PCBUpDn.Com, Version 0.1
                    P. L. Olympia, Darwin BBS
                            01/24/90


What is it?
~~~~~~~~~~~
PCBUpDn is a PCBoard utility program that reads Download.Txt (a log of
PCBoard upload/download activity) and creates (or appends to) a dBASE
III-compatible .dbf/.dbt file sorted by user name.  Then, it creates
a text file showing the contents of the database file in a format like
this:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AMECHE, DON           Last on 10/21/89  Uplds =     0  Dnlds =     3
  Dnloads
  -------
    LIST70A.ZIP    10/21/89  08:35
    DDJ1189.ZIP    10/21/89  08:42
    VOL8N19.ZIP    10/21/89  08:51
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ANKA, PAUL            Last on 10/18/89  Uplds =     2  Dnlds =     3
  Uploads
  -------
    GRAB54.EXE     10/15/89  20:47
    LIST70A.ZIP    10/18/89  19:09
  Dnloads
  -------
    RTM101.ZIP     10/15/89  20:29
    SHEZ481.ZIP    10/15/89  20:59
    JADU13.ZIP     10/18/89  19:16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is the structure of the data file it creates:

Structure for database : PCBUPDN.DBF
Number of data records : 630
Date of last update    : 1/22/90
Field  Field Name  Type       Width    Dec
    1  NAME        Character     20     (Lastname, Firstname)
    2  LASTON      Date           8       
    3  NUMUPLD     Numeric        5       
    4  NUMDNLD     Numeric        5       
    5  UPLD        Memo          10       
    6  DNLD        Memo          10       
** Total **                      59


For you dBASE enthusiasts, the Memo fields Upld and Dnld contain the
file activity of each user. This is the data file used to generate
the report.


How to Use
~~~~~~~~~~

Syntax:         PCBUpDn [<name of Download.txt file>]

                where name may include a path. If you invoke the program
                without a filename, it will look for DOWNLOAD.TXT in the
                default subdirectory.

Examples:       1) PCBUpDn d:\pcb\download.txt
                2) PCBUpDn


Files Used or Created
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   PCBUpDn.Dbf  --  the dBASE III-compatible database
   PCBUpDn.Dbt  --   dBASE III-compatible memo field file
   PCBUpDn.Fdx  --  Index file (may be deleted after the run)
   PCBUpDn.Txt  --  The report file shown above.

   The program will create any file it needs if it can't find them.
   All files will be written in the default directory.

   Note: Due to the inefficient way that dBASE III & compatibles
   handle memo fields, this program would need a very large amount
   of scratch space, sometimes 10 times the size of Download.txt.
   This may or may not be fixed in the next release (if ever).


Notes
~~~~~
   The program was written in Force, the compiler that was born when
   C and dBASE got married.  Force is marketed by Sophco of Boulder, CO.

   If you have any suggestions for improving the program, leave a
   message on my BBS, 301-251-9206, Hayes V.42.