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The Mountie! v1.00 Mount & Dismount CD-ROMs For RemoteAccess v2.00G Software and documentation written by Clyde Sisler Copyright (C) 1993 Clyde Sisler All rights reserved New Sysop Proverb: He who faileth to backeth up files of exceedingly great value shalt shedeth a voluminous amount of large tears before joining the omniscient Sysop in the sky. ***** Table of Contents ***** 1 Warranty & Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 Warranties and Disclaimers: Ha, Ha, Ha! You kiddin' me or what? You get no warranties, written, implied, or otherwise except that this software will take up some of your disk space. Instead, you get a bunch of the following disclaimers: "The Mountie!" is released into the Public Domain and may only be used in agreement with the conditions set out in this document. Subsequent use of this package constitutes that agreement and releases the author (Clyde W. Sisler) from any and all forms of future liability or litigation. Under no condition shall the author be liable for any damages or costs of any kind which result from your use or inability to use "The Mountie!" "The Mountie!" refers to all executables and documentation and other files released for distribution by the author in the original compressed archive. "The Mountie!" is copyrighted material by the author and as such, all rights are reserved and protected under U.S. copyright laws. Care has been taken to write and test a program that does (and doesn't do) what the documentation states. "The Mountie!", however, is provided as is, without warranty or guarantee of any kind, either expressed or implied! It works for me and it *SHOULD* work for you. The author will not be obligated to provide future maintenance nor enhancement releases nor ongoing support for "The Mountie!". The author further reserves the right not to release future Public Domain versions but may provide shareware or commercial versions of this product instead. "The Mountie!" may be distributed freely provided no money or any other compensation is asked for or accepted under any condition. With all that crap out of the way, let's get to it! 2 Introduction: Before you do anything else with The Mountie!, please backup the FGROUPS.RA and FILES.RA files in your [drive]:\RA directory. Both of these files are modified when you mount and dismount disks using The Mountie!. The Mountie! allows you to logically mount/dismount CD-ROMs, network drives, local hard drives or removable disks within RemoteAccess v2.00G. - 1 - File Areas associated with a physical disk are grouped together using RA's File Groups and RACONFIG.EXE. You then select which of your File Groups are disks in The Mountie! Each disk definition contains Online & Offline Security Codes & Flags. When a disk is mounted, you're asked for the Drive on which it is to be mounted and the Device Number. This information can change each time the disk is mounted, allowing you to easily move a disk from drive to drive. The File Group record is updated with it's online security code & flags. Each File Area associated with the disk is then updated placing the drive letter as the first character of the path. The device number and (optionally) online security code & flags are also changed. When a disk is dismounted, the File Group record is updated with it's offline security code & flags restricting user access to the disk as you see fit. "(Offline)" is also placed near the end of the File Group Name. Each File Area is then (optionally) updated with offline security code & flags, further restricting access as your plan dictates. "**" is (optionally) placed near the end of the File Area Name. This provides a simple means for identification of offline areas when you still want the areas visible to the user. "(Offline)" and "**" are removed from the names when the disk is mounted again. Changing the Group and Area Names provides a means of notifiying users of the unavailabilty of the disk and areas but still allowing them access to the listings. You'd probably want to change the download security code and/or flags to prevent access and give some thought to upload security as well. The "**" in the File Area name is particularily useful if the area appears in File Groups other than those indicating a disk, such as catagories. Note: It's assumed that all File Areas on a disk will have the same security codes and flags and they will be the same as the File Group. Before using The Mountie! you should sit down and determine what you're access restrictions will be and if The Mountie! is suitable for your needs. A future release of The Mountie! may allow you to import Security codes & flags from FILES.RA and modify them for online/offline use in the Mountie! 3 Package Contents: BOOHOO.TXT A sad story FILE_ID.DIZ Description of this package MOUNTIE.DOC This Document MOUNTIE.EXE The Mountie! executable FA.EXE File Area report utility FG.EXE File Group report utility FGFA.EXE File Group/File Area report Utility MF.EXE List files with flags turned on in FDB - 2 - 4 Installation: If you're reading this, it's already installed. Hopefully you have RemoteAccess v2.00G installed on the same machine and have the RA environment variable set in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Example: SET RA=[drive]:\RA 5 Operation: Just run the durn thing and you're presented with the Main Menu. Press <ALT> to activate the menu or <ESC> to quit the program Groups: This section allows you to Select Groups, drop to DOS or quit the program. Select Groups: displays all of the File Groups you've defined in FGROUPS.RA. You're presented with the File Group's name, it's Group number and the Drive letter, if currently mounted. A check mark appears on the extreme left if it's been selected as a disk. Pressing the space bar toggles the check mark on and off thereby selecting or de-selecting the File Group as a disk. Use the mouse, PGUP/PGDN and arrow keys to move back and forth between the File Groups. Press <ENTER> when all disks have been selected. DISKS.DAT will be written. This configuration file contains the disks you've selected, their attributes and if they're mounted or dismounted. DOS Shell: Quick way to Drop to DOS to perform some function without leaving the program. Note that The Mountie! does not swap itself out of memory so you'll have that amount of overhead when you're at the DOS prompt