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          UMS_FidoFix v1.2 - Fidonet packet fixing for UMS_Fido
                  Copyright (C) 1996  Jean-Marc Xiume'
           This software is distributed under the terms of the
     GNU General Public License. Read "license.doc" for more details.

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Introduction
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If you never had problems with ums_fido, this isn't for you.

This software tries to fix some data in a fido packet that causes
ums_fido to post an error message, put the imported message in the
"bad-news" folder, and junk the packet.
This is also a problem if you're operating a gateway.


The main problem I'm aware of concerns the date format of messages
created by the DLG and CNet BBS software.

Examples :
           DLG    : Tue  6 Feb 96  1:04  (missing "0" in the hour)
           SEAdog : Tue  6 Feb 96 01:04

           CNet   :  6 Feb 96   1:04:00  (missing "0" in day and hour)
           Normal : 06 Feb 96  01:04:00


UMS_FidoFix simply adds those missing zeros, directly in the message
packet.

Other formats are not supported yet (are there any other ?)
Tell me if you need some more conversions.



Installation
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Simply copy Fidofix somewhere in your path.
I'd suggest ums:bin/



Usage
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Fidofix <packetfile>
Where <packetfile> is a fido packet received directly from your boss
as ".pkt" files or bundled into a compressed archive as ".mo0" files.

You can use the included "uff" script to automatically extract the
packets from the archive, fidofix them, and delete the original
archive.
This script asks two arguments, both must end with a ":" or a "/" :
 - the inbound directory, where to find the original packet or archive
 - the packet directory, where to extract the packets. This must be
   on your hard disk (for obvious security reasons) and should be the
   place where fidoimport usually stores its temporary files.

As this can be a dangerous operation, you should always keep a backup
of your original bundles, just in case... ;)

Once the packets are fixed, import them normally with fidoimport.

That's all !



Notes
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I wonder if this little piece of software will be usefull to someone... :)
So please if you use it, let me know !

Comments and suggestions are welcome:

smail:     Jean-Marc Xiumé
           Parc du Belvédère
           83120 Sainte-Maxime
           FRANCE

fidonet :  2:320/104.22
amiganet:  39:180/1.22
usenet  :  jmx@ramses.fdn.org (for mails <10Kb)
           jmx@ramses.telesys-innov.fr (for mails >10Kb)
           jmx.topaz@ruby.frmug.fr.net



History
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see source file Fidofix.c

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                 5994    9212  65.1% -lh5- ae01 Jun  9  1996 UMS_FidoFix/FidoFix
[generic]                 1956    5748  34.0% -lh5- 5854 Jun  9  1996 UMS_FidoFix/FidoFix.c
[generic]                 6983   17981  38.8% -lh5- d47e Apr  5  1996 UMS_FidoFix/License.DOC
[generic]                 1300    2709  48.0% -lh5- 0e2d Jun  9  1996 UMS_FidoFix/Readme
[generic]                  207     391  52.9% -lh5- 173d Apr  5  1996 UMS_FidoFix/uff
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         5 files   16440   36041  45.6%            Aug 25  1996