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- TimeIt
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- A "wait" utility for multi-node BBSs.
-
- Purpose: Do nothing for a specified number of seconds unless
- a file called "fileit.tmp" exists. This is especially
- useful when running a BBS under a multi-tasker like
- Desqview. You can run Timeit in the nodes you want
- to stay down for a large amount of time. Then, when
- the node running the event is finished doing whatever
- it does it can tell the waiting nodes to stop waiting.
-
- Copyright 1993 EmmaSoft
-
- Publisher: EmmaSoft Software Company, Inc.
- PO Box 238
- Lansing, NY 14882-0238
- VOICE: 607-533-4685
- BBS: 607-533-7072
- CompuServe: 71333,1577
-
- License: EmmaSoft Software Company, Inc. (ESC) retains all rights
- to Timeit. Timeit may be distributed freely provided
- all files are kept together and unchanged as shipped by
- ESC. Timeit may not be sold for profit or included in any
- other product without written permission of ESC.
-
- Warranty: Timeit is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind,
- either expressed or implied, including any warranty of
- merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
- In no event shall ESC be held liable for any loss of profit,
- special, incidental, consequential, or other similar claims.
-
- Files: Timeit is shipped with four files:
-
- timeit.doc This document
- file_id.diz A short program description
- timeit.exe The program
- tmp2copy A dummy file to copy when stopping a session
-
- Returns: Number of seconds waited if successful, -1 if not
-
- Useage: Useage: timeit [seconds]
-
- seconds is the number of seconds to wait.
-
- You can make Timeit stop waiting by doing one of two
- things:
-
- 1. Copy a file called timeit.tmp into the directory in
- which Timeit is running.
-
- 2. Press the Esc key.
-
- Example: Here's an example of how Timeit is used on a PCBoard
- two node system. There is no limit to the number
- of nodes you could use this technique on. On our system
- Node 1 is in \PCB\1NODE, and Node 2 is in \PCB\2NODE.
-
- On node 2 we use timeit to wait for ten minutes. Node 1
- performs various functions, then makes a copy of
- timeit.tmp in the Node 2 directory. This stops the wait on
- Node 2 and both nodes can go up again without waiting the
- full 10 minutes.
-
- \PCB\1NODE\EVENT.SYS \PCB\2NODE\EVENT.SYS
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- timeit 5 timeit 600
- pcbfiler /List
- copy pcbfiles.1st \pcb\allfiles.txt
- del pcbfiles.1st
- pkzip -u \pcb\dl1\allfiles \pcb\allfiles.txt
- call upscan
- copy tmp2copy \pcb\2node
-
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