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- FATCAT(C) Version 2.0ß
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- Copyright 1992 Headboard International
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- Download Counter Update Utility for Remote Access
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- │░░░ Introduction ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- Welcome to a brand new utility for Remote Access(c)! FATCAT(C)
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- 1. This program is FREE!
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- 2. All programs and other files in the archive are copy-
- righted material by George Boudreau , Winnipeg, Manitoba
- CANADA.
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- 3. Modifying or reverse engineering of the programs is
- strongly encouraged!
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- 4. You are encouraged to distribute FATCAT(C) provided that
- no fee is charged for its distribution, except a small
- fee to cover direct mail costs ie. $5.00
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- 5. The author who wrote this utility is in no way obliged
- to give future support for new versions of FATCAT(C).
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- 6. The author will not be held liable to you or anyone else
- in case of any kind of damage caused by the use or
- inability to use FATCAT(C). You use it at your own risk!
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- 7. Read further in the FATCAT.C (source code) file for more!
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- │░░░ General ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- Ok, now for the good part: What is FATCAT(C)?
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- Many of us have struggled with download counter utilities for
- ages.. until now! FATCAT(C) will take care of all your download
- counters in FILES.BBS for Remote Access(c) BBS.
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- FATCAT(C) is a utility that updates the file download counters
- in the FILES.BBS of each directory that has one, so that users
- of Remote Access(c) BBS systems can see which files have been
- downloaded the most. At the present time FATCAT(C) will count
- up to a maximum of 999 downloads per file. If a file shows a
- count of 999, that is where it will stay.
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- FATCAT(C) reads the log files you point it to and determines
- automatically what will do to it. If it detects a Front Door(c)
- mailer log file, FATCAT(C) will look for the 'FREQ' keyword
- and increment the download counters in FILES.BBS!
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- You should find the following files inside of the FATCAT(C)
- distribution archive:
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- FATCAT.EXE - The main executable file
- FATCAT.DOC - The file you are reading right now!
- FATCAT.C - Source code for FATCAT(C)
- README.1ST - Info File about my BBS
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- Installation is quite easy, just follow these steps:
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- 1. Copy the FATCAT.EXE file into a directory located within
- your PATH.
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- 2. Your ready to run FATCAT(C)! Simply enter the command:
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- FATCAT drive\directory\log filename
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- Examples:
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- To read a Remote Access(c) log file you would enter this:
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- FATCAT C:\LOGS\RA.LOG
- or: FATCAT C:\LOGS\RA02.LOG
- or: FATCAT C:\RA\SYSTEM.LOG ... etc.
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- To read a Front Door(c) style log file you need only put
- the location and name of the log file, for example:
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- FATCAT C:\FD\FD.LOG
- or: FATCAT C:\LOGS\FD.LOG ... etc.
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- FATCAT(C) DOES THE REST!
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- When run, FATCAT(C) will display the runtime statistics of what
- it is doing. Each download will be listed on screen and the
- proper FILES.BBS will be updated in the particular directory
- from which it was downloaded. A marker will be placed in the
- RA.LOG where the download took place or the FD.LOG file where
- the FREQ took place. This prevents FATCAT(C) from counting the
- same file twice. You are free to run FATCAT(C) as often
- as you wish, after each caller is the prefered method! If there
- are no downloaded and/or FREQ'ed files,FATCAT(C) will terminate
- normally and write an error message to the RA or FD LOG file
- where the error occured.
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- │░░░ Future Plans ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- - The ability to create file lists, hopefully! <grin>
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- FATCAT(C) was designed and
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