Hiya ec...   
      
   -=> echicken wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-   
      
    > Did you see the model I have on my system.  It takes care of up to 10   
    ec> different nodelists and has many different search features.  Come take   
    ec> a look and you can understand.I did take a peek at FNLScan and decided   
    ec> to make something that simplified the search.     
      
    ec> (I could as easily clone   
    ec> FNLScan or NodeView entirely just to make a free alternative, if that's   
    ec> desired.)Can you tell me about how you configure it to look for your   
    ec> nodelists?  Do you point it at static files, or does it just pick up   
    ec> the newest / highest-numbered one for each network?   
      
   It picks up the highest ordinal day of each nodelist.  Here is my cnf. file...   
      
      
      
      
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                            FNLScan Configuration File   
                                  Version 1.23   
                      (c) Copyright 1997 - ZT Technologies     
      
         The latest version of FNLScan can always be obtained from the       
                         support BBS's (see SUPPORT.DOC)   
                            Fidonet (magic tag FNLSCAN)   
      
    *** Beginning of FNLScan configuration file ***   
      
    Each Keyword must be capitalized and separated from it's value by a space(s)   
      
      
    FNLScan has two display modes, short and long, requiring one and two lines   
    respectively.  To set your default mode, enter SHORT or LONG.  Commenting   
    this parameter out defaults to SHORT mode.   
   DEFAULT_DISP  short   
      
    The following parameters define the position and the length of the area   
    code information within the phone number field.  If commented out, these   
    parameters will default to the U.S. format.   
   AREACODE_POS  0   
   AREACODE_LEN  3   
      
    The path/filename of the log file for FNLScan to record its activities.   
    Comment out if you don't want disk logging.   
   LOG_FILE      c:\sbbs\xtrn\ftn\fnlscan.log   
      
    The full path and filename, EXCEPT for the extension, to where your   
    UNCOMPILED nodelist is stored.  This must not include an extension! FNLScan   
    will search the path defined for the latest version of the nodelist.  Up to   
    15 nodelists may be defined for sequential scanning by FNLScan.   
    Must be in standard Fidonet format   
      
   NODELIST     c:\fd\nodelist\nodelist   
   NODELIST     c:\fd\nodelist\WHISLIST   
   NODELIST     c:\fd\nodelist\micronet   
   NODELIST     c:\fd\nodelist\agoranet   
   NODELIST     c:\fd\nodelist\sportnet   
      
    If you do not want a status line on the local display when a user is in   
    the door, set this parameter to NO.  If you want the status line, enter   
    YES or comment out the parameter.   
   STATUS_LINE   yes   
      
    If you do not want the sysop function keys (e.g. drop to DOS, etc.) active   
    during local logins, set this parameter to YES.  Otherwise, enter NO or   
    comment it out.   
   DISABLE_FKEYS no   
      
    *** End of FNLScan configuration file ***   
      
   Hope this helps....   
      
      
      
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