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- RA City v1.0
- Copyright (c) 1993, jLc Software
-
- Author: Joe Hacker
- Address: FidoNet 1:160/140
- CFN 8:3017/0
- ICDM 77:2/0
- BBS No.: (512) 851-0241
-
- Release Date: 07 November 93
-
-
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- What Is "RA City"
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-
- "RA City" is a simple little RemoteAccess utility for the
- SysOp to change the LOCATION field in the user database to
- whatever they want.
-
- Some people will enter CITY or HOME (or whatever else they
- want) in the location field of the user database as they log
- on. How ridiculous to see "Home" as the user's location.
- "RA City" allows you to correct those easily.
-
- It is command-line driven so you can run it during your
- nightly events to "clean up" the locations.
-
- The best of all - "RA City" is FREE!
-
- (Please read the registration info at the bottom of this doc)
-
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- Do I Need "RA City"
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-
- If you don't like non-standardization in your location
- fields, yes!
-
-
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- DISCLAIMER
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-
- The only thing that I guarantee is that it was written by me.
- It works great here and on another system that I know of but
- it may not work on yours for some reason. I won't be held
- responsible from any hard/software damages that you may incur
- resulting from running "RA City". (Had to say it... but
- I'm sure you won't have any difficulty).
-
- This program has been tested with DOS 5.0, OS2 2.10, DOS 6.2,
- 4DOS, and Lantastic without any trouble.
-
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- Setting Up and Running "RA City"
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-
- There is no actual set up for Change City but you do need
- your RA environment variable set and that's it!
-
- You do NOT have to have "RA City" in any particular
- directory, I keep it in its own directory on my system.
-
- (If you do not know how to set your RA environment, refer to
- the manual for RemoteAccess)
-
- RA City accepts two parameters. The first parameter is
- the string of characters you want to change. The second
- parameter is what you want to place in the location field.
- Example:
-
- RACITY <param 1> <param 2>
-
- Or in plain english:
-
- RACITY city Corpus_Christi,_TX
-
- The parameters are seperated by a blank space.
-
- If you have more than one word (or need a space) in the
- parameter, place an underscore ( _ ) in between each word.
-
- To Find "Los Angeles" and Replace it with "Los Angeles, CA"
- you would type:
-
- RACITY Los_Angeles Los_Angeles,_CA
-
- The first parameter is not case sensitive as <City> and
- <city> would both be replaced. RACITY will search for any
- location with the parameter as part of the string. So, if you
- input "an" as the paramter, it will look for "an" in the
- location... therefore replacing "indiANa" or "bryAN" with
- your second paramter. This makes it easy to replace things,
- but be careful not to be too narrow about the search string.
- This is a partial search string and it is not inclusive in
- what it searches.
-
- The second parameter would be placed in EXACTLY as it is
- typed, with the execption of the underscore characters taken
- out.
-
- Typing [Corpus_Christi,_TX] would place [Corpus Christi, TX]
- in the location field.
-
- Simply typing RACITY would show you the correct syntax to
- use.
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- Important Things To Remember
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-
- 1. You must have the RA environment variable set.
-
- 2. You must have your message base path assigned in your RA
- configuration. The User database (USERS.BBS) resides in that
- same directory.
-
- 3. The location field is a maximum of 25 characters (that
- includes blank spaces).
-
- 4. The search is a partial string search so don't
- "under qualify" your search.
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- Support
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-
- I doubt if you need it, but I'll answer simple questions if
- you netmail me at one of the above listed addresses. I will
- be limited to routing your replies back, though. I'm not
- charging for this program, so I'm not gonna spend any money
- supporting it either. Like I said before, I doubt if you'll
- need any help.
-
-
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- Registration
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-
- Ah, I said it was free, didn't I. Well, it is. But, I would
- like to know that you are using it. Take a moment and send me
- netmail (just route it and save a dime) at one of the
- addresses listed above.
-
- Who knows, maybe I'll stick you on an electronic mailing list
- for other goodies I'll write.
-
- If you run "RA City" and would like to see other little
- programs like this get made, and you want to help compensate
- me for the time I took to write it (actually the docs took
- longer to write than the program), you can send me a donation
- at:
-
- jLc Software
- C/O Joe Hacker
- 4106 Nicklaus Lane
- Corpus Christi, TX 78413
- USA
-
- Please make any checks or money orders payable to "Joe Hacker"
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- Acknowledgements
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-
- This program was inspired by two people. They are:
-
- 1. Andrew Milner - author of RemoteAccess.
- Without his SUPER bbs program, I would have never thought
- to write this <grin>. Great job Andrew! Keep up the good
- work.
-
- 2. My Wife, Carolyn - author of my happiness.
- She really doesn't like me sitting and playing on the
- computer a lot - but she encourages me with little
- ego boosters like "that looks great, Honey"...
- Thanks for the support!
-
-
- * End of RACITY.doc *
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