using this function. Exit: Quit the program - 3 - Disks: This section allows you to mount or dismount disks and change their online and offline attributes. After selecting any of the following functions, you're presented with a list of File Groups previously selected as disks. The disk's name, Group number and the drive letter, if it's currently mounted, are displayed. Use the mouse, PGUP/PGDN and arrow keys to position the cursor and press <ENTER> to select the desired disk. Mount A Disk: Use this function to place a disk online. Once the disk has been selected, your're presented with a request for a Drive letter and Device number on which the disk is to be mounted. Note: To keep things relatively simple and provide added flexability, no check is made to see if the disk is already mounted nor if another disk is already mounted on the drive. You're also presented with 3 Yes/No switches which tell The Mountie! if the File Areas' Name, Security code and/or Security flags should be updated. Use the space bar or left/right arrows to change the default setting. Note: These settings are saved and used as default settings when/if you decide to dismount the disk. FGROUPS.RA is updated with the Group's online attributes (see Online Attributes below) and positions 21-30 of the File Group's name are spaced out (see Dismount A Disk below). FILES.RA is then updated. Each File Area in which the disk's Group Number appears as a Group or Alternate Group is updated with the Device number and the Drive letter is inserted into the first position of the path. If Yes was selected for Name, positions 29-30 of the File Area's name are spaced out (see Dismount A Disk below). If Yes was selected for Security, each File Area's Download, List and Upload Security codes will be updated with those defined in the File Group's Online Attributes. - 4 - If Yes was selected for Flags, each File Area's Download, List and Upload Security Flags will be updated with those defined in the File Group Online Attributes. Dismount A Disk: Use this function to place a disk offline. Note: To keep things relatively simple and provide added flexability, no check is made to see if the disk is already dismounted. This allows you to change the offline attributes and dismount it again. You're also presented with 3 Yes/No switches which tell The Mountie! if the File Areas' Name, Security code and/or Security flags should be updated. Use the space bar or left/right arrows to change the default setting. Note: These settings are saved and used as default settings when you decide to mount the disk again. FGROUPS.RA is updated with the Group's offline attributes (see Offline Attributes below) and "(Offline)" is placed in positions 21-30 of the File Group's name. Group Names are restricted to 20 characters so " (Online)" can be added to the end of the name and still fit within RA type 50 displays. FILES.RA is then updated if any of the Yes/No options were selected. Each File Area in which the disk's Group Number appears as a Group or Alternate Group is updated as indicated by the Yes/No switches. If Yes was selected for Name, "**" is placed in positions 29-30 of the File Area's name. File Area Names are restricted to 27 characters so " **" can be added to the end of the name and still fit within RA type 50 displays. If Yes was selected for Security, each File Area's Download, List and Upload Security codes will be updated with those defined in the File Group's Offline Attributes. - 5 - If Yes was selected for Flags, each File Area's Download, List and Upload Security Flags will be updated with those defined in the File Group Offline Attributes. Online Attributes: Use this function to change the online attributes of a disk. When a File Group is first selected as a disk to be mounted and dismounted (Select Groups), the File Group's Security and Security Flags in FGROUPS.RA are used to intialize the Online and Offline Attributes for both the File Group and File Areas. These are stored in DISKS.DAT and used to update the File Group and (optionally) File Areas only when actually mounting or dismounting a disk. The Online Attributes should probably remain the same as those defined in RACONFIG as the File Group and all of it's File Areas will be changed to the attributes in DISKS.DAT when the disk is mounted. Online Attributes are really the means to restore Security Codes and Flags to their original values when mounting the disk after it's been dismounted. If you change the File Group or File Area Security Code or Flags in RACONFIG, you probably should change them here too. Any value in the flags fields other than '-' or ' ' means the flag is turned on. Use of the 'O' flags is not supported. Offline Attributes: Use this function to change the offline attributes of a disk. See Online Attributes above for a brief introduction to Online/Offline Attributes. Combined with the changes made to the File Group and File Area names when dismounting a disk, the Offline Attributes give you a lot of flexibility in how you want to handle offline disks. - 6 - You can have one or both appear on your type 50 menus with their names altered to indicate they're not available. You can also use File Group and/or File Area Security and/or Flags in any combination to restrict or permit access to the list, upload and download functions. 6 Utilities FA.EXE File Area report utility - useful for keeping track of which directories are on which drives FG.EXE File Group report utility - useful for reference when assigning File Areas to File Groups FGFA.EXE File Group/File Area report Utility - Useful for keeping track of which FIle Areas are in which File Groups MF.EXE List files with flags turned on in FDB - useful for displaying files with flags turned on the Files Database, espeically after loading a new CDROM. These flags are: 1) Deleted 2) Unlisted 3) Free 4) Not Downloadable 5) Locked 6) Missing/Offline 7) No Time Restrictions The above utilities all use stdout for the output. This means if you just run the program, all data will, by default, display on the monitor. You may also redirect the output to a printer or to a disk file. For instance: FA.EXE > filearea.lst will cause the output of the File Area Report program to be written to a disk file named filearea.lst in the current directory. FG.EXE > prn (or lpt1, etc) will cause the output of the File Group Report program to be sent directly to the printer. - 7 -