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- PTIC
-
- PTIC is a pre-processor for TICK or FLEA. In other words, you run it
- before you run TICK or FLEA, because TICK and FLEA don't know about
- the new file database structure in Opus 1.70, and you still need to
- add new file names and descriptions to your file database.
-
- PTIC uses the same rules as TIC for finding the TIC.CFG file. First
- it looks for the command line switch /C, then for the environment
- variable TIC, and then for TIC.CFG in the current directory.
-
- Opus 1.70 update file database from TIC files
- command line switches are:
- /c TIC configuration file name
- /d no duplicate file entries
- /s use sender instead of originator for uploader name
- /q quiet mode
- /v verbose gives very detailed output (for debugging)
-
- Note: Be sure to comment or delete all the FILES.BBS statements
- like ListFmt and ListName from your TIC.CFG file.
-
- Since Opus 1.70 allows the system dat files and the user file to be
- located in other than the Opus home directory, support has been added
- to look up these paths in the Opus prm file.
-
- Set up an environment variable labelled OPUS, and specify
- the full pathname of the prm file, i.e.
- SET OPUS=H:\OP170\BBS.PRM (if your environment space is cramped,
- you may leave off the .PRM suffix, the program will add it).
- BTW, Doug and I are making the OPUS environment variable
- a standard for all the OPUS utilities. If you want the C source,
- just ask.
-
- If the OPUS environment variable is not set, the program will look
- in the current working directory for USER.DAT and SYSMSG.DAT. If
- either file is not found, it will then look for BBS.PRM and look
- up the paths in there. If none of the above are found, the program
- will fail.
-
- John Valentyn 1:114/5@fidonet.org
-
- Revision History:
- =================
- Version 6 - March 16, 1991
- Fixed problem with processing FLE files.
- PTIC will now change a file entry for an area (instead of adding a
- new entry) if the area has the LOCAL DUPBYCRC in the cfg file,
- or for all areas if it is invoked with the /D command line option.
-
- Version 7 - April 12, 1991
- Changed the lock and priv setting for adding new files.
-
- Version 8 - June 26, 1991
- Added more grunged tic file detection.
- Changed duplicate file entry handling so that the new entry will
- be inserted at the ">" insert point (if defined for the area).
-
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