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MSHRINK(1) FNORDADEL BBS SOFTWARE MSHRINK(1)
NAME
mshrink.tos - shrink the the Fnordadel message file
SYNOPSIS
mshrink [pathname]
DESCRIPTION
Mshrink will determine the point (in kilobytes) in your mes-
sage file, ctdlmsg.sys, at which the next message will be
saved. The program will give you the option of reducing the
size of the ctdlmsg.sys to that point. If you answer "yes",
it will cut the message base, prompt you to change your
ctdlcnfg.sys file as required, and to run configur.tos. If
you do not do these two things, the fleas of a thousand
camels will infest your storage devices. I.e., it will be a
Bad Thing(tm).
Mshrink expects to be run from the directory containing your
ctdltabl.sys file.
OPTIONS
[pathname]
The full pathname of a directory in which to create the
temporary message file during compaction. See NOTES.
Examples: "c:\tmp", "a:\", "e:\foo\bar\baz"
NOTES
Due to the way all Citadels organise their messages, it is
not feasible to shrink the message base to any arbitrary
size. Thus if you desire some particular size, you will
need to run this program regularly and wait until the
current message pointer gets close to the size you want.
Then give mshrink free rein to do its worst.
During the shrinkage, mshrink will create a temporary file
of the new, smaller size. You must, therefore, have enough
room on your drive(s) to hold both the old and* new message
files during the compaction process. If you don't have
room, as you might not if you run on floppy drive(s), you
may use the optional command line parameter to specify the
full pathname of a directory in which to put the temporary
file (e.g. another floppy drive or a RAM disk).
BACKUP your system! If you run this program without first
backing up your system, the Imp of the Perverse may well
murder your system and dance on its grave, singing "Hallelu-
jah!" And it won't be our fault.
When mshrink gives your message file the chop, you will lose
old messages on the system which inhabited the region of the
file that was purged.
FILES
mshrink.tos The message file compactor.
#msgdir\ctdlmsg.sys The message file.
ctdlcnfg.sys The configuration file.
ctdltabl.sys The system tables file.
SEE ALSO
The Fnordadel Reference Manual
AUTHORS
Written by Adrian Ashley and Royce Howland for the Fnordadel
project.