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XPLAN -- AUTOMATE UPDATING OF .PLAN FILE
XPlan version 0.3 Built day: June 24, 1995
What's XPlan?
If you are using dynamic address, it's real hard for your friends to
find out what address you are using or even if your are online or not.
You can use XPlan to upload your dynamic address to your .plan file in
an account in a permanent host(like your account in your Internet
provider) everytime you login or logout of a SLIP/PPP section.
Requirement:
You need VBRUN300.DLL to run this program, also MS-Windows3.1(or up)
running Winsock 1.1 or up.
Installation:
After unzip the package into a directory, run setup.exe from that
directory under MS-Windows.
Command Line Options:
XPlan receives two command line options: log_in and log_out. Why these
two? read on for more details.
Running:
If you run XPlan for the first time, it will need some information
about you and your remote account. That includes the name of remote
host you want to put the .plan file, your login ID on that host, your
password on that host, and the name you prefer to be called. You enter
these only once. XPlan will save these to a file and load them next
time you run XPlan again. If XPlan successfully updates your remote
.plan file, your .plan file will look like this:
[Some of you regular .plan texts at here]
My local address is your_name@your_local_host_name
For compatible reason, you shouldn't specify your name longer than 12
characters. Your friends who finger(using any finger client, e.g. my
Xfinger) your UNIX account can know if you are online or not, and
where are you. Then he/she can talk to you by typing
talk your_name@your_local_host_name.
(I also have a talk client, xtalk. I am working on server part right
now).
If you want to add more texts on top of that one line message in the
same .plan file, you can put them in a file called xplan.txt in the
directory where you installed xplan. XPlan.txt along with the above
message will be your .plan file. I provided a simple xplan.txt with
this package. You should modify it to suit your need.
Script File:
I am using trumpet winsock. The following example is done in that
script language. Other Winsock script language should have similar
functions. In trumpet, you can execute a program using "exec" command
in you script. To automate updating of your .plan file, you can put an
"exec" right after the part that winsock fires up SLIP function.
exec "c:\xplan\xplan.exe log_in"
Of course, you should modify the path if you installed xplan in a
different path. This will put that magic
message(your_name@your_local_host_name) in your remote .plan file. For
some reasons, you can not execute a program in Trumpet's bye.cmd.
Therefore, to update .plan file when you logout of a section, you have
to click on Logout option in XPlan. XPlan will first upload a new
.plan file to remote host without magic message. Then it will
disconnect Trumpet for you automatically.
If you use other Winsock stacks, XPlan will not disconnect winsock
connection automatically(it still update your .plan file). I will
revise this limitation when I have time.
Of course, if you don't want to run xplan from your script file, you
still can launch it from program manager.
Supporting Files
There are two files you need to put in right directory, xplan.ini and
xplan.txt. If you run XPlan from login.cmd, you should put them into
the directory where you run tcpman.exe. If you run XPlan from command
line(i.e. from program manager), you should put them in the same
directory as where you put XPlan.exe.
Problems?
Before you use XPlan, you should make sure that the permission of your
original .plan file is 644, i.e. world readable. To change permission
of this file, typing chmod 644 ~/.plan in your UNIX account. You
should make a .plan file and set it to that permission if you do not
have one. Because the permission of new .plan will be the same as the
permission of old one.
Security Issue:
This program needs your password to run. The reason is obvious. It
needs to gain access to your account inorder to update your .plan
file. I try the best I can to hide your password(using encryption).
Some things you should know:
1. Never get this package(XPlan) from unknown sites. The best place to
get it is my WWW
page(http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/spider/q7f192/tools.html). I will also
upload it to SimTel and CICA.
2. Never expose xplan.ini to anyone. That file contains encrypted
password. Somebody might try to decrypt it.
3. Change your password often.
Did I mention how to change password for xplan. For now, you have to
delete the entry in xplan.ini inorder to enter new data for that
entry(you name, your host, etc.). Delete the whole line contains that
entry, the next time xplan will ask you to enter that entry again. I
might add some functions to do that inside of xplan.
Availability
Latest XPlan can be found at:
http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/spider/q7f192/branch/tools.html
Did I mention that this program is FREE!
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT THIS PROGRAM MAY
CAUSE. YOU USE IT ON YOUR OWN RISK!
All brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective
owners
_________________________________________________________________
XPlan Copyright (C) 1995
George Xie / q7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
FILE_ID.DIZ
(V0.3) XPlan - Win File/Winsock
Xplan can update your .plan file everytime
you log into your SLIP/PPP connection.
XPlan adds a a message at the end of your
.plan file indicating what's your current
address. When you logout, the .plan file is
also updated to get rid of that message.
It's very useful for dynamic address users,
also for permanent address owners.
It's freeware
George Xie, q7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/spider/q7f192