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31 May 1993
File Manager for GT Power. Copyright 1993, Paul Varner
History behind File Manager:
File Manager is being written to fill the void that GT Power has in the
area of managing files. After trying just about every FILES.BBS program
that I could find and having them either not work properly or have quirks
that I din't like, I decided to write my own. I have decided to release
File Manager into Beta testing through the GT community early in its life,
so that I can get feedback on what GT Sysops would like to see in it.
Currently File Manager supports extracting FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDI and
placing them into the FILES.BBS file, Reformating of the descriptions to
the column that you prefer, and Sorting of the FILES.BBS in alphabetical
order. File Manager supports .ZIP, .ARJ, and .LZH archives.
How to run File Manager:
In order for File Manager to run properly you must have your
GTPATH environment variable set to point to your GT directory. Also
in order for the Header portion to write the description of the
processed directory, you need to have your file paths in GTDIR.BBS
in uppercase for example a line from my GTDIR.BBS looks like this:
z D:\GT\FILES\BBS BBS Programs and Utilities
^
|---- Note the Uppercase
Otherwise, the description of the directory will not be found.
First since this is a very early Beta version, BACK UP your current
FILES.BBS. When run, File Manager will create a copy of the current
FILES.BBS and name it FILES.BAK, but please do not count on that as your
backup. While this runs fine on my system, I cannot and will not be
responsible for any damage that this program may cause to your system.
Since I have not yet implemented any interface for File Manager, running
it is very simple. Simply type FILEMGR in the file directory where you
would like it to run. Currently, it defaults to reformating descriptions
into column 23 of the FILES.BBS file. If you don't like column 23, you may
enter a number in the range 2 - 50 as a command line argument and file
manager will honor that. In order to properly extract the FILE_ID.DIZ or
DESC.SDI PKUNZIP, ARJ, or LHARC need to be somewhere in your path. If you
use lha instead of lharc, then it needs to be renamed to lharc somewhere in
the path.
File Manager relies heavily on the FILES.CTL file produced by FILES_DB to
keep its running time short. So in order to shorten it's run time you need
to keep the FILES.CTL file up to date using FILES_DB.
When you first run File Manager, if you have not been using a FILE_ID.DIZ
processor, I recommend deleting the FILES.CTL file in your GT directory and
running File Manager in all of your file directories. If you have been
keeping the directories up to date, then just run it without deleting
FILES.CTL and it will simply reformat the descriptions. After the initial
run, then all that is really neccessary is to run it in your uploads
directory followed by FILES_DB. I recommend doing this during your nightly
maintenance.
Planned Additions to File Manager:
I plan adding the following to File Manager to make it the ultimate
upload processor and FILES.BBS manager:
Support for FILES.CBS with customizable colors.
Virus Scanning
Archive Conversion and Testing
Tighter Integration with the FILES_DB program and the FILES.CTL file.
Interactive mode to allow moving of files between directories and
editing of file descriptions.
Bug Reports and Comments:
I can be reached via Netmail to 081/002, also I read the GT
Utilities Hotline E10/116 religously. When sending me a bug report,
report the exact error message and send me extracts of your current
FILES.BBS and GTDIR.BBS
Getting the Latest Copy of File Manager:
File Manager is File Requestable from my board (081/002) as filemgr.zip.
Also, as I release new versions, I will upload them onto The Capital Area
Network (033/000) and Jack's Board (081/001).
Registration:
Currently, I have not decided how much I am going to charge for this
software. All people who participate in the initial Beta Test and send me
a Netmail message at 081/002, giving me their Name, BBS Name and Netmail
Address will be entitled to a free lifetime registration of File Manager,
once it is released.
Revison History:
0.21ß: 31 May 1993
(I decided to make this a quick turnaround for an added feature as
Jack Hazel seemed disappointed by the lack of support for the
FILES.CBS and Headers.)
Added Creation of FILES.CBS and Headers for the FILES.CBS and
FILES.BBS. The colors are hardwired, but I plan on having
customizable colors by the next release.
0.2ß: 30 May 1993
Added support for .LZH and .ARJ archives.
Added support for reformating to different columns
Cleaned up the code.
First Public Beta Release.
0.1α:
Initial conception and coding.