Subj : Re: follow-up: Mark Lezzi Re: Looking for feedback here
To   : alt.bbs.allsysop
From : BlueWolf <admin@ebay.com>
Date : Thu Jun 05 2003 03:09 pm

Rob Ireland <rocaddict@MENOSPAM.rogers.com> wrote in
news:3EDCE4EC.FFA07AE5@MENOSPAM.rogers.com: 

>>
>> Pinger    : A program that will run through the list to make sure the
>> bbs's 
>>             are still active. Using a scoring system and keep backups
>>             of systems that are not active (future thinking need to be
>>             done about this part).  Only down fall is the dial up
>>             systems. 
> 
>   This'd be a MAJOR time saver for the maintainer  (cross-platform'd be
>   a 
> requirement though, if I'm to use it.  (I despise the notion of locking
> everything into Micro$loth.)
> 

A perl script would be easy enough to do with this.  I am not verse'd in
perl, but from what I have seen I could find some source files and cut and
paste examples. Or java script (totally out of the loop on this one),
because I only have Dephi 6, Turbo Pascal 7, and Virtual Pascal 2.1 for
development and never learn'd another programming language (except basic,
ick) 

> The Clients will have:
>
> The BBS Listter Door : It will just list the bbs's and take input from
>                              users for new bbs systems.
> Maint                    : A program to upload the list or new addtions
> to 
>                        the ftp and download from the ftp the new list.

>  Perhaps something like the Fidonet's NodeDiff capabilities.  the update
>('diff') would simply have the changes since the last listings, and the
>maintenance program would update the list accordingly.  (Just one
>possible route.. I'd imagine there are better methods/simpler ideas to
>code...but I'm not a programmer. :)


Good point on this one.

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