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ICMAINT.EXE
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Your Icmaint Config file should look like this.
c:\dlicon <-- Enter the path to your IconUpDater Directory
c:\ripaint\duoicons <-- Enter the path to your Working Icons directory─┐
2 <-- # of nodes (same as number of config files) │
c:\arc\pkzip.exe <-- The Full Path $ File name to PKZIP or ARJ │
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┴┐
│(This directory should ONLY have the unarchived │
│ icons you are CURRENTLY USING on your BBS. │
│ DO NOT put your path and file name to │
│ your ALL icons archive!) │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
But do not worry to much about it, because ICSETUP will write this
file for you. So always use ICSETUP to make changes.
**************** IMPORTANT WARNING !!!! ***************
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS DATA OF ANY KIND!
Ryan Andersen
DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER FILES IN YOUR ICONS DIRECTORY!
ONLY HAVE *.ICN files
ICMAINT explained:
Note: Starting with Version 2.70 ICMAINT.EXE has been totally
rewritten along with ICFILE.EXE, to break to 400 icons
limit. They can both now handle well over 1100 icons!
This Icon Maintenance program is included free with
IconUpDater. You can run it from the DOS prompt just
by typing ICMAINT, or your can set it up as a EVENT
for your BBS to run.
IcMaintenance use to extract to ZIP (or ARJ) file
to compare changes with you Working icons Directory.
No more. It now keeps it's own data file "BBSICONS.DAT"
SO DO NOT DELETE this file... IconUpDater, ICFILE, and
ICMAINT all need to access this file!!!
IcMaint will use this data file to compare the icons
in Working Icons Directory. IcMaint will read all the
*.ICN files in memory that are in the path you
specified as your "Working Icons Directory."
IcMaint will compare all the icons. If any icons were
added to, deleted from, or update (becase the file date
changed or the file SIZE has changed) then IcMaint will
reZIP your Working Icons Directory in to your ALLICONS
Zip file, then copy the ZIP file back to the path that
you specified in ICSETUP.
When IcMaint detects that Icons have been deleted from
your Working Icons Directory, it will put them in to
a data file for IconUpDater's Space Saver Option to use.
This file is called: "OLDICONS.DAT"**.
** This datafile has the same name as the old one from
version 2.67 and down...but you must delete it with this
version (2.70)... they are in compatible!!
After reading this you should realize the importance
of maintaining your Working Icons Directory! When you get
or create new icons for your BBS all you have to do is
throw them in your Working Icons Directory and run
ICMAINT from the DOS prompt and it will automatically
update all your configs file with the current date
the icons were last updated and re-zip your ALLICONS
ZIP file with your new Icons. Realize that as you
stop using certain icons, please remove them from
your Working Icons Directory. If you want to keep them,
then put them else where. This way your Callers
Space-> can use the Space Save Option so they can delete old
Saver icons off their Hard Drive.
Remember, individual icons seems small, but when
you have 1000 icons, it can eat up HD space.
EVENTS:
ICMAINT.EXE and ICMAINT.CFG MUST BE in the SAME directory
as ICONUPD.EXE (IconUpDater)!!
ex. ( of Event.Bat)
c:
cd\iconupd
ICMAINT
cd\wc30
exit
Listings out what's in the data file.
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You can tell ICMaint to create a listing of the icons
that are in your BBSICONS.DAT and OLDICONS.DAT file.
It will create a text file with the full path and file
name of each icon on a separate line... ideal when
want to pass it to pkzip of gsz.
To list the icons in your BBSICONS.DAT type the
following at the DOS prompt in the IconUpDater
Directory:
c:\>icmaint /dat
The switch "/dat", tells icmaint to just create
a text file listing of all the icons in the dat file.
To list the icons in your OLDICONS.DAT type the
following at the DOS prompt in the IconUpDater
Directory:
c:\>icmaint /old
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