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- LHDoor -- LHARC to ZIP/PAK/ARC Archive Conversion Door
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- LHDoor: What does it do?
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- LHDoor is the "cousin" to our ZipDor door. It will take an
- archive created in the new LHARC format and put it into the
- standard ARC, the PAK format, or the impressive ZIP format.
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- Users can also view a LHARC archive since QuickBBS's view an
- archive command will only look at ARC standard formats.
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- What do I do to run it?
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- I tried to make it as easy as possible to set up. Just put
- LHDOOR.EXE and LD.BAT in your Quick directory (or a
- subdirectory --special handling for that later). Now go to
- Quick and call for a type 7 or type 15 exit with the data
- line like this: 'C:\COMMAND.COM /C LD.BAT'. Now make sure
- that the program called MORE.COM which came with your DOS is
- either in the QuickBBS directory or in your DOS PATH
- statement. That should do it.
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- LHDoor from a subdirectory
- ──────────────────────────
- You may like running doors from a subdirectory in order to
- have less clutter in your QuickBBS directory (or just for
- safety). LHDoor is not picky at all. It will run from
- anywhere. All you will need to do is:
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- 1) Make sure LHDOOR.EXE is in LHDoor's subdirectory or in
- your path so LHDoor can run it.
- 2) Put a copy of FLSEARCH.CTL into the LHDoor directory. (A
- future version might allow you to use the path to
- FLSEARCH.CTL as a command-line parameter)
- 3) Put a copy of the included LVIEW.COM file into the LHDoor
- directory.
- 4) Modify the ZD.BAT file to look like this:
- WATCHCD COM1 ON
- CTTY GATE1
- COPY DORINFO1.DEF <your LHDoor directory goes here>
- CD <LHDoor directory>
- LHDOOR
- CD <QuickBBS directory>
- CTTY CON
- WATCHCD COM1 OFF
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- What if I run on COM2?
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- Again, LHDoor does not care. Just change all references to
- COM1 in ZD.BAT to COM2 (and GATE1 to GATE2).
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- Version 1.12q -- User's Manual Page 1 -- May 6, 1989
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- I don't have those GATE1 or GATE2 files.
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- GATE1 and GATE2 are from the GATEWAY CTTY command. It will
- allow both you and the remote user to access LHDoor (so you
- can help the confused caller). If you don't have GATEWAY,
- but still want to run LHDoor, then just change GATE1 to COM1
- and GATE2 to COM2.
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- I don't use Watchcd.
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- If you're not running WATCHCD, but are running something else
- such as WATCHDOG, LHDoor will run fine with any of them. But
- please use a utility that monitors Carrier Detect. LHDoor
- does not and will sit there if hung up on.
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- Okay, now I have all these files laying around...
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- LHDoor (ZipDor, and Backpak) will automatically add the
- converted file's name to an event batch file called
- KILLARCS.BAT. This program can be called from your nightly
- event batch file with the following form:
- IF EXIST KILLARCS.BAT C:\COMMAND.COM /C KILLARCS.BAT
- IF EXIST KILLARCS.BAT C:\COMMAND.COM /C KILLARCS.BAT
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- Files that LHDoor creates/uses:
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- LHDOOR.EXE - The program itself.
- LVIEW.EXE - A program to View LHARCs with the PK-style of
- viewing archives.
- _ZDTMP - The temporary file it uses during
- the conversion process.
- LD.BAT - The .BAT file that is called from Quick
- KILLARCS.BAT - The common event file that LHDoor shares with
- LHDoor and Backpak to delete the converted
- .ZIPs, .ARCs and .PAKs nightly.
- FLSEARCH.CTL - Your files path file. LHDoor looks here
- for the paths to search for .ZIP files.
- It also will look at the security level
- to determine whether the user has access
- to that directory.
- DORINFO1.DEF - Where LHDoor gets the current user's
- security.
- MORE.COM - -NOT INCLUDED- LHDoor uses more in the
- internal file display function to pause for
- each screen page.
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- Support, questions, etc.
- ────────────────────────
- The QuickBBS versions of LHDoor, ZipDor and Backpak were
- written by Jon Hamlin. The RBBS versions were written by Jan
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- Version 1.12q -- User's Manual Page 2 -- May 6, 1989
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- Maaskant. (There's a separate manual for RBBS, right,
- Jan..).
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- Warranty
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- None.
- LHDoor has been tested and has not harmed a computer, but
- still you have to realize that you are using it at your own
- risk. In NO WAY will either Jon Hamlin or Jan Maaskant be
- responsible for any lost time, files, monies, equipment, or
- anything else incurred by the use or lack of use of this
- program.
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- Other files by the author:
- ──────────────────────────
- BackPak - The "cousin" to ZipDor. This program does all
- that ZipDor does, but it does it to PAK format
- files and currently does it much slower than
- ZipDor.
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- UserRead - This program will take your QuickBBS userbase and
- print it into a standard ASCII text file. It will
- also allow you to exclude certain information so
- your co-sysops and sigops can use that file
- without finding confidential information.
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- ZipDor - This door will take a ZIP and do basically the
- same thing. A version that actually talks to the
- modem is in the works.
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- Modification History:
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- 1.00q -- Original release. Just a (heavily) modified ZipDor
- 3.00.
- 1.10q -- Added a few new features such as the Old style view
- and the ability to read a text file within a LHARC.
- 1.11q -- Added the use of DOS's MORE.COM for display pausing.
- 1.12q -- Added the routine to strip user-supplied extensions
- off of the filenames (made it a little more user-
- friendly).
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- QuickBBS Support
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- The Programmer's Paradise
- San Antonio, TX
- (512) 654-9134
- Jon Hamlin, Sysop
- 1:387/609
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- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Version 1.12q -- User's Manual Page 3 -- May 6, 1989
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- Support Options:
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- You can send a netmail message to 1:387/609 and I will
- respond, but I don't really have the cash to send you the
- reply, so my system will hold it. Call back in about a day
- and you should receive a reply.
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- Thanks for using this program!
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- RBBS Support
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- Expansions RBBS
- San Antonio, TX
- (512) 692-0377
- Jan Maaskant, Sysop
- 1:387/301
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