Short: ARexx file retrieval ARexx script for AmIRC Author: newlook@ameritech.net (Deryk B. Robosson) Uploader: newlook ameritech net (Deryk B Robosson) Type: comm/tcp Version: 1.08 Replaces: comm/tcp/AmIRCFetch.lha Requires: comm/tcp/FTPGet1_2.lha Architecture: generic NOTE: ------ Updates and information can also be found on my web site at http://newlook.dyn.ml.org Installation -------------- 1) Copy fetch.amirx to amirc/rexx directory 2) Install an alias in AmIRC by selecting setup menu then lists. Under Alias tab, select add new alias. 3) Then in edit window type the alias you would like to use. i.e. fetch = /rx fetch %p 4) Edit the script for your site, password, and incoming directory Usage: -------------- Using above example, you would type /fetch /comm/tcp/AmIRCFetch.lha - to obtain file from default site (wuarchive) /fetch /comm/tcp/AmIRCFetch.lha 2 - to obtain file from site number two /fetch CHARTS - to obtain the aminet charts file and the file requested (if found) will be copied to the directory specified in the fetch.amirx script. Note that the filenames are case sensitive, it's not my fault, blame it on un*x ;) Deryk Robosson ---- newlook@ameritech.net -=> AFrame C++ OOP Extensions for Intuition <=- -=> A3000T/040/28/26MB 2.6GB Sony15sf Supra33.6k V.34 ZIP NEC 3x CDROM<=- HISTORY ------- 1.03 This version now requires you to edit the path in the script for ftpget if you do not place it in amitcp:bin/ (for those that use other TCP stacks.) If you are an AmiTCP user, just place the ftpget executable in amitcp:bin/ directory and proceed to the installation instructions below. 1.04 This version now support getting or NOT getting the .readme files. Edit the readme variable at the top of the script according to you needs (defaults to on). 1.05 The code has been optimised some and support for displaying the readme files has now been added. Set the "displayreadme" flag according as well as "textviewer" to you favorite text viewing program, default is currently multiview. 1.06 Prettied up the display of information to the user. 1.07 Cleaned up the code and modified the way the sitelist is handled. 1.08 Corrected problem fetching files from the root aminet dir that don't have .readme files (reported by Chris chris@celsworth.demon.co.uk)