BJ> Source to DLC or a similar package (relased under a free type
 BJ> license, such as GNU GPL or BSD, or artistic, etc.) would be nice. 
 BJ> I believe I could code this up in a awk or perl script, but I don't
 BJ> intend to play such games any time soon. A recompile of DLC under
 BJ> Linux should just work.  If I remember right DLC could read the
 BJ> Maximus control files and just work from ther....

 RJT> I don't think it needs to read anything but the log 
 RJT> files.  And scripting does seem to be a viable choice with this one...

From memory, DLC read both the (Bink and/or Max) log files to know what
files were downloaded, and I believe it also read the Maximus FILEAREA.CTL
control file to know where all the FILES.BBS files could be found.  While
the log file was only source needed for updating the download counter, the
FILEAREA.CTL file was needed to know where to update FILES.BBS files with
the '[   0]', or similar string, for files added since DLC last accessed a
given FILES.BBS file....

 ...
 BJ> This has some uses (such as pacifing older software, like a node 
 BJ> under me uses).  [One of my downlinks will bounce back (with new 
 BJ> origin) echomail messages that are too long.....  [Please don't 
 BJ> deliberately do that, because it requires that sysop to manually 
 BJ> intervien to correct the problem....  And gives my dupe checker at 
 BJ> 1:343/41 a workout which hides other problems while we work to 
 BJ> clear up this type of problem....]

 RJT> I've seen the results of some software doing that,  
 RJT> all over a bunch of echos.  It's not fun.

  The only reason the node under me doesn't get in trouble with
the zone 1 backbone(s) is because Squish catches the dupes here.  As long
as it does, both of us are happy, and don't worry about the problem......

 ...
 BJ> Is the author of PktSrt willing to release source under a free type
 BJ> (i.e. GNU GPL, BSD, Artistic, or other) license?

 RJT> I have no idea.  At one point I read that he couldn't 
 RJT> be found,  and then that he'd turned up somewhere but 
 RJT> had no particular interest in supporting the program 
 RJT> or accepting any registrations,  which kind of leaves 
 RJT> people hanging. My copy puts two lines of stuff and 
 RJT> one line of "unregistered" notice in the log file each 
 RJT> time it runs,  and I even had a small batch file to 
 RJT> take that stuff out.

Then source isn't available....  And the code would have to be re-written
from scratch.  Since I don't see a need except for possibly breaking
messages that are too large, I'm unlikely to code such a program.  I might
be tempted to add a "feature" to squish to break large messages,
if it currently doesn't support that.....  But nothing in the near
future.....

 ....
 RJT> Well,  once we get these and max/squish/bink get 
 RJT> stable,  I'll be ready to jump and be running all-linux here.

Good.....

You have a similar goal to me....  I want to move the BBS to run under
Linux or a similar "free" OS.....  

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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