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Short: Fixes the date in DLG msg for UMS_Fido.
Author: jmx@ramses.fdn.org (Jean-Marc Xiume)
Uploader: PhB@colombo.telesys-innov.fr (Philippe Brand)
Version: 1.1
Type: comm/fido
UMS_FidoFix v1.1 - Fidonet packet fixing for UMS_Fido
Copyright (C) 1996 Jean-Marc Xiume'
This software is distributed under the terms of the
GNU General Public License. Read "license.doc" for more details.
Introduction
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If you never had problems with ums_fido, this isn't for you.
This software tries to fix some data in a fido packet that often cause
ums_fido to stop importing, resulting in a loss of messages. This is
specific to ums_fido, as other tosser seems to be more "tolerant".
The main problem I'm aware of concerns the date format of messages
created by the DLG BBS software.
Example :
DLG : Tue 6 Feb 96 1:04
Normal : 06 Feb 96 01:04:00
UMS_FidoFix simply changes one format to the other, directly in the
message packet.
Other formats are not supported yet (are there any other ?)
Tell me if you need some more conversions.
Installation
------------
Simply copy Fidofix somewhere in your path.
I'd suggest ums:bin/
Usage
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Fidofix <packetfile>
Where <packetfile> is a fido packet received directly from your boss
as ".pkt" files or bundled into a compressed archive as ".mo0" files.
You can use the included "uff" script to automatically extract the
packets from the archive, fidofix them, and delete the original
archive.
This script asks two arguments, both must end with a ":" or a "/" :
- the inbound directory, where to find the original packet or archive
- the packet directory, where to extract the packets. This must be
on your hard disk (for obvious security reasons) and should be the
place where fidoimport usually stores its temporary files.
As this can be a dangerous operation, you should always keep a backup
of your original bundles, just in case... ;)
Once the packets are fixed, import them normally with fidoimport.
That's it !
Notes
-----
I wonder if this little piece of software will be usefull to someone... :)
So please if you use it, let me know !
Comments and suggestions are welcome:
smail: Jean-Marc Xiumé
Parc du Belvédère
83120 Sainte-Maxime
FRANCE
fidonet : 2:320/104.22
amiganet: 39:180/1.22
usenet : jmx@ramses.fdn.org (for mails <10Kb)
jmx@ramses.telesys-innov.fr (for mails >10Kb)
jmx.topaz@ruby.frmug.fr.net
History
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see source file Fidofix.c
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
9284 6042 34.9% 04-Mar-96 18:11:22 +FidoFix
5624 1850 67.1% 04-Mar-96 18:11:10 +FidoFix.c
9312 6059 34.9% 04-Mar-96 17:59:44 +FidoFix
5661 1894 66.5% 04-Mar-96 17:59:34 +FidoFix.c
17981 6983 61.1% 22-Apr-95 11:25:06 +License.DOC
2539 1237 51.2% 04-Mar-96 18:06:36 +Readme
391 207 47.0% 04-Mar-96 18:04:14 +uff
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
50792 24272 52.2% 17-May-96 12:07:00 7 files