MT - Message Tally v1.01
MBS - Message Base Size v7.148k
Two More Fine QuickBBS SysOp Utilities
From the Dirty Digit Hisself - Jim Colligan
Documentation beaten into submission by Bill Sides
MT - Message Tally Copyright 1989 by Jim Colligan
MBS - Message Base Size Copyright 1989 by Jim Colligan
Documentation Copyright 1989 by Bill Sides
All Rights Reserved.
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What MT And MBS Will Do For You:
MT will quickly tell you ALL of the following about your QuickBBS
message base (MBS reports on ONLY those items with an '+' next to them):
- Message area name and number as defined in your CONFIG.BBS.
(great for working with MSGUTIL or AREAS.BBS)
- Total number of messages unread by you in each area.
- How many are currently marked as deleted in each area.
- Total number of messages in each area.
- First & last message with dates for each area.
- Grand Totals of the above for the entire message base.
- + File size of MSGTXT.BBS in Mb (See NOTE 1).
(including a flashing warning about exceeding the 7.9997 Mb
MSGTXT.BBS file size limit)
- + Total size of ALL your message base files in Mb.
(including MSG*.BBS, LASTREAD.BBS, KILLDUPS.DAT or AREAS.KDP)
- + Total free space on current drive available in Mb.
- + Total current drive capacity in Mb.
MT Report Format:
With MT, all of this marvelous information will be presented to you in
the following format:
# Board Name New Del All First -- Date Last -- Date
--- --------------- --- --- --- --------------- ---------------
3 Charleston 5 0 50 12 03-28-89 1090 05-11-89
4 Charleston 4Sale 10 34 328 04-29-89 1084 05-11-89
6 Charlstn Writers 3 0 13 1 02-18-89 183 04-24-89
7 Dr Debug's Lab 0 100 770 05-06-89 1081 05-10-89
8 Educators 0 100 139 04-21-89 1080 05-10-89
11 IBM18 3 50 32 04-04-89 1085 05-11-89
12 QuickBBS R18 0 50 37 04-07-89 1002 05-09-89
13 NET_DEV 0 50 662 05-06-89 1077 05-09-89
14 Pascal 100 0 200 548 05-05-89 1069 05-08-89
15 Front Door 0 50 1091 05-08-89 1140 05-08-89
Total Messages 108 13 697 1 02-18-89 1140 05-08-89
MSGTXT.BBS file size is 0.93 Mb 7.71 Mb free
Overall message base size is 1.51 Mb 30.99 Mb total
Also, MT will automatically paginate reports to the screen and printer.
However, when MT writes to the screen, it does not automatically pause at
he end of the final screen (see the Command Line Options listed below).
MBS Report Format:
MBS provides it's information in the following format:
MSGTXT.BBS file size is 0.93 Mb 7.71 Mb free
Overall message base size is 1.51 Mb 30.99 Mb total
Using The Programs:
The programs, MT.EXE and MSB.EXE, may be placed in any subdirectory in
your PATH, but must be run from your QuickBBS directory.
To envoke MT, simply type "MT" (simple enough, eh?) For MSB, type "MSB".
Command Line Options:
The following options may be placed on the command line when invoking
MT. They may be invoked in any order, but be sure to leave a space
between each option. The /f option must be followed by a valid dos name.
Also, for your computing ease and pleasure, you may use either "-" or
"/" in front of the options.
/a or /A - 'A'll boards
Reports on all boards, whether or not they are defined in
CONFIG.BBS.
/e or /E - 'E'nd pause
Forces a final pause at the end of the screen report.
/f or /F <filename> - 'F'ilename (*) (See NOTE 2)
Sends the report directly to a text file.
/n or /N - 'N'ew Messages
Just lists the boards that have new messages waiting.
/p or /P - 'P'rinter
Sends the report to the printer. (PRN)
(*) MBS uses these command line parameters also.
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Note 1 -
Mb = 1,048,576 bytes. Most of the time when we refer to Mb, we just
take the Kb size and multiply by 1000 for easy reference. However,
those aren't "true" megabytes we're talking about; the numbers reported
here are.
NOTE 2: -
* DesqView users take note *
Using /f CON on the command line will send output to the screen
without pauses. This option does NOT write directly to the screen.