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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