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1 B-CRC ***** BROTHERS CRC File Checker Eliminates Duplicate File Uploads From DOOR.SYS based BBS Systems Version 1.00 Release 6/28/93 By Bill Guethlein - WGCG Computing Peter Guethlein - Deltronix Enterprises (C)opyright 1992,1993 By Bill Guethlein, Peter Guethlein ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Distribution and Support Board The Solar System (714) 837-9677/3218 Multi Node USR DUALS 6.5 Gigs SYSOP: Peter Guethlein This documentation was written by Peter Guethlein Registration information is at the end of this file B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 2 B-CRC Shareware Demo Version **************************** BROTHERS CRC (B-CRC) file duplication checker was born out of a need to verify files for duplicates upon upload to a BBS system. The program is broken down into 2 parts. The first program B-BUILD.EXE is a database builder which will read every single ZIP, GIF, and self extracting (EXE) ZIP on your board and determine the CRC of each file. The CRC's are stored in a database. File duplications during processing and bad files during scanning and database building are logged for your review. The 2nd 'checker' program B-CRC.EXE then is called in your SCANFILE.BAT (PCBTEST.BAT) after upload and each upload is 'read' and compared to the database. Percent of duplication by bytes and files are determined. Dupe failures occur on the SYSOP's predetermined percentages for failure. The B-CRC system does NOT require that the ZIP's, GIF's and EXE's be extracted and then read. Each file is specially scanned, CRC determined and results added to the database or logged for your review. No external programs are needed. ZIP's WITHIN ZIP's will be processed ! The program WILL process CD ROM drives! If you have received the program with an expired key please call the support board and download the file B-KEY.ZIP which will give you 30 days of unregistered evaluation time! It is a QUICK and EASY download! All of the CRC checking functions of the program were developed by my brother, Bill. The BBS Interface, Communications, Beta Testing and final evolution of this program is done by myself with the support of my brother. Hence the Brothers CRC system ( B-CRC ). Support of Product ****************** For those of you who decide to register B-CRC you will receive your registered copy ASAP !! If you have problems or suggestions you can leave a message for PETER GUETHLEIN (SYSOP) at THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS 714-837-9677/3218, CIS ID 71251,1411 or Prodigy HMFG58A. Do to the time involved and expense I will not return VOICE calls. All comments/questions left on the support BBS will be answered within 24 hours! I frequent CIS and Prodigy weekly. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 3 Warranty ******** This product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the program is assumed by you. Furthermore, the authors do not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the program, and you rely on the program and results solely at your own risk. The authors cannot accept responsibility for system damage, loss of profit, or any other special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use this product. Copyright ********* B-CRC is distributed under the SHAREWARE concept. Under this concept you may use the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version for a reasonable period of time, after which you must either register your copy or discontinue usage. This program is (c) Copyright 1992,93 by Bill Guethlein and Peter Guethlein ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Registration ************** With payment you will receive files to register the utility. The need for the B-CRC.KEY file will be eliminated. Delays that occur during file additions using the B-BUILD.EXE program will also be eliminated. Distribution ************ You are free, in fact encouraged, to distribute the DEMO (unregistered) version of B-CRC provided that all files contained in the original B-CRC100.ZIP archive are distributed in their original UNMODIFIED state. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 4 Prior to Installation Notes *************************** Installation starts with the B-BUILD program. Here are some guidelines for setting up the program, and an idea of how long it takes to build the database. - Make sure the hard drive you use has sufficient room for the database. To give you some idea of the space needed. DURING INITIAL PROCESSING: About 5MB are needed for 8000 Zip's etc. This allows space for the DUPES.x log files which is a log of all the dupes on your system. The x represents the drive letter for the log. For example: DUPES.C - verbose list of duplicates on drive C DUPES.D - verbose list of duplicates on drive D DUPES.G - verbose list of duplicates on drive G DUPES.P - verbose list of duplicates on drive P AFTER INITIAL PROCESSING : You can erase the DUPES.* Log files. Again depending on the amount of dupes on the system this will save considerable HD space. The final size for your calculations of storage-space-needed is 8,000 ZIP'S should require approximately 3MB of HD space. - Files on a CD with an access time of .8 seconds are logged at the approximate rate of 1000 files per hour using a 386/20 with a 13msec access time ESDI drive holding the database. - With the above computer, files on the HARD DRIVE are processed at about 1500-3000++ files per hour. - A good diskcache is highly recommend to speed processing ! - If you are running the board network/multiline it's HIGHLY recommended you take the system down to run B-BUILD. It will take less time and avoid lockups, file busy reads, etc. If you have to stop or the program aborts during building you simply restart the program. Files with the EXACT SAME PATH and FILENAME will not be flagged as duplicates. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 5 - The B-BUILD program is the key to the whole B-CRC system. Once the database build is complete, NO FURTHER MAINTENANCE is necessary except for adding in the new files uploaded to the system. The time in processing your initial set of files will be well worth the elimination of duplicate uploads to your BBS and saving valuable disk space. INSTALLATION ************ Place the B-BUILD.EXE program in its own directory located on a hard drive with sufficient space per the guidelines shown above. Start the B-BUILD.EXE program by typing B-BUILD. Most of the menus allow the use of a Mouse. After a plug for the authors <g> the initial screen is shown below: ┌──────────────────────────── B-CRC DB Builder ──────────────────────────────┐ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ This program will create a database of the ZIP and GIF files │ │ │ │ on your BBS, and generate a report of the files that have │ │ │ │ too many duplicated files and/or duplicate bytes. │ │ └─│ │──┘ ┌─│ The accompanying B-CRC.EXE program can then be used to scan new │──┐ │ │ uploads FAST, returning ERRORLEVELS (0=Pass; 1=Fail) depending │ │ │ │ on duplicate file-count-percentage or raw-bytes. