Hi Tony,   
      
   > sorry if I ask too much but is a sort of doc add-on :-) How can I do the new   
   > files announcements in the correct are using some script?   
      
   The way I do it is kind of involved, using 3 scripts.  Maybe Kim will have some   
    easier way to do this that I didn't think of at the time.  I wrote these   
   scripts a long time ago, and they work for me    
      
   I use these scripts to grab the new file announcements from   
   /home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt, and copy it to a message area and post it, and I   
   also copy the info to my web page's "new files" section.   
      
   Script one is called 'parsefile':   
      
   ===start parsefile===   
   #!/bin/sh   
   cd /home/bbbs/test   
   if test -e /home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt ; then   
    echo "File Exists"   
    cp /home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt /home/bbbs/test   
    cat tickinfo.txt | sed 's/Area/\   
     Area/' > test.txt   
     cat test.txt | sed 's/Origin/\   
      Origin/' > test2.txt   
      cat test2.txt /home/bbbs/htdocs/tickinfo.txt > new.txt   
      cp new.txt /home/bbbs/test/newtick.txt   
      cp new.txt /home/bbbs/htdocs/tickinfo.txt   
      cp test2.txt /home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt   
      cd /home/bbbs   
      ./shareware.rpt   
      else   
       echo "no file to process"   
       fi   
       cd /home/bbbs/bin   
       sudo ./cpticinfo   
       cd /home/bbbs   
   ===end parsefile===   
      
   As you can see, parsefile is the master script, calling shareware.rpt and   
   cpticinfo.   
      
   ===shareware.rpt===   
   cd /home/bbbs   
   rm File_Announce_*   
   mv -f work/tickinfo.txt /home/bbs/oldlist.txt split -l 24 oldlist.txt   
   File_Announce_ chmod 700 File_Announce*   
   dir -1 File_Announce* > msglst   
   for file in `cat msglst`   
   do   
   ./bbbs btxt2bbs fido.shareware_support $file /f The IFDC FileGate /t All /s New   
    file Arrival   
   sleep 5   
   done   
   ./bbbs bogus f echotoss.log   
   ===   
      
   ===cpticinfo===   
   #!/bin/sh   
   cd /home/bbbs/htdocs   
   if test /home/bbbs/htdocs/tickinfo.txt -nt /var/www/tickinfo.txt ; then   
    cp /home/bbbs/htdocs/tickinfo.txt /var/www/tickinfo.txt   
    fi   
   ===   
      
   This is a file that I keep in my bbbs directory since cpticinfo needs it:   
      
   ===echotoss.log===   
   fido.SHAREWARE_SUPPORT   
   === end echotoss.log==   
      
   SHAREWARE_SUPPORT is the echo I post the announcements in.   
      
   Hope this helps.. If I had to write this whole thing again today, I'd probably   
   faint LOL   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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