BTNC v1.10

                     BinkleyTerm/ST Nodelist Compiler


                             by Daniel Roesen

                           FidoNet   2:243/95.2
                           NeST     90:400/1031



What's all this about?
======================

After many times feeling angry about the version 6 nodelist format (3D),
the slow processing by ParseList and the thousands of utilitys needed for
running a multi-domain system and the 24000 pointlist, I decided to write
a new nodelist processor. The result is BTNC.

The advantages of BTNC:

- Full 5D nodelist
- VERY fast
- only 3 files for the output nodelist, no matter how many domains you use
- no need for PR24USER.TTP anymore
- nearly all nodelist flags are parsed
- all sysops are now included in one file (FIDOUSER.LST)
- able to include FrontDoor-style pointlists
  (see example 95point.pvt)


Notes
=====

The dial translation must be done by BinkleyTerm/ST with the 'Dial' table.
This saves much time when processing the nodelist.

To use the BTNC nodelist (also refered as 'BNL format nodelist') should be
used by BinkleyTerm/ST, you must set 'BTNC' in BINKLEY.CFG


The Configuration File
======================

Before running BTNC.TOS you must edit NODELIST.CFG for your own
requirements. Following a list of all statements in the configuration file:


Domain  <name> <listfile> [<zone>]
----------------------------------

Designates domains to be compiled. <name> is the name of the domain,
i.e. fidonet.org for FidoNet or nest.ftn for NeST. See BinkleyTerm/ST
manual. <listfile> is the filename without extension of the nodelist
file for this domain. If <zone> is specified, only zone <zone> is
included in the output files.


Pointlist  <listfile> <bossaddr>
--------------------------------

Adds a FrontDoor format pointlist to <bossaddr>. <listfile> is the
complete filename of the list. An example is included as 95POINT.PVT,
the pointlist of my boss.

Example:  Pointlist   95point.pvt  2:243/95


Addlist <listfile> <zone>:<region>
----------------------------------

Adds a 3D pointlist like POINTS24 or N_POINTS.GER to zone
<tozone> and region <region>.

Example:  Addlist     points24.*   2:24


MakeUserlist
------------

Tells BTNC to create a userlist of all systems processed called
FIDOUSER.LST. Points (also from POINTS24 list) are included in this
list, too.

Statistics
----------

Lets BTNC show a statistic about the createt output nodelist.

Display
-------

Switches screen outputs on. If turned off (default), BTNC is a little
bit faster.


Troubleshooting
===============

If you have problems using BTNC, feel free to contact me at the addresses
mentioned at the top of this text.


Program status
==============

This program is freeware. You are allowed to copy it to others and make
the complete archive available on BBS systems. Selling this program or
distributing it on public domain disks is NOT allowed.




Update to version 1.40
======================

- More checking for illegal lines in the raw nodelists.
- Down nodes are also written into the compiled nodelist.
- Bug fixed which causes wrong entries in the compiled nodelist for
  independent nodes in a region when using the AddList statement for
  this region.

Update to version 1.50
======================

- Fixed parsing of german points24 list. The format of this list has
  changed and caused funny entries written into fidouser.lst
  
Update to version 1.60
======================

- To avoid problems when compiling a new nodelist in multitasking 
  environments (Semper may access NODEINFO.BNL) the nodelist was first
  compiled into NODEINFO.TMP. After successfull compiling, NODEINFO.BNL
  was replaced by NODEINFO.TMP. Attention: This requires temporarily the
  harddisk space for two BNL files.
  
- Support for the Semper "ReRead NodelistIndex" message. The message was
  send after renaming the NODEINFO.TMP to NODEINFO.BNL. In addition a file
  called READNIDX.SYS was created in the Semper system directory.

- Support for the following nodelist flags added:
  H14, H16, ZYX, Z19, V32T, V34, VFC, ISDNA, ISDNB and ISDNC. Maybe future
  versions of Semper include special dial translations according to the
  nodelist flags.

Update to version 1.70
======================

- No implicit addition of nodelist flags. Former versions of BTNC automatically
  adds for example V32B,V32 if the ZYX flag was set.

Update to version 1.80
======================

- Flags like U,V32T,ISDNA were not recognized properly.
- Unpublished phone numbers of private nodes are now replaced by the nearest
  Hub, Host number. Attention: In the case that you've defined a password 
  protected session with the called Hub, Host of the private node, your 
  system will recieve a password error.
  
  This feature is necessary if your mailprocessor doesn't route crashmails
  to private nodes automatically to their hub.