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ To begin, the program will prompt you for information │ │ │ │ if no B-CRC.CFG file is found. For example: location to put the │ │ │ │ database, dupe reject levels, sysop name, BBS name etc... │ │ └─│ │──┘ ┌ │ After setup, REMEMBER TO SAVE your configuration with (ALT-F S) │──┐ │ │ Start the database build on your choices with (ALT-R B). │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ [No external programs are needed. No ZIP's will be extracted] │ │ └─│ [Stored Zip-in-a-Zip's will be processed.] │──┘ ┌─├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤──┐ │ │ < OK > │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 6 A simple key press after reviewing the above will move you to the next screen..... ┌────────────── Initial System Setup for B-CRC DB Builder ───────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ ┌────────────── [Enter location for database files] ──────────────┐ │ │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ New directory: │C:\BCRC │ │ │ └────│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │─────┘ ┌────│ │─────┐ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ < Ok > < Cancel > │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌ Bytes │ Zip │ Zipped file ├──────── Existing Zip ───────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────── STATS ───────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Enter in the location of your B-CRC database. The default directory you placed the B-BUILD.EXE program in will be automatically chosen. The drive containing the directory should have at least 5 meg free. Hit RETURN if acceptable. To the Next Screen............ B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 7 Next Screen.... ┌────────────── Initial System Setup for B-CRC DB Builder ───────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌────────────────────────── Disk Activity... ───────────────────────────┐ │ └──│ │─┘ ┌──│ │─┐ │ │ Creating database:C:\BCRC\FNAME.DB │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌ Bytes │ Zip │ Zipped file ├──────── Existing Zip ───────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────── STATS ───────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Several times during setup you will see screens such as the above. The B-BUILD program is starting and maintaining the main database for the B-CRC system when this screen appears. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 8 Next Pop Up Screen..... ┌───────── Percentage of duplicated files ──────────┐ │ │ │ If the percentage of duplicated-files is equal to │ │ or above this percentage, the ZIP is reported to │ │ BADFILE.CRC and would receive a 'failed' │ │ errorlevel from the upload checking program. │ │ │ │ Enter percentage: 70 │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The number entered here will set the percentage for a failed scan of duplicate files in the checked compressed file based on TOTAL NUMBERS OF FILES IN THE ARCHIVE. The program will scan the compressed file and get the CRC values. It will then compare the CRC values to those in the database. If 70% or above of the files in the archive are found in the database a FAILED SCAN is reported back to the user. Note that this percentage is for ANY FILE that is in the archive. So if a user downloads 10 ZIP files from your BBS and takes one file from each of the ZIPS to make a new ZIP file and then attempts to upload the newly made ZIP to your BBS.... the B-CRC program will report it as a FAILED FILE ! ┌───────── Percentage of duplicated bytes ──────────┐ │ │ │ If the percentage of duplicated-bytes is equal to │ │ or above this percentage, the ZIP is reported to │ │ BADBYTE.CRC and would receive a 'failed' │ │ errorlevel from the upload checking program. │ │ │ │ Enter percentage: 70 │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The number enter here will set the percentage for a failed scan of duplicate files in the checked compressed file based on TOTAL NUMBER OF BYTES IN THE ARCHIVE. The program will scan the ZIP and get the CRC values. It will then compare the CRC values to those in the database. If 70% or above of the BYTES in the archive are found in the database a FAILED SCAN is reported back to the user. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 9 Next Screen.... ┌─────────── Number of duplicated bytes ────────────┐ │ │ │ If there are more than this number of bytes of │ │ duplication, the ZIP is reported in BADBYTE.CRC │ │ and would receive a 'failed' errorlevel │ │ from the upload checking program. │ │ │ │ Enter byte count: 100000 │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The number enter here will set the number of bytes for a failed scan of duplicate files in the checked compressed file based on TOTAL NUMBERS OF BYTES IN THE ARCHIVE. The program will scan the ZIP and get the CRC values. It will then compare the CRC values to those in the database. If more than 100000 bytes are duplicated in the archive a FAILED SCAN is reported back to the user. Note that this byte count is for ANY FILE that is in the archive. Next Screen.... Self Explanatory.... no wait I'm writing to SYSOPS !!<g> Enter your name in this box ! ┌──────────────────────── [Sysop's Name] ─────────────────────────┐ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ New Value:│ │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < Ok > < Cancel > │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Enter Your BBS Name: ┌────────────────────────── [BBS Name] ───────────────────────────┐ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ New Value:│ │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < Ok > < Cancel > │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 10 When registered you will place your registration number in this box. For now just hit RETURN. ┌───────────────────── [Registration Number] ─────────────────────┐ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ New Value:│ │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < Ok > < Cancel > │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Next screen........ ┌─────────────────── [Allow these extensions:] ───────────────────┐ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ New Value:│ZIP,GIF,EXE │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < Ok > < Cancel > │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The B-CRC programs can ONLY handle ZIP's, GIF's, JPEG's and ZIP2EXE'd .EXE files. These three choices are automatically entered for you. YOU CAN ADD OTHER FILE EXTENSIONS INTO THIS BOX for instance DOC, TXT, ARJ, etc BUT THESE FILES WILL NOT BE PROCESSED FOR INCLUSION IN THE DATABASE. THEY ARE SIMPLY *PASSED* BY THE B-CRC SCAN PROGRAM. **NOTE** THE FORMAT FOR ENTERING THE EXTENSIONS. EACH EXTENSION IS SEPARATED BY A COMMA WITH NO SPACES IN BETWEEN ! B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 11 Next Screen.... ┌──────────────── Initial system setup for B-Build database ─────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ └──────│ Scan EXE files │───────┘ ┌──────│ │───────┐ │ │ If you select YES then '.EXE' files in your chosen │ │ │ │ subdirectories will be checked to see if they are │ │ │ │ self-extracting .ZIP's. │ │ │ │ Select NO to process only '.ZIP' extension files. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ └──────│ < NO! > < Yes! > │───────┘ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The above is self explanatory. B-CRC has the ability to check ZIP2exe Files and scan in the CRC values of the file. Use your TAB key to select if you want this option enabled. ┌──────────────────── [COM 1 IRQ SETTING (4)] ────────────────────┐ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ New Value:│4 │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < Ok > < Cancel > │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The next 4 screens will set up your COM PORT selections. The B-CRC program can handle COM PORTS 1 to 15 and IRQ's up to 15 for ANY of the port assignments. Default values of COM PORT IRQ 1 4 2 3 3 4 4 3 are automatically entered for you. Baud rates up to 115,200 are supported. See the info later in these docs for using NON-STANDARD comports and IRQ's. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 12 Next Screen.......... ┌────────────────────── [CDROM Drive selection] ───────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Check the CDROM drives - all subdirectories on the drive will │ │ be marked active, and will be processed before regular drives │ │ │ │ Use Mouse/SPACEBAR/RETURN to toggle selection. ESC when done. │ │ (Drives marked with a '-' are invalid) │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ A- C E G I K M O Q S U W Y │ │ │ │ B- D F H J L N P R T V X Z │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This screen gives you a choice to notify the B-BUILD program which drive letters are assigned to CD ROMS. The CD ROMS will be scanned FIRST under the premise that you the SYSOP would much rather have duplicates reported on your HARD DRIVE (where you can delete them) and save valuable disk space. Follow the above directions and mark your ACTIVE CD ROM DRIVES if you have any, otherwise hit ESCAPE. ┌──────────────────────────────── [B-Build] ─────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌────────────────────────── Drive selection ───────────────────────────┐ │ └──│ │──┘ ┌──│ Checked drives are active. Unchecked drives are selectable │──┐ │ │ Use Mouse/SPACEBAR/RETURN to toggle selection. ESC when done. │ │ │ │ (Drives marked with a '-' are invalid) │ │ │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ A- C E G I K M O- Q S U W- Y- │ │ │ │ │ │ B- D F H J L N P R T V- X- Z- │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ └──│ │──┘ ┌ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘──┐ │ │ │ │ │ You will need to TOGGLE 'ON' the Drive letters on your system that you want scanned by the B-BUILD program. Use the MOUSE/SPACEBAR/ RETURN keys to place a check mark next to the appropriate letters that are active on your system. The 'checked' drive letters will be automatically scanned for the sub-directories on the drive and fed into the B-BUILD program. The next step will allow you to pick the individual directories on each of your drives. READ the help screens that pop up from the B-BUILD program. They will give you specific directions on how to and warning about the process of marking your drive letters and sub-directories for processing !! B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 13 ┌──────────────────────────────── [B-Build] ─────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────── [Select/DeSelect Directories] ───────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Checked subdirectories are 'active' and will be processed. │ │ Un-Checked subdirectories will be skipped. │ │ Select a drive to process... │ │ C D E └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ You will need to highlight each of the individual drive letters and hit the return key in this step. A complete selection of the subdirectories on the drive will be shown to you along with a help screen to correctly mark the directories for processing. The final screen will take you to the main menu for the B-BUILD program. HIT ALT then the letter F followed by the letter S. This means ALT = Menu choice F= select file from menu S= Save CONFIG info you just entered ! ALT F S is the short version used for the remainder of this documentation. ** IMPORTANT ** IMPORTANT ** IMPORTANT ** IMPORTANT ** IMPORTANT ** NOTE: This choice saves the configuration information to the file B-CRC.CFG. This file MUST be located in your DATABASE Directory and **EACH** of your NODE HOME on your BBS System! Remember to COPY this file to your NODE HOME Directories when done building your databases. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 14 THE MAIN MENU : ≡ File Options Run BBS-Info ┌──┌ ──────────────┐── B-BUILD DB Builder] ─────────────────────────────┐ │ │ About... │ │ │ │ Database Stats │ │ │ │ Location... │ │ │ │ Save configuration │ │ │ │ Exit │ │ └──└────────────────────┘────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────────────────── [Additions] ────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ >>>> This area will show scanned additions to your database <<<<<< │ │ >>>> processing <<<< │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌ Bytes │ Zip │ Zipped file ├──────── Existing Zip ───────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ >>>> This area will show DUPE bytes found while scanning. Results will <<<< │ be reported in the DUPES.x files in B-BUILD directory. │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────── STATS ───────────────────────────────────┐ │ >>>>>>> Will show the amount of ZIPS in database and compressed files<<<< │ │ >>>>>> NOTE THAT A GIF IS REPORTED AS A COMPRESSED FILE NOT A ZIP!