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<TITLE>MBSE BBS Programs - Allfile listing generator.</TITLE>
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<div align="right"><h5>Last update 08-Nov-2003</h5></div>
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<div align="center"><H1>mball - Allfiles listing generator</H1></div>
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<H3>Synopsis.</H3>
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<code><strong>mball</strong> [commands] <options></code>
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<H3>Description.</H3>
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<strong>mball</strong> is the allfiles and newfiles listing generator that
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can be made available on your bbs for your users to get a complete listing
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of wat is available for download. When used with the <strong>-zip</strong>
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option it can also produce complessed versions of these two listings. The
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resulting files are created in the current directory. After the creation of
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these files you can hatch them into your bbs with the programs <strong>
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mbfido tic</strong> when you properly setup a .tic file area for this purpose
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and create records for the hatch manager.
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<H3>Environment.</H3>
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In order to run <strong>mball</strong> you need to set the global variable
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<strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong>. This variable must point to the root of the bbs
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directory structure. The main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong>
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must be present in the ~/etc directory.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Commands.</H3>
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<code><strong>mball list</strong> </code> - Create allfiles.txt and newfiles.txt files.
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<H3>Options.</H3>
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<code><strong>mball [command] -quiet</strong></code> - Quiet mode, supress screen output.<br>
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<code><strong>mball list -zip</strong> </code> - Create zipped listings as well.
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<H3>Setup.</H3>
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In <strong>mbsetup</strong> menu 1.13 you need to set the days to include in newfiles listings and the maximum security level.
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