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- HOW TO SETUP AS A HUB AND DO CLASSIFIED ADS EXCHANGES
- -----------------------------------------------------
-
- Below, is a fully working batch file complete with comments, for the group
- hub. There are a few very important things to remember in running the
- Classified Ads as a hub.
-
- FIRST, make sure all your nodes have the same categories or mass confusion
- will result. SECOND, it is highly advisable that you and your nodes use a
- unique name (representative of your board) instead of the generic
- "Classify.exp", for example Sun.exp would be the name for Sunrise BBS.
- THIRD, this batch file (Exchange.bat) is best run during your event each
- night, rather than each time the door is executed, especially if you are
- connected to boards that are long distance. The commands for your nightly
- event batch file would be:
-
- CD\CLASSIFY
- CLPURGE CLASSIFY.CFG
- CALL EXCHANGE.BAT
- DEL CLASSIFY.EXP
- CD\
-
- Exchange.bat would be located in your classified directory and would be the
- batch file listed below. You may feel free to remove the comments and use
- the batch file below after modification for your system drive/path/name
- specifications.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
- BATCH FILE EXAMPLE FOR THE HUB USING THE CLASSIFIED ADS EXCHANGE PROGRAM
-
-
-
- @echo off
- del I:\db\files\classify.exp
- ^ ^^ ^^^^^
- Comment: Above would be the drive/path to your inbound/outbound files directory.
- This command will delete your previous night's export. NOTE: DO NOT
- use this command the first night you start the import/export with
- other boards.
-
- cd\db\files
- copy *.exp I:\ra\doors\classify
- ^^^^^
- del *.exp
- ^^^^^
-
- Comment: Copy all exported files sent to you into your classified directory,
- then delete all the exported files. FAILURE to use a unique .exp
- name will result in files over writing and only the last .exp file
- copied will be imported into your database.
-
- cd\ra\doors\classify
- clexch IMPEXP classify.cfg
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
- copy classify.exp i:\db\files
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^
-
- Comment: Perform the import/export (IMPEXP) then copy the resulting export file
- from your classify directory to your outbound files directory.
-
- cd\db
- dbutil i send 1:114/203 i:\db\files\classify.exp
- ^^^^^^
-
- Comment: Send the export file to the other boards. Note above that the command
- used is for D'Bridge...you may substitute the proper command and
- outbound files directory for your front end mailer. You will need to
- do an export for every BBS connected to you.
-
-
- This example provided to you courtesy of: Window In Time
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