external_utilities
FILEPACK.EXE - The FILEPACK program is used to pack Iniquity's file description data file, and should be performed regularly, as it can save you disk space and speed up the file listing. As it packs the file descriptions, FILEPACK will sort them depending on the order of the files in the directory of the file area (which can be changed by re-sorting the file areas). note: Running this as a daily event is recommended strongly if you have a busy file area. INIQLIB.EXE - The INIQLIB program is used to create or modify the TEXT FILE LIBRARIES used by Iniquity. These libraries are a collection of several ANSI screens, including the wave, and repeat screens, and when you have activated the option, Iniquity will look through the TOMES to find the necessary files. If Iniquity can not find the files in the TOMES, then it will look for them in the TEXT DIR. There are certain command line function's that you must be aware about when using this utility. INIQLIB <FILENAME>.TFL <DIRNAME> -x|-r FILENAME - is the name of the *.TFL TOME. DIRNAME - is the name of the directory where INIQLIB will look for when creating a TOME, or create the files when extracting the files from the TOME. -x - is the command to invoke the extraction function. -r - is the command to invoke the renaming of the description and the author of the TOME. example: INIQLIB.EXE EX-IQ2.TFL C:\ANSI -x INIQLIB.EXE MY-NEW.TFL C:\ANSI -r INIQMAIL.EXE - The INIQMAIL program is used to import and export all echo mail to the mail processor, like Gecho, and remove the *.MSG files from the bases. There are certain command line function's that you must be aware about when using this utility. INIQMAIL PURGE|TOSS|SCAN|-n|-e PURGE - This will remove all *.MSG files from the echo mail directories to conserve space on the hard disk. PURGENET - This will remove all*.msg files from the netmail directories to conserve space on the hard disk. SCAN - This will scan the echo mail message bases for new echo mail that has yet to be sent starting where the last scan left off. TOSS - This will import any echo mail into the message areas after the mail processor has completed the extraction from the message packets. -n - This will process only netmail. -e - This will process only echoail. -i - This will email the sysop iniqmail status. -1 - This will skip the first message (1.msg) GECHO users should use this since that tosser users 1.msg for info. OBV2INIQ.EXE - The OBV2INIQ utility is used to convert your current OBV/2 user data base into the newest version of the Iniquity data base. There is only one really necessary parameter that you'll need and that is the path to the OBV/2 user data file. Your command line would look something like this. OBV2INIQ x:\path x - The drive letter where the data base resides. Path - The path to the user records file. REN2INIQ.EXE - The REN2INIQ utility is used to convert your current Renegade user data base into the newest version of the Iniquity data base. There is only one really necessary parameter that you'll need and that is the path to the Renegade user data file. Your command line would look something like this. REN2INIQ x:\path x - The drive letter where the data base resides. Path - The path to the user records file. ILL2INIQ.exe - The ILL2INIQ utility is used to convert your current Illusion user data base into the newest version of the Iniquity data base. There is only one really necessary parameter that you'll need and this is the path to the Illusion user data file. Your command line would look something like this. ILL2INIQ x:\path x - The drive letter where the data base resides. Path - The path to the user records file. UPGRADE.EXE - The UPGRADE utility is used to convert your iniquity data files to the newsest version of the iniquity data files. The folowing is from running "upgrade help": Command line Switches. force - Forces upgrade to run unconditionally. users - Runs user upgrade only. * config - Runs configuration upgrade only. bbslist - Runs bbslist upgrade only. * strings - Runs string upgrade only. * path - Asks for data path. extra - Prints out extended upgrade info. help - Displays this help menu. *(must be in data directory) ** For More Detailed Information Please See Section 22 Of This Documentation. IQSTRING.EXE - The IQSTRING utility is used to convert(decompile) your strings.dat file into plain text where you may edit it with a text editor. After which you can then convert it back to strings.dat(compile). þ Syntax : IQSTRING COMPILE <filename> Compiles <filename> into STRINGS.DAT. IQSTRING DECOMPILE <filename> Decompiles STRINGS.DAT into <filename>. þ Note : When compiling, any string starting with ";" is ignored.
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