-=> Ray Quinn wrote to All on 04-27-17 21:08 <=-   
      
    RQ> Hello all!   
      
    RQ> I am not a programmer. I am looking for a simple bash script to allow   
    RQ> me to type in an FTN address, filename(s), and a connect flavo(u)r that   
    RQ> generates a proper NNNNnnnn.REQ file for binkd. I realize that it is   
    RQ> not that difficult to create the files necessary manually, using a   
    RQ> programmers calculator (Windows 10 has one) to find the HEX address. I   
    RQ> would like to have the script convert from decimal to hexadecimal.   
      
    RQ> For example:   
      
    RQ> Address: 12:345/678   
    RQ> File: nodelist   
    RQ> Flavor: n  (normal)   
    RQ> Generating /mail/out/fido.00c/015902a6.flo   
    RQ> Generating /mail/out/fido.00c/015902a6.req   
      
    RQ> Any programmers up for the task? It doesn't have to be fancy, use   
    RQ> colors, etc. It could even use java. Deuce, echicken, DM...   
      
      
      
   If I'm not mistaken, FrontDoor has this option already.  I have a registered   
   version of FD with 'FM' editor that has an option for requesting a file (Option   
   R).  I never tried it but simple google search came up with a dos script that   
   will do it.  I'm sure by using strings on the command line it could be done.    
   Here's the script...   
      
   :toHex dec hex -- convert a decimal number to hexadecimal, i.e. -20 to FFFFFFEC   
   or 26 to 0000001A   
   ::             -- dec [in]      - decimal number to convert   
   ::             -- hex [out,opt] - variable to store the converted hexadecimal   
   number in   
   ::Thanks to 'dbenham' dostips forum users who inspired to improve this function   
   :$created 20091203 :$changed 20110330 :$categories Arithmetic,Encoding   
   :$source http://www.dostips.com   
   SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION   
   set /a dec=%~1   
   set "hex="   
   set "map=0123456789ABCDEF"   
   for /L %%N in (1,1,8) do (   
       set /a "d=dec&15,dec>>=4"   
       for %%D in (!d!) do set "hex=!map:~%%D,1!!hex!"   
   )   
   rem !!!! REMOVE LEADING ZEROS by activating the next line, e.g. will return 1A   
   instead of 0000001A   
   rem for /f "tokens=* delims=0" %%A in ("%hex%") do set "hex=%%A"&if not defined   
   hex set "hex=0"   
   ( ENDLOCAL & REM RETURN VALUES   
       IF "%~2" NEQ "" (SET %~2=%hex%) ELSE ECHO.%hex%   
   )   
   EXIT /b   
      
   It looks like it strips all the leading 0's so you'd have to make some changes   
   so it give you the last four characters.   
      
      
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