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NLTS 1.0 - Node List Text Searcher
(C) 1994 Psycho Hut Software
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WARNING!
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This documentation contains gratuitous sarcasm. Not suitable for those
that can't take a joke. No reason not to have a sense of humor these days,
even if you're a programmer.
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License
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NLTS is shareware. It costs $50 to register.
Just kidding. It's free as free gets. If you want the source code (Turbo
C++ 3.0-compiled) just ask. To find out where to ask, see the "Contacting
the Author" section below.
Disclaimer: NLTS was not written to format hard drives, destroy
FAT tables, truncate the nodelist to 0, or cause resistance-related heat
damage to silicon-based electronic microcomponents. If it does, it ain't
my fault. Blame your favorite virus author or Bill Clinton, since
we all know that he has caused every one of the world's problems since
Biblical times.
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Requirements
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* DOS 3.3 or higher
* approx 18k of HD space
* A FidoNet nodelist (NODELIST.???)
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Installation
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Unarchive everything to your nodelist directory. NLTS <must> be in the
nodelist directory. It'll tell you so if you try to put it anywhere else.
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What it Does
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NLTS is an extraordinarily simple command-line-utility. It will search the
most recent FidoNet nodelist (it looks for the highest number -
NODELIST.230 would take precedence over NODELIST.100) for a string that YOU,
the user, specify. If it finds a match, it will then print the entry out to
the screen or a file as described below in the "FAQ".
Syntax is available by running NLTS with no parameters, but if you're one
of the wise minority that read the docs FIRST, here it is.
NLTS <search_string> [-c]
<search_string> is the string you want to search for. It must contain no
spaces.
[-c] is optional and specifies a case-sensitive search. The default is
case-insensitive.
NLTS, whether or not it is redirected, will print out a period "." every
100 lines to let you know it hasn't locked up. Also, whenever it finds a
match, it'll print an exclamation point "!".
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FAQ (yeah, right)
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Q> "Why a separate program? LIST does this just fine."
A> Ah, but NLTS is redirectable. For example, if I wanted to make a list
of all the nodes that are ran by people named Josh, I would use this
syntax:
NLTS Josh -c >joshnode.txt
It will then write the nodelist entries of the nodes to joshnode.txt.
Along with the title and a couple of other things. The periods "." do
not go to the file.
Q> "Program X already does what NLTS does! Why did you waste your time
writing NLTS?"
A> I wrote this for my personal use, and decided to release it to the public
in case someone else didn't have Program X. I haven't seen a SMALL program
to do this, myself. Also, it was something to do in C instead of Pascal, which
means I could even do Windows and OS/2 versions if I were feeling particularly
self-important.
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Future Plans
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Working on other programs, unless catastrophic bugs appear causing
Armageddon or other bad things. Or if enough people ask for a certain
feature.
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Contacting the Author
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I can be reached through several channels:
NetMail: 1:2260/150
Echomail: BBS_CARNIVAL, SHAREWRE, RA_UTIL, FN_SYSOP, tons of others
US Mail: Josh Whitt
Rt. 2 Box 420K
South Shore, KY 41175
BBS: (606)932-6662 (Psycho Hut II, RemoteAccess 2.02)
I WILL answer, but I'm busy and it may take a few days.
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Legalities
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LIST (C) Vern Buerg
Turbo C++ (C) Borland Int'l.
FidoNet (C) Tom Jennings/Fido Software
And have a Merry Christmas! *<:)
- Josh Whitt
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