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CHANGES BIS V 1.3
Version 1.3 corrects a minor problem where BIS would fail to complete
sending the "search initiating message" to the user before calling the
search (FGREP.COM) program. The problem involved only some faster
microprocessors. Documentation includes some additional
clarifications in the "Precautions" section. The latest version of
FGREP.COM is now bundled with BIS V 1.3, however, the changes to FGREP
version 1.62 do not effect the way BIS makes use of FGREP.
You may find with this version of FGREP that it will send garbage characters
when it detects a find in the very first line of the file. The problem
can be remedied by doing one of two things. First, and easiest, is to
use the "-w" option in searches of directories with multiple files. This
has one drawback and that is that spaces become insignificant so using
two words in a search, such as KANSAS CITY or LINEAR AMPLIFIER will not
work. FGREP will instead search for KANSASCITY which, of course it will
not find. This means you cannot use the "-w" option successfully in
searches of databases such as Digipeater listings or BBS listings to
search for a particular city. It will also strip the two letter state
searches from their spaces on either side which BIS automatically
inserts and the result will be any two letter match in any word will
be found in state searches. However, in other directory searches, etc.,
you can use the option.
A second option is to insert a line feed at the beginning of every
file where there is text on the first line. That seems to satisfy FGREP,
but it is a bit of work if you have a lot of files stored.
CHANGES BIS V 2.0
The following are changes made to the BBS Interface System. The program
has been completely revised in this new version and adds many extra
options:
Extra line between separate "finds" on SEARCHes makes it easier to read
the output at a user tereminal.
BIS no longer uses DOS redirection to the COM port on searches.
BIS.CNF file can now have as many sections as desired, limited only by
amount of memory available to it.
You now have a choice of showing full paths for files found with the
SEARCH function or showing only the file name when "-f" is specified in
FGREP.
BIS now strips garbage characters from FGREP's output as it is sent out
the COM port. This seems to be a problem only when FGREP matches the
first line of a file with the search word.
BIS will now do as it was originally intended, act as an interface to
other programs. It will now branch to other programs, including
BASIC programs and BATCH files.
(UPDATED 09/02/88)