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- │ -*- ReadLog -*- │
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- v1.00
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- For RemoteAccess v1.00+
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- by
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- Bob Ransom
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- Copyright (c) 1991
- All Rights Reserved
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- ReadLog - What It Is -
- --------------------
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- ReadLog is a little utility that takes advantage of a new
- feature in registered versions of RemoteAccess BBS v1.00.
- If you have registered your copy of RA, you'll notice that
- when a user reads messages on your BBS, RA now takes note
- of that in the system log. ReadLog was designed to use
- those log entries to compile a list of all the message
- areas that are read, how many times they're read, and what
- the percentage of the total is.
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- "So what?" you ask. Well, if your system is anything like
- mine, you carry a pile of echomail areas -- of which you
- read very few (I carry something like 50 echoes and have
- time to read 4 or 5 - sometimes.) Unless you sit and
- stare at your monitor day in and day out, you have no idea
- whether anybody actually reads any of the messages in the
- different messages areas. That's where ReadLog comes in.
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- ReadLog - How To Use It -
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- ReadLog can be run from anyplace on your hard drive(s) and
- requires one command line parameter. A second command
- line parameter is optional. Syntax:
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- READLOG <system log filename> [<-Opus>]
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- The first parameter is your RA system log name (most often
- RA.LOG). You may optionally include a full path here or,
- if you use the logfile name only, ReadLog defaults to the
- current director. No checking of the RA environment
- variable is done.
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- ReadLog v1.00 Docs Page 1
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- The second parameter is "-Opus" (case is unimportant).
- This denotes that you're using Opus-style system logs.
- ReadLog defaults to using FrontDoor-style logs and will do
- so unless it finds "-Opus" as the *second* command line
- parameter.
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- Here are a couple of working examples:
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- READLOG ra.log ;ra.log in current dir and
- ;FD logs.
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- READLOG c:\ra\ra.log -opus ;ra.log in c:\ra. Opus logs.
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- ReadLog - What's Written To Disk -
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- When run, ReadLog does it's stuff and shows the results on
- the screen. It also writes two files to disk:
- READLOG.ASC, a text file suitable for BBS display showing
- the same info as shown on screen, and READLOG.CTL, a
- control file used internally by ReadLog to keep track of
- things as time goes by. You may want to put READLOG.ASC
- into your BBS textfiles area to be displayed as a bulletin
- on your system.
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- ReadLog - Misc. -
- ---------------
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- You can run ReadLog on the same log over and over again if
- you wish. It uses a sort of "last processed" pointer in
- the .CTL file to determine which lines of a log have been
- processed and which haven't.
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- When a user executes a message Scan or QuickScan (menu
- type 24 or 25), RA puts the same notice in the system log
- as it does when a user actually reads messages. So
- ReadLog counts these along with any real message reads,
- throwing the totals slightly out of whack. There's
- nothing that can be done about this until (or if) RA is
- fixed to only say "read" when messages are actually read.
- Besides, I figure the totals will all average out over
- time.
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- ReadLog will probably become confused if you switch log
- types in mid-stream. If you do want to switch, I'd
- suggest at least deleting the existing system log before
- running ReadLog again. It may or may not be a bad idea to
- kill the READLOG.CTL file, too.
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- ReadLog will also become confused if run it with the wrong
- type of log - i.e. set for FD logs but run on an Opus log,
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- ReadLog v1.00 Docs Page 2
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- and vice versa. Your results will probably be extremely
- weird.
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- ReadLog - Legal -
- ---------------
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- Very little to say here except that ReadLog is mine -- I
- wrote it and I own it, but you may use it all you'd like
- for free. You may copy it and you may give it away, but
- you may not sell it nor change it or its documentation
- (this file).
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- ReadLog - Support -
- -----------------
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- I doubt there's much call for support given the extreme
- complexity of the program. <grin>
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- Seriously, if you have problems with it, please let me
- know. I'm available via netmail (address below) or
- through the RA_SUPPORT and RA_UTIL echoes.
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- Hope you find it useful.
-
- -Bob Ransom
- The Creative Connection BBS
- Southfield, Michigan
- (313) 559-9039
- 1:120/96.0
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