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- RVBULL.EXE v1.00 - Bulletin Maintenance Utility For RBBS-Verify
- Copyright (C) 1993 By Lightning Software, All Rights Reserved
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- Written & Coded By Jerry W. Highland
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- *** SYSOP DOCUMENTATION - READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING! ***
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- WARRANTY
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- RVBULL 1.00 is distributed without warranty. In no event will
- Lightning Software be liable to you for any damages from running this
- program. Including any consequential damages arising out of your use
- of or inability to use the program, even if Lightning Software or a
- authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such
- damages.
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- Lightning Software will not be liable for any such claim by any other
- party. All risk associated with using this program are the complete
- responsibility of the user.
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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- RVBULL.EXE v1.00 - Copyright (C) 1993 By Lightning Software, All
- Rights Reserved Worldwide.
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- RVBULL.EXE v1.00 is written, coded and debugged entirely in Microsoft
- QuickBasic 4.5, it utilizes the Assembly Lanaguage Toolbox For
- QuickBasic (by Christy Gemmell) as well as the QB4BAS library of
- assembly functions (by Harold Thompson).
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- WHAT IS RVBULL.EXE?
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- RVBULL.EXE is a utility designed for use with the RBBS-Verify 1.00 and
- above callback verification door which will "purge" the door's
- statistic bulletins. The statistic bulletins RBBS-Verify creates are
- very interesting bulletins for caller's to view, however as time goes
- by and more and more user's use the door, the bulletins can get very
- large, then become too big for the user to view. RVBULL eliminates
- this problem by purging all old statistics and keeping the last xxx
- number of lines, so caller's will no longer have to browse through a
- huge bulletin just to see the latest and most recent statistics.
- RVBULL also protects you from loss by always creating backup bulletin
- files, so if in the unlikely event something should go wrong, you will
- still have your original unaltered bulletins for restoration at any
- time.
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- WARNING: RVBULL is intended for use ONLY with the bulletins
- RBBS-Verify creates and should NEVER be run on any other
- type of bulletin! RVBULL is designed to read and write
- bulletins RBBS-Verify creates only and will more than likely
- damage another bulletin format.
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- SETTING UP
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- The only step necessary to install the RVBULL utility is to simply
- copy the executable (RVBULL.EXE) file to the directory holding all
- of your RBBS-Verify files which you have probably already done anyway,
- there is no initial setup required!
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- COMMAND LINE SYNTAX
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- The key to the operation of RVBULL is it's command line, this is where
- you will tell the utility necessary information it needs in order to
- process your RBBS-Verify statistic bulletins correctly, the command
- syntax is really very simple. RVBULL uses 2 command line parameters,
- the syntax is as follows:
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- RVBULL [path/filename of bulletin] [lines to keep]
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- The first parameter tells RVBULL the path and base filename of your
- statistic bulletins, the bulletin specification should NOT include the
- graphic designator i.e: (C or G), only the base filename.
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- The second parameter tells RVBULL how many lines it is to keep in the
- output bulletin, RVBULL will automatically purge all old records and
- will save the last xxx number of lines that you specify which is the
- most recent statistics. This value can range from 1 to 9999.
-
- The following is a few example command lines along with descriptions
- of what each line does:
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- Example command line #1: RVBULL C:\RBBS\BULLETIN\BULLET1 50
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- The above line will process the bulletin named 'BULLET1' located in
- the directory 'C:\RBBS\BULLETIN', 50 most recent lines in the output
- bulletin will be kept. All old statistics will be purged and removed.
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- Example command line #2: RVBULL C:\RBBS\BULLETIN\RULES 20
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- The above line will process the bulletin named 'RULES' located in the
- directory 'C:\RBBS\BULLETIN', 20 most recent lines in the output
- bulletin will be kept. All old statistics will be purged and removed.
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- OTHER NOTES
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- For even easier use, you might wish to consider installing RVBULL in
- your nightly system event so you will always have a recent callback
- statistic bulletin available for your caller's to read, RVBULL has
- been developed as a completely stand-alone program requiring no user
- interaction, therefore it can easily be run as a nightly event task.
- If you do however install RVBULL as a nightly system event, although
- not required, it is STRONGLY recommended to disable all nodes while
- RVBULL purges the statistic bulletin, since the files are being
- constantly read and written to during processing, all files are
- managed using file sharing, however it is much safer to disable all
- nodes during processing.
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- RVBULL always creates backup files everytime the utility is run to
- protect you from loss, the backup files will be created using the same
- path and filename as the original bulletins, however will contain the
- extension *.BAK.
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- RVBULL.EXE is written in QuickBasic 4.5, the program handles it's own
- error trapping routines and will exit cleanly if an error occurs
- during execution.
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- This utility is released as freeware, and may be freely distributed to
- all BBS's and online services provided (1.) the program is not
- modified in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM and (2.) no fee may be charged for
- the program other than a modest disk duplication and packaging charge,
- not to exceed $6.00 per disk. As long as the above is followed, you
- may freely copy and share this program.
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- SUPPORT FOR RVBULL
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- Support for the RVBULL utility can always be obtained from our 24 hour
- a day, 7 day a week technical support BBS (Software Express), set your
- modem to 8,N,1 or 7 data bits and dial (404) 941-2822.
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- You may also contact us by mail at the following address:
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- Lightning Software
- P.O. Box 177
- Lithia Springs, Ga 30057
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- We hope you find RVBULL to be a useful utility to help manage your
- RBBS-Verify callback verification door, if you have any comments,
- suggestions, or improvements you would like to see in RVBULL, please
- let us know, we would like to hear from you!
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