<<<< │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ALT F A : ========= About.. : Will give you the support boards number, authors address for ordering and other pertinent info about the B-CRC program B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 15 ALT F D: ======== Database Stats : ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Database location: C:\BCRC │ │ │ │ Number of .ZIP's in database: 9642 │ │ containing 82,570 compressed files │ │ in 50 subdirectories. │ │ │ │ Zip is logged as bad if: │ │ │ │ Percentage of duplicated bytes is 70% or over OR │ │ Percentage of duplicated files is 70% or over OR │ │ Number of duplicate bytes is 100000 or over │ │ │ │ │ │ Processing of .EXE'd Zip files is currently: ON │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < OK > │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This selection shows the database location along with your selected default percentages. Also note that processing self-extracting files is set to a default setting of YES. This can be set to NO by using the ALT O options choice from the main menu. ALT F L : ========= Location of the B-CRC database : This choice will allow you to edit the location of the database in your CFG file. ALT F S : ========= Save configuration.... : No explanation needed ? B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 16 ALT F X : ========= Exit.... : Exit the B-BUILD Program. The ALT O options choice from the main menu. ≡ File Options Run BBS-Info ┌────────┌──────────────────────────────┬───── REF. to PAGE NUMBER───────┬───┐ │ │ Byte % Threshold │ EIGHT │ │ │ │ File Count % Threshold │ EIGHT │ │ │ │ Bytes threshold │ NINE │ │ │ │ Choose WC! FILEAREA.DAT dirs │ NINETEEN │ │ │ │ EXE'd Zip's? │ ELEVEN │ │ └────────│ Allow these extensions │ TEN ├───┘ ┌────────│ COM1 IRQ SETTING (4) │ ELEVEN ├───┐ │ │ COM2 IRQ SETTING (3) │ " │ │ │ │ COM3 IRQ SETTING (4) │ " │ │ │ │ COM4 IRQ SETTING (3) │ " │ │ │ │ Fullname to WC! FileArea.DAT │ NINETEEN │ │ │ │ ± CDROM drives... │ TWELVE │ │ │ │ ± Drives... │ TWELVE │ │ └────────┤ Scan Directory Trees │ SEVENTEEN ├───┘ │ Sub-Directories │ THIRTEEN │ │ │ ± Large ZIP Comments │ EIGHTEEN │ │ │ └──┬────────────┬─────────────┬┴────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ OPTIONS: ALT O C: ======== FILEAREA.DAT directories: FOR WILDCAT! BBS Systems ONLY: This choice will allow you to enter your filearea.dat information into the B-BUILD program. All the drives/directories will automatically be added into the program for processing. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 17 ALT O S : ========= +- SUB-directories: Allows you to edit selected directories on a drive for processing. The screens are displayed below. Use the spacebar or return key to mark the active drives. The next screen shows you the directory tree for the selected drives. Use the + and - key on the numeric keypad for adding your selections quickly. The spacebar to mark individual directories. The ESC key moves you to the next selection. ┌────────────────────── [Select/DeSelect Directories] ───────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Checked subdirectories are 'active' and will be processed. │ │ Un-Checked subdirectories will be skipped. │ │ Select a drive to process... │ │ C√ G√ K√ M√ O√ Q√ T√ │ │ E√ J√ L√ N√ P√ S√ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ |---- Mark/Unmark Column V for Processing ╔═════════════════════════════════╗ NOTE! If you do ║ C:\WC30\BILL\FILELIST\ │ ▓ NOT get this screen ║ C:\WC30\BILL\PRIVATE\ │ ▓ you will need to ║ C:\WC30\BULL\ │ ▓ ALT O T - Scan DIR ║ C:\WC30\BULL\HOLDING\ │ ▓ TREES before you ║ C:\WC30\DISP\ │ ▓ can select dir's. ║ C:\WC30\ARCHIVE\ │x ▓ ║ C:\WC30\HELP\ │ ▓ HELP SCREEN WILL ║ C:\WC30\LIVECAT\ │ ▓ POP UP WITH ║ C:\WC30\LIVECAT\BULL\ │ ▓ ADDITIONAL INFO ║ C:\WC30\MENU\ │ ▓ DURING USAGE! ║ C:\WC30\SCREEN\ │x ▓ ║ C:\WC30\SG\ │ ▓ ║ C:\WC30\TESTING\ │ ▓ ║ C:\WC30\GAMES\ │x ▓ ║ C:\WC30\VCWORK\ │ ▓ ╚═════════════════════════════════╝ B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 18 ALT O D: +- drives: This choice will allow you to add drives manually for scanning and/or remove drives from scanning. It should be used in conjunction with the SUB DIRECTORY scan shown below. ┌────────────────────────── Drive selection ───────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Checked drives are active. Unchecked drives are selectable │ │ Use Mouse/SPACEBAR/RETURN to toggle selection. ESC when done. │ │ (Drives marked with a '-' are invalid) │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ A- C√ E√ G I K M O Q S U W- Y- │ │ │ │ B- D F H J L N P R T V- X- Z- │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ALT O T: Scanning Directory Trees: As a general rule: If you don't see the file directory in the +- Sub Directory section then prescan the directory trees to read in the info in B-BUILD. ALT O Z: Most ZIPS contain a comment of some type that is a part of the ZIP. Sometimes these comments can be exceedingly long. If you Toggle ON Long Zip comments these files will be easily processed. However, this option slows down the database building as more info has to be read from the ZIP. If your system contains files with extremely long comments ( I've seem em 2 pages long!) then toggle this option ON ! If a file is NOT processed for some reason by B-BUILD, chances are it contains a LARGE zip comment. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 19 Selecting FILEAREA.DAT for WILDCAT! BBS's: Choose FILEAREA.DAT Path to FILEAREA.DAT ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ ┌────────────────── [Fullname to FileArea.DAT] ───────────────────┐ │ │ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ New Value:│C:\WC30\FILEAREA.DAT │ │ │ └────│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │─────┘ ┌────│ │─────┐ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ < Ok > < Cancel > │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Path and name of your WILDCAT! Filearea.dat file. The default is automatically chosen for C:\wc30\filearea.dat. If acceptable hit RETURN. Immediately after the this step an automatic scan is performed of your filearea.dat file and the drive letter and path to EACH of your file directories is chosen and set 'ACTIVE' for processing by the B-BUILD Program. A screen will appear like below : ┌───────────── [Enabling scan on these WildCat! directories...] ─────────────┐ │ │ │ Reading C:\WC30\FILEAREA.DAT │ │Scanning subdir: [K:\PRIN\] │ │Scanning subdir: [J:\COMM\] │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 20 RUN OPTION from Main Menu ALT R ≡ File Options Run BBS-Info ┌─────────────────┌──────────────────────┐ase Builder ───────────────────────┐ │ │ Build