Instructions for installing this cdrom into a wildcat BBS.

- This will only work with version 3.5 - 3.9.  Please.  It MIGHT work for
later versions, but i don't know that.

- You must NOT be shelled to dos.  Exit wildcat via alt-x, not f-10.

- BACK UP your \wc30\makewild.dat, \wc30\filearea.dat, and
\wc30\data\allfiles.* if you mess up, you can copy over the new
mangled filearea.dat with the backup version.

- Change directories to your default wildcat directory.

- Type:
	COPY <your cdrom drive letter>\bbs\wildcat\ins.bat .

- This copies the ins.bat to your default directory.  You have to edit
the batch file to tell it which cdrom drive letter you have.  That's
the first line -- you shouldn't need to edit anything else.

Run the batch file by typing:
	ins

This program will adjust the "number of file areas" in the makewild
general configuration and install all the file areas and paths in
makewild's file area configuration.  It reads the file \dirs.txt on
the cdrom for area descriptions and paths.  It then creates a batch
file that you run.  This batch file uses wildcat's 'wcfile' and
installs the filenames and descriptions into wildcat's global file
database.

The install program asks several questions.  The first is the drive
letter of your cdrom drive.  This is probably e: but might be any
other letter.  

The install program also asks where you want this CDROM's directories
installed in your directory list.  The recommended place is several
directories after the last directory you have specified in makewild.
(You want to leave room for expansion.)  

For example, if you have 100 directories specified with makewild, the
program will suggest you install the new directories starting with
area 101.  It will not allow you to overwrite directories you already
have installed unless you give install the -f option.

The -f option to the install program:

	install -f

or the batch file:

	ins -f

will allow you to overwrite existing file catagories that already
exist in your filearea.dat database.  If you are installing this disc
over top of an existing disc of the same title, you might want to
force the new descriptions over top of the existing ones.  For this
reason, I STRONGLY recommend you consider leaving some blank
descriptions after a CDROM in case future versions have more
directories than the current version.  

I'm curious about suggestions for upgrading from one version of the
cdrom to another.  How should I 'uninstall' the disc?  How do I
remove descriptions from the allfiles.dat file?  Since you can only
have one file with the same name, you would HAVE to remove these to
install another disc with similar names.  ...as always, contributions
from users are rewarded with free products.

* * Note * *: You WILL also need to manually turn on permission for
users to see these new file areas.

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If you want to just have one super subdirectory with all the files, you can use
the 'files.bbs' file that's in the \bbs\wc30 directory.  The file with all the
file descriptions in it is called allfiles.dir.  There's also a file in each
subdirectory called 'wildcat.txt' that has the file descriptions in wildcat
format.