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- Instructions for installing this cdrom into a wildcat BBS.
-
- - This will only work with version 4.x. Please. It MIGHT work for
- later versions, but i don't know that.
-
- - You must NOT be shelled to dos. Exit wildcat via alt-x, not f-10.
-
- - BACK UP your \wc40\makewild.dat, \wc40\filearea.dat, and
- \wc40\data\allfiles.* if you mess up, you can copy over the new
- mangled filearea.dat with the backup version.
-
- - Change directories to your default wildcat directory.
-
- - Type:
-
- COPY <your cdrom drive letter>\_bbs\wildcat\install.bat .
-
- - This copies the install.bat to your default directory. You have to edit
- the batch file to tell it which cdrom drive letter you have. That's
- the first line -- you shouldn't need to edit anything else.
-
- Run the batch file by typing:
- install
-
- This program figures out how many areas you should need for this
- cdrom and then calls makewild. You have to type the new number of
- areas into makewild. Then makewild will expand your database files
- for the new number of areas. Then this program will install all the
- file areas and paths in makewild's file area configuration. It reads
- the file \_bbs\dirs.txt on the cdrom for area descriptions and paths.
- It then creates a batch file that you run. This batch file uses
- wildcat's 'wcfile' and installs the filenames and descriptions into
- wildcat's global file database.
-
- The install program asks several questions. The first is the drive
- letter of your cdrom drive. This is probably e: but might be any
- other letter.
-
- The install program also asks where you want this CDROM's directories
- installed in your directory list. The recommended place is several
- directories after the last directory you have specified in makewild.
- (You want to leave room for expansion.)
-
- For example, if you have 100 directories specified with makewild, the
- program will suggest you install the new directories starting with
- area 101. It will not allow you to overwrite directories you already
- have installed unless you give install the -f option.
-
- The -f option to the install program:
-
- install1 -f (note, this is 'install' 1)
-
- or the batch file:
-
- install -f
-
- will allow you to overwrite existing file catagories that already
- exist in your filearea.dat database. If you are installing this disc
- over top of an existing disc of the same title, you might want to
- force the new descriptions over top of the existing ones. For this
- reason, I STRONGLY recommend you consider leaving some blank
- descriptions after a CDROM in case future versions have more
- directories than the current version.
-
- To uninstall the CDROM, WCPRO allows you to remove areas and the
- files in them -- you might have to buy this add-on from Mustang
- software...
-
- If you have suggestions for improvements, useful contributions from
- users are rewarded with free products.
-
- * * Note * *: You WILL also need to manually turn on permission for users to
- see these new file areas.
-
- ----------------------------------
-
- If you want to just have one super subdirectory with all the files,
- you can use the 'files.bbs' file that's in the \_bbs\wc30 directory.
- (note, wc30, not wc40.) The file with all the file descriptions in
- it is called allfiles.dir. There's also a file in each subdirectory
- called 'wildcat.txt' that has the file descriptions in wildcat format.
-