of a raw nodelist and
- if found, will set the appropriate bit for the modem type.
- These are used for the PREDIAL strings in Opus.
-
- MATRIXTXT
- MATRIXPRN - These correspond to FIDOTXT and FIDOPRN respectively. FIDOTXT and
- FIDOPRN are still accepted in this version.
-
- WHY USE OPARSE??
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- I don't know, I don't care.
-
- Oparse is a quick and dirty free program to generate a nodelist for Opus.
- It is basically the only program that will generate a version 7 nodelist at
- this time, with the exception of Doug Boone's version used during Beta/Gamma
- testing of Opus.
- Oparse is STILL under development. If there is any features you would
- like to see or need added, I am open to suggestion via Matrix mail to
- 1:265/100. I have no intentions of turning Oparse into a fully blown package
- like XLAXNODE. If you have a need to generate nodelists for several different
- BBS and Mailers, then I suggest you look at XLAXNODE and if you decide to use
- it, pay the man what he asks. If you are like me and need a simple basic
- nodelist generator for Opus, feel free to use this program as you wish.
- Please feel free to ask for any feature you might feel is necessary in order
- to generate a usable nodelist for Opus.
-
-
- Please feel free to report bugs to me via Matrix mail at 1:265/100.