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About Rescan…
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About Rescan…
Rescan is a Second Sight utility which will scan the entire message base
and export all messages in selected public net sections to a text file
which is close in format -- but *not* an exact match -- to the Tabby
Generic file. It is designed to be used to bring a new BBS up to date
with messages from an older board, or to reconstruct sections from a
stable board to a board which has suffered a calamity. The board
receiving Rescanned messages must process them with a utility called
Rescanalotor to turn the text file into proper Second Sight messages.
Here is a step by step description of how to use Rescan and Rescanalator:
To create the Generic Rescan file...
• Copy Rescan to the Tabby root level of your BBS.
• Run Rescan. It will display all entries from Tabby's areas.bbs file
in a scrolling list. Select from 1 to 25 sections to Rescan. The
Shift key allows you to drag-select multiple sections in a sequence.
The Command key lets you select non-continuous sections. When you
have selected sections to rescan, double click one of the sections
and let Rescan do its stuff.
• Rescan will display a progress indicator while it creates a file
called Generic Rescan in your Generic folder. (If a file called
Generic Rescan already exists there, the new Rescan is appended to
it.) When Rescan is finished, click the Done button, then choose Quit
from the File menu.
• Send the Generic Rescan text file to the board which will use it.
To process the Generic Rescan file...
• Copy Rescanalator to the Tabby root level of your BBS.
• Put the Generic Rescan file in the Generic folder.
• Run Rescanalator.
• Run TImport or an equivalent importing utility.
Notes
The only difference between Generic Rescan and the Tabby Generic file
format as defined by Michael Connick is that line 2 (Category Number) of
each message does not contain a three-digit number, since that is a
variable from board to board. Instead, line 2 contains a flag symbol
consisting of •| (bullet+vertical bar) and then the areas.bbs name of the
section. Rescanalator is a filter which first reads the local areas.bbs
file, then reads Generic Rescan line by line until it comes to a line
beginning with •|. This line is replaced by the proper Category Number from
the areas.bbs file. The filtered file is named Generic Import and the
Generic Rescan file is deleted by Rescanalator.
-- Pete Johnson
PETERJ on GEnie
Glassell Park BBS
213-254-4133
Post Office Box 65074
Los Angeles, CA 90065
November 4, 1990