database │ │ │ │ Zips only │ │ │ │ Gifs/JPG only │ │ │ │ Report only │ │ │ │ Load Commercial info │ │ └─────────────────└──────────────────────┘───────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────────────────────── Additions ─────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ ALT R B: Choosing BUILD DATABASE: Begins a scan of your selected drives and directories for ZIP, GIF/JPEG and if chosen, .EXE files. The INITIAL database build is critical to proper program operation ! Note that if CD-ROM drives are marked ACTIVE, a COMPLETE scan of ALL the directories on those drives is done before any processing begins! Note the run times for database building shown earlier in this documentation. (It may take awhile to scan the directory tree of a CD-ROM). ALT R Z: Choosing ZIPS ONLY: As in BUILD DATABASE but this selection will ONLY scan for ZIP and self extracting EXE's (if chosen) in your selected drives and directories. ALT R G : Choosing GIF/JPEG ONLY: As in BUILD DATABASE but this selection will ONLY scan for GIFS/JPEG in your selected drives and directories. ALT R R : REPORT ONLY: Thinking about adding a new CD ROM to your system? Once you have your database built you can process the CD ROM with B-BUILD and it will give you a complete report of the DUPLICATES on the CD ROM you just scanned! REPORT ONLY, simply REPORTS the DUPLICATES. It DOES NOT ADD ANY INFO TO THE DATABASE! Find out if the files are worth adding to the system! B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 21 ALT R L: LOAD COMMERCIAL INFO: This option will read in COMMERCIAL crc-32 values from a file. The CRC-32 values must be in HEX, LEFT justified, and contain 8 characters. There have been databases created that use this format, and should be available on any of the larger BBS systems in the country. This routine will place only the CRC's into the database (no file name/size info), and report any matching files already in the database. An example input file would be: ---cut here----- 01234567 (note that extra 789ABCDE text after the 8 F0123456 characters is ignored) 789abcde ---cut here----- The input file MUST be called 'COMMERC.IAL' and MUST be in the current directory (usually where the B-BUILD.EXE is). MAIN MENU BBS-Info ALT B: ≡ File Options Run BBS-Info ┌──────────────────────┌───────────────────── Refer to Page Number ──────────┐ │ │ Sysop's Name >> NINE │ │ │ BBS Name >> NINE │ │ │ Registration Number >> TEN │ │ └─────────────────────┘ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────────────────── [Additions] ────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌ Bytes │ Zip │ Zipped file ├──────── Existing Zip ───────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────── STATS ───────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 22 Files generated during running of the B-BUILD.EXE Program. B-CRC.CFG --------- The configuration file for the B-BUILD and B-CRC programs. A copy of this config file must be present in your main B-BUILD database directory and EACH of your NODE HOME DIRECTORIES ! <<< CRITICAL! CRC.DB, DINDEX.DB, ZFNAME.DB, ZINDEX.DB ------------------------------------------- These files are the main database files for the B-CRC system. They should be backed up on a regular basis and not edited or modified IN ANY WAY except by the B-BUILD program. These databases can be rebuilt if damaged using the ISAMREPR.EXE Program. Please repair EACH of these databases using the following command ISAMREPR CRC.DB etc. Database repair may take awhile depending on the size of your database. BADBYTE.CRC ---------- This file will list the amount of byte duplication ONLY when the value exceeds the limit set in the B-BUILD program during configuration. A typical sample and interpretation is shown below. Rem 322143 bytes duplication in E:\NEWUPLOD\B151INV.ZIP ^E:\NEWUPLOD\B151INV.ZIP This indicates that a file entered by the B-BUILD or checked by the B-CRC program has exceeded the values in the cfg file. Date and time are also recorded to the file. BADFILE.CRC ----------- A typical entry for this log file would be: Rem 100% file duplication in E:\NEWUPLOD\B151INV.ZIP ^E:\NEWUPLOD\B151INV.ZIP Indicating that the file exceeded the preset cfg values for failure based on file duplication. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 23 DUPES.x ------- The x above would indicate the drive letter that the dupe occurred on. Below are some sample interpretations of this log file. O:\BUSI\MR2_0.ZIP █ The file 3CECFB1D 50269 MANUAL.MR Q:\040A\MIND.ZIP █ contains several B85D2E29 5376 MR.BSE Q:\040A\BAGEDIT.ZIP █ dups. Not enough 906BD203 69200 MR.MSG Q:\040A\MIND.ZIP █ for an exact 5AEA0D20 2304 README.DOC Q:\040A\MIND.ZIP █ match but large 33% file duplication in O:\BUSI\MR2_0.ZIP █ enough to trigger 41% bytes duplication in O:\BUSI\MR2_0.ZIP █ the >100K 127149 bytes duplication in O:\BUSI\MR2_0.ZIP █ message. O:\BUSI\NOSNOOP.ZIP █ 465967E7 114796 SNOOP.EXE Q:\032A\NOSNOOP.ZIP █ This file is 100% 01892308 5992 SNOOP.DOC Q:\032A\NOSNOOP.ZIP █ duped and is in 2 100% file duplication in O:\BUSI\NOSNOOP.ZIP █ locations with the 100% bytes duplication in O:\BUSI\NOSNOOP.ZIP █ same name. A CD 120788 bytes duplication in O:\BUSI\NOSNOOP.ZIP █ and a Hard Drive! O:\DATA\ASCIFONT.ZIP █ 0CCCB734 69538 QT.EXE Q:\021A\ANSISHOW.ZIP █ Here we have 2 CE419AAE 23574 QT.HLP Q:\021A\ANSISHOW.ZIP █ files with dif. 5EBE49DC 3075 DEMO.ORD Q:\021A\ANSISHOW.ZIP █ names that are 6925C41C 2064 BBSBLURB.DOC Q:\021A\ANSISHOW.ZIP █ 100% dupes of each 83416B99 546 LILBLURB.DOC Q:\021A\ANSISHOW.ZIP █ other! A HD space B40B5F1 9180 MARFAN.DOC Q:\021A\ANSISHOW.ZIP █ user ! D5EC75F1 8811 SOREADME.DOC Q:\021A\ANSISHOW.ZIP █ 0E393913 12792 RUNME.EXE Q:\021A\ANSISHOW.ZIP █ 100% file duplication in O:\DATA\ASCIFONT.ZIP █ 100% bytes duplication in O:\DATA\ASCIFONT.ZIP █ 129580 bytes duplication in O:\DATA\ASCIFONT.ZIP █ O:\FILE\QMENU106.ZIP █ 985B3AFA 6348 ATT.BGI Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ This file exceeds 5F4C2B51 6332 CGA.BGI Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ both the file and 116C5498 5554 EGAVGA.BGI Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ Byte count. Many 138F8E47 18063 GOTH.CHR Q:\004A\CADSL21.ZIP █ of its files 14360EC1 6204 HERC.BGI Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ reside in other 0350D1BD 6665 IBM8514.BGI Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ files which may or FEAC5336 5131 LITT.CHR Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ may not indicate 00F19AA5 1662 ORDRBLNK.TXT S:\015A\QUKME16.ZIP █ dupes. For 00C0F8D3 6012 PC3270.BGI Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ instance some 69636BDF 42 QM.BAT S:\015A\QUKME16.ZIP █ files are distrib. 