Subj : Install
To   : Daniel Path
From : ROBERT WOLFE
Date : Sun Feb 28 2021 10:43 am

-> Hello Rick.

-> 09 Feb 21 08:37, you wrote to all:

->  RS> Getting around to looking at max/squish os2.  Is there a utility
->  RS> available or included in max that will import areas from squish or is
->  RS> it all manual enter each area?

-> maxsync2.zip :

-> -    MaxSync V2.0 Message Areas    -
-> -+- Syncronizer by Greg Matheson---
-> For OS/2 systems, at last a program to
-> syncronize Squish and Maximus. Creates
-> msgarea.ctl areas from Squish.cfg  Creates
-> Squish.cfg from msgarea.ctl Supports
-> msgdivisions and Seal, reports on max areas
-> with no squish entry and squish areas with no
-> max entry. Now your BBS will be updated when
-> new Squish areas arrive, no more dead message
-> areas if they have been dropped by Squish.

-> ===============================================

-> i used it back in the days, but now i've cheated and
-> wrote a bash script which uses ftp to log in to the os/2
-> grabs the squish.cfg and then uses ftp to log back and
-> pushes the new msgarea.ctl :)

-> regards,
-> Daniel

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This is one reason I enjoyed using FastEcho with Max/2.  Whenever new
mssage areas were auto-created, it updated the msgarea.ctl file
automatically so all you needed to to was a siltp max :)

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