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                            v1.10 -=- Mar 18, 1996
                                By: James Songer
                             U.S.S. Enterprise BBS
                                 WWIVnet @6227
                                 IceNET @6571

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        Disclaimer 
        
    This software (including instructions for its use) is provided "as is"
    without warranty of any kind. Further, the author does not warrant,
    guarantee, or make any representations regarding the use, or the results
    of the use, of the software or written materials concerning the software
    in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliabilty, or otherwise. The entire 
    risk as to the results and performance of the software is assumed by you. 
    If the software or written materials are defective, you, and not the 
    author or the author's distributors or employees, assume the entire cost 
    of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction.

    Neither the author nor anyone else who has been involved in the creation,
    production, or delivery of this software shall be liable for any direct,
    indirect, consequential, or incidental damages (including damages for
    loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business
    information, and the like) arising out of the use of or inability of
    to use such software. Distribution of the software is allowed as long
    as it is in complete form as when you recieved it. Distribution of
    the files without the documentation is not allowed.

        Files Included In This Zip
        
    flg-wwiv.exe  The Main File List Generator Program
    flg-wwiv.txt  YOU ARE READING THIS NOW!
    general.cfg   A sample config file used on the Enterprise
    header1.txt   A sample header file used on the Enterprise
    file_id.diz   The BBS description file

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        Introduction
        
    I started this program about 4 months ago. (Off and on work mostly) and
    after looking arrond at the programs that were avaliable, I thought that
    WWIV sysops need a cheap and simple way of doing things on their system
    so I came up with the idea of the WWIVpro utilities.  This is the first
    with a User Editor comming by the end of July.  Most of these programs
    will be DonateWare.  DonateWare is where you donate money to the author
    but you are in no way reqired to. (Kinda like freeware but futher
    development of the program would be encouraged by a donation)

        Setup
        
    Setup is simple, unzip all of the files in this archive to a directory
    some where.  You could also unzip this file to your BBS or DATA
    directories.

        Config
        
    The config is allmost as easy.  I have designed the program to take
    either command line switches, a INI style file, or a mix of both.

        Command Line Parameters
        
    This is a list of all of the switches avaliable on the command line.
    You will see a direct comparison between these and the config file
    statements.  I recomend using a config file for everything except a
    quick spur of the moment file listing.

    /HELP or /?           Displays A Quick Help Screen
    /DSL=nnn              DSL To Print Files For (ex 95)
    /DAR=x                DAR To Print Files For (ex A)
    /CONF=x               Confrence To Print Files For (ex W)
    /AGE=nn               Minimum Age of DIR Access (ex 18)
    /LISTTYPE=n           What List Type To Print (1 to 4)
    /OUT=filename         File Name to Output File List To (Include Path)
    /CFG=filename         CFG File To Use (Include Path)
    /HEADER=filename      Header File To Use (See Doc For Info)
    /DATADIR=path         Location of Data Dir (Path Only ex D:\BBS\DATA)

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        INI Style Config Files
        
    The INI config files are very straight forward.  It works allmost
    like WWIV.INI except there are no [LALA] section names. (I am
    planning support in the next version for you to put your configs
    into sections of WWIV.INI like [General] and then you would put
    a /CFG=General,WWIV.INI or something along those lines on your
    command line to read it from WWIV.INI)  NOTE:  You can only have
    one config per file!

    DSL=nnn              DSL To Print Files For (ex 95)
    DAR=x                DAR To Print Files For (ex A)
    CONF=x               Confrence To Print Files For (ex W)
    AGE=nn               Minimum Age of DIR Access (ex 18)
    LISTTYPE=n           What List Type To Print (1 to 4)
    OUT=filename         File Name to Output File List To (Include Path)
    HEADER=filename      Header File To Use (See Doc For Info)
    DATADIR=path         Location of Data Dir (Path Only ex D:\BBS\DATA)

        The Header Files
        
    The header file is a idea I stole form the PCBoard file lister called
    RWDir (A very old PCB Program!)  What you do is put a logo or some
    thing like that in it.  When you use the HEADER option FLG will put
    the contents of the specified file on the top of the file list.

    There are 2 replacement codes that can be put in the header files.

    @@@DATE@@@          The Date When FLG Started
    @@TIME@@            The Time When FLG Started

    The reason for the size of the codes is that the represent the
    actuall size of the output.  This is good if you want to put a border
    arround your header and want the sides to match up.  Dates come out
    like 07-09-1995 and times like 09:45 am.  Look at the sample file
    HEADER1.TXT for a example of the codes.

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        The LISTTYPE Option
        
    The LISTTYPE option allows you to create 4 different types of
    listings.  Here are examples of each:


    Type 1:  This type contains the File Name, Size, 1 Line
             Description & Extended Description

WWIV424 .ZIP: 626k  :WWIV v4.24 -- Precompiled Shareware Version
                     This archive includes a complete working copy
                     of v4.24 which includes support for RIP, QWK,
                     and more.  Documentation is available in
                     separate formats: 424RDR.ZIP, 424TXT.ZIP, and
                     424DAT.ZIP.  Two free utilities are also
                     available:  JE103.ZIP and WFIDO201.ZIP. These
                     are archived as WWA1-424.ZIP.  If this file is
                     distributed, please make available all
                     accompanying files including documentation.


    Type 2:  This contains all of the items in Type 1 but adds
             the Uploader & Total Downloads

WWIV424 .ZIP: 626k  :WWIV v4.24 -- Precompiled Shareware Version
                     This archive includes a complete working copy
                     of v4.24 which includes support for RIP, QWK,
                     and more.  Documentation is available in
                     separate formats: 424RDR.ZIP, 424TXT.ZIP, and
                     424DAT.ZIP.  Two free utilities are also
                     available:  JE103.ZIP and WFIDO201.ZIP. These
                     are archived as WWA1-424.ZIP.  If this file is
                     distributed, please make available all
                     accompanying files including documentation.
                     Upld By: Jean-Luc Picard #1  TDL: 3 


    Type 3:  This is the short & quick type.  It contains File Name,
             Size, & 1 Line Description only.

WWIV424 .ZIP: 626k  :WWIV v4.24 -- Precompiled Shareware Version


    Type 4:  This type is mainly for sysops who want a listing to
             figure out the popularity of a file.  You know, delete
             the file that has never been downloaded.  It contains
             the File Name, Size, Upload Date, and Total Downloads.

WWIV424 .ZIP: 626k  : 06/12/95 : 3 