7E6AE8DE 30194 QM.HLP S:\015A\QUKME16.ZIP █ with libraries BCA55A13 3782 QM.IDX S:\015A\QUKME16.ZIP █ that may appear 904518FD 41 QNET.BAT Q:\014A\QMNU107.ZIP █ in many files. AFCA2D91 8120 READ.ME S:\015A\QUKME16.ZIP █ Here you must 18438F9B 13596 SANS.CHR Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ make a BA867503 16677 TRIP.CHR Q:\001A\GRADE2.ZIP █ determination 80% file duplication in O:\FILE\QMENU106.ZIP █ to keep the file 43% bytes duplication in O:\FILE\QMENU106.ZIP █ or not. 134423 bytes duplication in O:\FILE\QMENU106.ZIP █ B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 24 O:\FILE\UNDSHL.ZIP █ GOOD CATCH! DE53BA87 69046 UNDEL.EXE Q:\015A\UNSHL12.ZIP █ 100% Dupes, 2 files 2E51DB15 18781 UND_READ.ME Q:\015A\UNSHL12.ZIP █ different names! 100% file duplication in O:\FILE\UNDSHL.ZIP █ 100% bytes duplication in O:\FILE\UNDSHL.ZIP █ 87827 bytes duplication in O:\FILE\UNDSHL.ZIP █ O:\MYCROFT\RPE-312.ZIP █ Many files will be 248D2F6D 1481 READTHIS.1ST S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ displayed as shown F7F8A232 550 INSTALL.BAT S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ There will be a 56FBCABC 5035 REGISTER.TXT O:\MYC\OPN-314.ZIP █ list of dupes but 78FG078A 12124 DISTRIB.TXT S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ no dupe report. C206AC7E 17092 DOORS.TXT S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ This indicates 494C67F6 7039 ORDER.TXT S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ that the file has B7CE1DB5 25 NODES.BBS O:\MYC\OPN-314.ZIP █ some dupes but not C9D33B7D 3548 PORTS.BBS O:\MYC\FSE-332.ZIP █ enough to exceed O:\MYCROFT\RSHL102.ZIP █ your preset 248D2F6D 1481 READTHIS.1ST S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ percentages and F7F8A232 550 INSTALL.BAT S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ byte levels. 56FBCABC 5035 REGISTER.TXT O:\MYC\OPN-314.ZIP █ Hence no final 2A7A9FC3 12124 DISTRIB.TXT S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ dupe report. C206AC7E 17092 DOORS.TXT S:\034A\SFT_100.ZIP █ B-CRC.LOG --------- This file is created by the B-CRC program. It will always be located in your database directory. The listing shows the status of uploads to the board. Who uploaded the file, the location and the amount of dups found. It will be your main log file once the database is completed. NEW files are so noted, dupes are also noted. In the REGISTERED version of B-CRC you can immediately add newly uploaded files to the database in your SCANFILE.BAT file. Instructions will be given later in these docs. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 25 SAMPLE B-CRC.LOG file: ================================ 09-10-91 01:05:40 O:\BBUILD\ `O:\MYCROFT\WC35AUTO.ZIP' Uploaded by: PETER GUETHLEIN ================================ NOTE! New WC35AUTO.EXE 8786 38F13B9F | --- New WC35AUTO.DOC 5898 E683A0FA | Dup DESC.SDI 60 E4A37C02 E:\USER\WC35AUTO.ZIP | --- Dup FILE_ID.DIZ 564 625E4F16 E:\USER\WC35AUTO.ZIP Duplication by file count: 2 of 4 or 50% Dup bytes: 624 of 15308 or 4.076% ================================ 09-11-1992 13:47:45 O:\BBUILD\ `E:\NEWUPLOD\PCF65A.ZIP' Uploaded by: STAN MITCHELL ================================ New README.1ST 2472 1A187470 New LICENSE.DOC 8631 63949B15 New VENDOR.DOC 9280 40F1F512 New SYSOP.DOC 4797 AB96408A New EDUCATE.DOC 2958 E2394FF5 New INSTALL.COM 6148 83E3ED5E New PCF0.111 313032 74B781BD New FILE_ID.DIZ 229 650ECB5A Duplication by file count: 0 of 8 or 0% Dup bytes: 0 of 347547 or 0% Both of these files passed the dupe checker. You can see that 2 files in the wc30auto.zip program are dups but they are just the description files for the archive. The .EXE and the .DOC files are both *New*. The ZIP can be added to the database immediately after upload using the B-BUILD command line option. Files exceeding your present CFG file limits will be logged and FAILED (via ERRORLEVEL) upon upload to the board. See the B-CRC File Checker info. **NOTE** As your BBS changes the actual location of your files will probably also change. Hence the PATHNAME shown to the file MAY NOT be accurate after a period of time. However, the actual FILE NAME will not change. See the COMMENTS ABOUT B-CRC section for a further discussion. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 26 B-LOCK.$$$ ========== This is a LOCK file that will prevent access to the database in multi-node operations. If present, you will see a message on the screen saying 'Waiting to access database - retry'. The program will try to access a busy database for about 10 seconds and then error out and leave a message in the B-CRC.LOG file informing the sysop of the need to manually enter the uploaded file into the database. If the database is NOT in use this file should not be present! Erase it and normal operation will resume. UNZIPZIP.BAT ============ Due to speed considerations, B-Build will process zipped zip files that are STORED but NOT zipped zips that have been compressed in any way. For example, in the QBNWS104.ZIP listing below: Searching ZIP: F:/QBNEWS/QBNWS104.ZIP - Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Attr Name ------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- -------- ---- ---- 83196 Implode 29985 64% 09-03-90 15:38 9acaff32 --w- QBNWS104.NWS 111411 Stored 111411 0% 09-02-90 12:19 ffc03256 --w- CALC.ZIP 7203 Stored 7203 0% 09-03-90 15:58 9df14b3e --w- FOSSIL.ZIP 4769 Stored 4769 0% 09-03-90 16:10 b580cad6 --w- DOSWATCH.ZIP 14705 Stored 14705 0% 09-03-90 16:26 f68a221f --w- TERM.ZIP 8460 Implode 8149 4% 09-03-90 16:39 e2d67d8a --w- IQUEUE.ZIP ------ ------ --- ------- 229744 176222 24% 6 You can see that CALC.ZIP, FOSSIL.ZIP, DOSWATCH.ZIP and TERM.ZIP would be processed, but IQUEUE.ZIP is IMPLODEd, and would be skipped. To get around this problem, a BAT file is created during the database build called 'UNZIPZIP.BAT' that would have the line: if not exist %1IQUEUE.ZIP pkunzip F:\QBNEWS\QBNWS104.ZIP IQUEUE.ZIP %1 placed in it for later processing, and would do this for every compressed zip file it finds in a ZIP. To run this BAT file, you should have a LARGE amount of free space on B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 27 a harddrive (size will vary depending on the number of compressed zipped zips) and make a temporary subdirectory on the drive, for example: MD E:\zipzip then run the batch file: UNZIPZIP E:\zipzip\ All the zipped zips will be uncompressed to the temporary subdirectory, and you should then run the B-Build program using the command line method to add the zip file in the directory: B-BUILD E:\zipzip\ to process all the zips in the temporary directory. After running B-Build, you