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- Tic2FB - Version 3.00 by Mark R. Evans
- Bound for OS/2 and DOS
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- A Maximus-CBCS FB.EXE to TIC Interface
- for OS/2 v1.x and above
- and MS-DOS v3.x and above
-
- January 2, 1993
-
- Copyright (c) 1993 Mark R. Evans
- All Rights Reserved
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-
- LICENSE
- -------
- Permission granted to use this program, and distribute it to others.
- The original documentation and program must be distributed in
- unmodified form. For information, contact the author at FidoNet
- 1:382/90.0, or P. O. Box 163611, Austin, TX 78716, USA.
-
- WARRANTY AND STATEMENT OF LIABILITY
- -----------------------------------
- Tic2FB does not carry any warranty of any kind, including that of
- fitness for any particular purpose. You use Tic2FB at your own risk.
- If it causes damage to your hard disk, your life, your marriage, etc.,
- you take full responsibility. You acknowledge this in full by using
- Tic2FB. Tic2FB is not licensed for legal use in any jurisdiction
- where local or regional law renders this Warranty and Statement of
- Liability invalid.
-
- COST
- ----
- Tic2FB is free. Use it for free, distribute it for free. You may not
- charge any fee for distribution of Tic2FB.
-
- DESCRIPTION
- -----------
- Tic2FB provides a link between Maximus-CBCS v2.x and TICK written by
- Barry Gellar. Tic2FB will automatically create a batch file to run
- Maximus' FB.EXE on all the areas that have received new files via
- TICK. Unlike other interfaces, you do not need to create an external
- translation file showing how Maximus' file areas correspond to TICK's
- areas. Tic2FB will look at your AREA.DAT and TIC.CFG and determine
- what areas belong to each other. This means you can update either
- your Max configs and/or TICK configs without having to worry about
- updating anything for Tic2FB.
-
- Tic2FB is a 'bound' application so it will run under OS/2 or DOS!
-
- USAGE
- -----
- You must run Tic2FB _BEFORE_ you run TICK. Tic2FB will read the .tic
- files in your inbound directory and create the batch file to run
- FB.EXE. Tic2FB supports the following command line options:
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- Usage: TIC2FB -a[area.dat] -b[batchfilename] -f[fb.exe] -i[.tics]
- -l[LogFileName] -t[tic.cf]
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- -a Complete Path and FileName of Area.Dat. If this is not
- specified, Tic2FB will look in the current directory.
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- -b Path/Name of BatchFile to create. If you DO NOT use the -b
- command line switch, Tic2FB will spawn (call FB.EXE)
- internally and not create a batch file. This is very useful
- when running under OS/2.
-
- -f Complete Path and FileName to FB.EXE. If this is not
- specified, Tic2FB will use FB.EXE.
-
- -i Path to incoming .tic's. This option is REQUIRED! You must
- tell Tic2FB where your inbound .TIC files are located.
-
- -l Create a log file showing activity. Default TIC2FB.LOG. If
- you just specify -l, Tic2FB will create a log file in the
- current directory called Tic2FB.LOG. You can optionally
- specify a path with a filename for Tic2FB to use as a log
- file.
-
- -t Complete Path and FileName to TIC.CFG. If you do not
- specify the -t switch, Tic2FB will look for TIC.CFG in the
- current directory.
-
- EXAMPLES
- --------
- Tic2FB -iD:\Inbound -aC:\Max\Area.Dat -bC:\Max\Run_Fb.Bat
- -fC:\Max\Fb.exe -lC:\Max\Logs\Tic2Fb.Log -tC:\Tick\Tic.Cfg
-
- This example will look for inbound .TIC's in the D:\Inbound directory,
- use Max's AREA.DAT in the C:\Max directory, create a batch file called
- RUN_FB.BAT in the C:\Max directory, use C:\Max\FB.EXE as the command
- to execute, create a log file called Tic2Fb.Log in the C:\Max\Logs
- directory and use the TIC.CFG file in the C:\Tick directory.
-
- EXAMPLE BATCH FILE
- ------------------
- ------- ProcTic.Bat ---------
- @echo off
-
- :TickTest
- rem ....Testing for Tic Files
- if not exist d:\msg\protin\*.tic goto DoNothing
-
- rem - Run Tic2FB to build FBRUN.BAT
-
- Tic2Fb -aC:\Max\Area.Dat -bc:\Max\FbRun.Bat -iD:\Msg\Protin
- -tC:\Max\Tick\Tic.Cfg
-
- rem - Let RAID announce the new files to our LOCALFILE echo...
- rem - Let RAID create any new areas sent from our uplink
-
- c:
- cd\Max\Raid
- Raid Announce
- Raid AutoCreate
-
- rem - Let TICK process the incoming files...
- c:
- Cd\Max\Tick
- Tick >>c:\Max\Logs\Tick.Log
-
- rem - Call FBRUN to update Maximus area index file...
-
- c:
- cd\Max
- Call FbRun
-
- rem - We done!
-
- :DoNothing
- c:
- Cd\Max
- --------- EOF ---------------
-
- SUPPORT
- -------
- You may contact Mark Evans, the author of Tic2FB, at FidoNet 1:382/90.
- The author of TICK, and the author of Maximus WILL NOT provide any
- support for Tic2FB.
-