will probably want to delete the temporary subdirectory. COMMAND LINE ACTIVATION of the B-BUILD Program: ============================================== The B-Build Program has a command line option. You can now call the B-BUILD program in your scanfile.bat file to immediately add all new uploads to the database. The command line would be: B-BUILD C:\NEWUPLOD\TEST.ZIP or within the SCANFILE.BAT file: B-BUILD %1 (If %1 passes the upload path and filename on your BBS system) For further information on using the command line option in your scanfile.bat file see the B-CRC section of this manual. IT IS RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALWAYS CHANGE DIR TO THE LOCATION OF YOUR DATABASE AND THEN RUN THE B-BUILD PROGRAM WHEN ADDED OR MAINTAINING YOUR DATABASE FILES! B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 28 The B-BUILD program can also be set to automatically scan a WHOLE directory via the command line. The command line option would be: B-BUILD C:\NEWUPLOD\ *NOTE* the \ slash MUST BE the last character on the command line to scan the path indicated. Duplicates will be written to the appropriate files during processing. Using the B-CRC.EXE program to check your Uploads ------------------------------------------------- Once the B-BUILD program is complete you will have a CRC database of all the board files. The B-CRC program uses this database to compare an uploaded file CRC values to those in the existing database. If matches occur that exceeds your preset limits in the B-CRC.CFG file, the program informs the user and exits with an error level 1. If the file is below your chosen limits the file passes and the program exits with an ERRORLEVEL 0. **************************************************************** Your BBS System *MUST* be able to generate a copy of DOOR.SYS during the Shell that occurs after uploading a file!!! For PCB system, You can obtain a copy of the PDFC100.ZIP File on the support board. A sample PCBTEST.BAT file is within this archive. PDFC100.ZIP will make a copy of DOOR.SYS from your PCBOARD.DAT, PCBOARD.SYS and USERS files and should be the first line in your PCBTEST.BAT file! **************************************************************** **NOTE** A COPY OF THE B-CRC.EXE FILE MUST *ONLY* BE LOCATED IN YOUR BBS HOME DIRECTORY !! <<<<<<< CRITICAL ! **NOTE** A COPY OF THE B-CRC.CFG FILE MUST BE IN EACH OF YOUR NODE HOME DIRECTORIES FOR PROPER OPERATION ! B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 29 Here is a sample SCANFILE.BAT file for a Wildcat! BBS System. This batch file is automatically run after each upload. Note that Wildcat! boards makes a DOOR.SYS upon Shelling out for scanning after a upload. CD\WC30\WCWORK\NODE%WCNODEID% <<< CHANGE TO NODE HOME DIRCTORY B-CRC %1 <<< CALL B-CRC and pass the PATH & FILENAME IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO NOGOOD << FAILED SCAN PASSES ERRORLEVEL 1 CD\BCRC << CHANGE TO B-BUILD DATABASE DIRECTORY B-BUILD %1 << CALL B-BUILD WITH PATH & FILENAME passed GOTO END << EXIT OUT OF BATCH FILE IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU CHANGE TO YOUR DB DIR TO RUN THE B-BUILD PROGRAM WHEN ADDING FILES ! :NOGOOD COPY C:\WC30\ALL.OK C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE%WCNODEID%\SCANFILE.BAD :END This batch file will change to the node home directory where your copy of the B-CRC.CFG file is and execute the B-CRC program passing the path and filename in the %1 variable. If a dupe is encountered the program will exit with an error level 1 and the file ALL.OK will be copied to SCANFILE.BAD in the node directory and the batch file will exit. (This is for a WILDCAT! System. You may have to change the filename (scanfile.bat etc) to suit the BBS you are running the B-CRC on !!) If no dupes are encountered a errorlevel 0 is returned. The batch file then changes to the location of the B-BUILD program and database files. B-BUILD %1 is run. This command line option immediately adds the CRC values of the uploaded file to your database. The batch file then ends indicating an acceptable file. WILDCAT! uses the SCANFILE.BAD file as a marker to indicate to the BBS that the file just upload is NOT accepted. Your BBS type may use a different filename to accomplish the same result. The B-CRC has full support for COMports 1 to 15 with IRQ's up to 15. Values are stored in the B-CRC.CFG file when you ran the B-BUILD program. The B-CRC program will output its activities to the user and fully log the session in the B-CRC.LOG file located in the B-BUILD program directory. If the carrier is dropped during processing the program will complete its scan and log a report before returning to the board. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 30 RUNNING B-CRC ON NON-STANDARD COMPORTS AND IRQ's: B-Build Comport Entry 2nd Comport Set 3rd Comport Set 4th C.S. 1 5 9 13 2 =============== 6 ================= 10 ========= 14 3 7 11 15 4 8 12 16 The B-BUILD Program only has 4 comports built into the selection screen. To use NON-STANDARD comports you will need to place the correct IRQ for the NON-STANDARD comport into one of the standard comport settings. For Example. Referencing the above chart. If you need COM 6 on IRQ 10 then your would enter IRQ 10 into the B-BUILD program standard comport 2 setting. You can either do this within the B-BUILD Program OR MUCH BETTER simply EDIT the B-CRC.CFG file FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL node so that the comport 2 setting says 10. The B-CRC puts the IRQ for the comports in quotes "4". Simply change the "2" to "10" for the second comport. You can easily read and change the value with any ASCII word processor in the B-CRC.CFG FILE. Another Example: Using Comport 11 which is the 3rd comport set. Reading across to the b-build comport setting I would need to place the correct IRQ value into the STANDARD comport 3 position. Remember to do this ONLY IN THE B-CRC.CFG file located in the NODE DIRECTORY that will be using the NON-STANDARD COMPORT !! EDITING WITH AN ASCII EDITOR IS THE EASIEST METHOD! COMMENTS ABOUT B-CRC ==================== The B-CRC system is rather unique in the control it gives to the SYSOP. Building a database of the files on your system will not only help you control unwanted duplication but can assure you of having a supply of newer/fresh files. As the boards files age and you start to delete files the CRC signatures of the deleted files remain in the B-CRC database. Hence, a future upload of the same file will be marked as FAILED. Keep this in mind as your system grows! I use B-CRC in conjunction with a upload virus checker. I have chosen to have the B-CRC system scan the file first followed by the virus scanner. Being that the ZIP file is never unarchived the CRC values of the file are read and added to the database upon upload. If the virii scanner fails the file, the CRC values have already been logged into the B-CRC database and I can be assured of not getting the same file back again without a notification. B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 31 The B-CRC system represents months of programming and testing. It has run successfully on THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS with over 28,500 ZIP's , 10,000 GIF's for a total of 195,000 compressed files as of the this release of this program! The Solar System runs on a Lantastic Net in conjunction with Desqview so I have several different and challenging configurations to beta test. We hope this release will be trouble free on your system. Please support our efforts with your registration. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ***************** The Solar System BBS at 714-837-9677/3218 is available 24 hrs. per day for support of the B-CRC system. A conference for your questions is available. Do to the time involved I cannot return VOICE requests for support. I will respond within 24 hrs. to all requests made on the support board. I also frequently visit the MUSTANG Cathouse BBS and Intelec SYSOP Conference. IF YOU VISIT THE SUPPORT BOARD * PLEASE * REMEMBER TO FILL OUT THE VISITING SYSOP QUESTIONNAIRE !! HIT Q FROM THE MAIN MENU AND ANSWER QUESTIONNAIRE NUMBER 2 ---- Thanks! UPGRADES OCCUR ASAP !! OTHER OFFERINGS From DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES: Please take at look at my other live door games, utilities and remote booting device! RT-MENU4.ZIP - REALtime MENU SYSTEM for LIVE SYSTEMS ^ Door Monitors | (Number Updated - Look for latest version on support board) An outstanding REALtime Menu system for your LIVECAT, LIVEPRO or WILDFIRE Door Monitor by Steve Cox. Makes a menu that is updated with the users name upon entering the live door. Maintains counts of doors played, popularity, top 10 users/games, full stats appended to your statistics files and bulletins. Puts your users name 'up in lights' and greatly enhances your live door usage. You must have a copy of LIVECAT for WC!, LIVEPRO for GAP, or WILDFIRE for SPITFIRE BBS to use this program. You can get a copy of this EXCELLENT DOOR MONITOR program at Steve Cox's support board shown below for use with the REALtime Menu Program! B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 32 Livecat's Support BBS can be reached by calling 402-421-2434 IF YOU DON'T HAVE LIVECAT-WILDFIRE-LIVEPRO YOUR MISSING OUT ON A *GREAT* DOOR MONITOR PROGRAM !! The REALtime Menu can be purchased for $5.00 ( That's FIVE BUCKS ) when ordered with ANY of Peter Guethlein's OTHER Live Doors or REMOTE POWER SWITCH ! Jimmy the Geeks Trivia Gems - FILE NAME: JTG-BBS4.ZIP OUTSTANDING General and SPORT Trivia with over 3000 EXCELLENT QUALITY Trivia questions available. Questions asked in 5 different formats. Scoreboard Maintained. A BBS favorite ! Can you BEAT THE GEEK ??? THE QUESTIONER(c) Filename: QUES1BBS.ZIP is a JTG clone that will allow YOU to ask the questions. The game is very similar to JTG in format. A question editor is within the archive to allow you to maintain several databases of questions for game play. Scoring, Bulletins, Winners etc. are all maintained by the game!! EXCELLENT Door for schools with a BBS to give ONLINE tests! Many other applications. THE FB-POOL : A VERY easy to run Football Pool that is also configurable for ANY TEAM sport! The SYSOP or a USER can run the pool from remote. Excellent door! FILENAME: FB-POOL4.ZIP and don't forget....... FON-HOME.ZIP - A REMOTE POWER SWITCH for when your away from your BBS ! Turn the computer's power ON/OFF with a touch tone code from ANY phone! No more downtime while your away from the computers big red button! Full info is contained within this file ! ONLY $59.00 ! When ordered ONLINE at THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS. AS ADVERTISED IN BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE and BBS CALLERS DIGEST! ORDER ANY OF THE ABOVE ONLINE AT THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS. ENTER THE QUESTIONNAIRE MENU AND HAVE YOUR VISA/MC READY! B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 33 Ordering Information Please fill out the Order Form at end of this file and Mail DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES <--- Make checks payable to DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES C/O P.Guethlein 26861 Trabuco Rd SUITE E161-B Mission Viejo, Calif. 92691 Thank you for trying the B-CRC System and look for more games & Utilities for Wildcat! and other BBS's in the near future. You can order the B-CRC system ONLINE in the support boards questionnaire menu! Have your VISA/MASTERCARD Ready! B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES 34 ============================================================ | Brothers CRC File Upload Checker | ============================================================ | O R D E R F O R M | | ===================== PRINT | | CLEARLY!!! | | Your Name:_________________________________________ | | | | Street Address:______________________________________ | | | | City:_______________________________ State:__________ | | | | Zip Code:___________ Voice Phone:(___) ___ - ____ | | | | BBS Name :___________________________________________ | | | | BBS Software:__________________ Version #:___________ | | | | BBS Phone:(___) ___-____ Low/High Baud:_____________ | | | | Where You Downloaded This Utility: __________________ | | | | _____________________________________________________ | | | |==========================================================| | | | PROGRAM VERSION FEE | | ====================================================== | | B-CRC Upload File Checker 1.00 $35.00 ________ | | REGISTERED VERSION | | California Residents add Sales Tax = ________ | | | | TOTAL PAID VIA CHECK,MO or CC = ________ | | | | ORDER ONLINE with your VISA/MASTERCARD on | | THE SOLAR SYSTEM BBS 714-837-9677 / 3218 | | | | Payment By: VISA MASTERCARD (circle one) | | | | Credit Card Number:_________________________________ | | | | Expiration Date:____________________________________ | | | | Name as it appears on Card:_________________________ | | | | Your Signature:_____________________________________ | | MAIL this form with payment to: | | DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES C/O Peter Guethlein | | 26861 Trabuco Suite #E161-B | | Mission Viejo, Ca. 92691 | | | |==========================================================| B-CRC(c) 1992,93 by WGCG Computing and DELTRONIX ENTERPRISES