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        ARCHIVE DATABASE  (Registered Version Only)

  This function will archive your database files and store them in the
  \ARCHIVE directory.  This  function should   be used to minimize the
  size of the database if you are running a very active system.  Every
  time you archive  the database, BATS will set up a new database with
  only the USER NAMES preserved allowing you to still maintain optimum
  scanning and statistic totals.  Archiving the database does not lose
  any information,  it simply stores it in a  more compressed  format.
  The log scanner will also do this if it detects that the database is
  reaching its limits.   When the log scanner   archives the  database
  automatically,  it will create a semaphore file that BATS recognizes
  when loading.   If you ever accidentally  archive the database,  you
  can restore it by unzipping   the  archive  into the BATS directory.
  The archive name will   be the  month  and day of the first and last
  call and the extension will be the year of the last call.
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        EXIT BATS

  This  will exit  BATS and  return you  to DOS.  ESC will also  allow
  you to return to DOS.
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        PURGE A USERS DATA

  This will purge  a  user's  account  information  from  the DATABASE
  and  all  entries pertaining to  their account. It is real handy  in
  situations where you create a  TEST USER just for purposes of seeing
  if your system works  correctly  for new users. It  will permanently
  remove  the information from  the database,  but will not in any way
  affect the BBS.
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        VIEW ARCHIVED (Registered version only)

  This  will  view an   archived database that you may have created or
  BATS created when the  database  became  full. If BATS detects  that
  the  database  is  getting  too large, it will automatically archive
  the database and then it will create a semaphore file informing BATS
  what reason it had, so that when you load BATS the next time in user
  interface mode, it will explain what has happened.
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        REGISTER BATS

  BATS is not free,  it is  Shareware.  The cost for using BATS is  as
  follows.
 
    $12.00 for non-commercial
    $19.00 for private-commercial (BBS's that charge)
    $25.00 for commercial (BBS's used as support for a corporation)

  For more information on cost please read BATS.DOC

  This  option will appear if you have not registered  BATS,  it  will
  allow  you  to  fill  out  the  questions   required  to  create   a
  registration form, it will then generate REGISTER.FRM in the current
  directory. This should be printed  out and mailed in with the amount
  stated above. You may also use   the form contained in BATS.DOC, but
  this is to make it easier for me to read and for you to create.
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        VIEW CALLS TO SYSTEM

  This will allow you to view all call activity on your system telling
  you who called,  their log  on  and off time,  and  their baud  rate
  connection.

  Special to View Calls:

  When you press ENTER on the highlighted call,  BATS will then search
  for  that  person's  activity and allow you to view all activity for
  that person on that day.  This  lets you   see what someone did on a
  specific day much easier than before.
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        VIEW CARRIER DROPS

  This will allow you to view all carrier drops on your BBS by who and
  when it happened.  This is a good method to see who habitually hangs
  up on the system. Keep  in  mind that many doors will allow the user
  to log off and fool the BBS into thinking they dropped carrier.
~~~
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        VIEW DOOR ACTIVATED

  This will allow you to view all  external programs that the BBS logs
  as  being  activated.  BATS  will  track  the  name  of  the program 
  executed, the  time  it  was  executed and the user who executed it.

  SPECIAL TO DOORS: You  can   have BATS  rename  certain strings  and
  IGNORE   others  making the  database   more   readable.   For  more
  information,  please read the   descriptions  in   ALASDOOR.LST  and
  IGNRDOOR.LST.
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        VIEW DOWNLOADS COMPLETED

  This will   allow you to view all downloads completed on the BBS  by
  who, when and what  file was  downloaded.  This can be very helpful.
  For example, if someone  uploads an infected program to your system,
  you  can   find out  who downloaded it and inform them of the virus.
  This part  of BATS  can  be   very  helpful   in determining who has
  downloaded what.
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        VIEW INTERACTIVE EMSI SESSIONS

  This  will  allow  you to view all calls negotiated  with  the IEMSI 
  logon process.  IEMSI  is  a logon system that  is supported by many  
  mailer terminal programs and  other terminal packages that allow the
  user to  call the system without having to press any keys until they 
  reach the main menu.
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        VIEW MESSAGES POSTED
        
  This will  allow you to view  all messages  posted by whom  and what 
  area the were posted in. It lets  you see what areas that users post 
  in the most.
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        VIEW PASSWORD FAILURES

  This will allow you to view all password failures that have occurred
  on your system,  this allows you to see who may be a problem user or
  whose account may be tampered with.  BATS tracks the user name,  the
  password attempted,  and the date-time of the failure.
~~~
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        VIEW QUESTIONNAIRES COMPLETED

  This will allow you to view all  questionnaires completed on the BBS
  so you  can  always   keep on  top of the answers.   BATS tracks the
  questionnaire file name,   the  user  name  and the date-time of the
  completion.
~~~
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        VIEW SYSOP PAGED
        
  This will allow you to view all pages to the SysOp.  BATS will track
  the user   who  posted  it,  the   reason  they   requested chat (if
  available),  if the page was answered and the date-time of the page.
  This allows you to  write  the user  a letter asking them what  they
  wanted if you like.
~~~
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        VIEW UPLOADS COMPLETED

  This will allow you to view all file uploads to the  BBS  completed.
  BATS  will track the name of the file,  the user who uploaded it and
  the date-time  of the  upload.  This is very helpful in  determining
  who has uploaded what without having to load the BBS,  or other file
  managers.  It will  also  allow  you to search for who uploaded that
  nasty virus.
~~~
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        VIEW USER's ON FILE

  This will allow you to view all users who have been tracked BY BATS.
  This is in no way linked to the BBS user file and is independent  of
  it.   The database tracks the name, first call,  last call and their
  security  level  on the LAST CALL.  The nice thing about this is you
  can always  call up any user that may have been deleted from the BBS
  because they did something wrong or they just stopped calling.
~~~
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        CATEGORY REPORT (Registered version only)

  This   will   generate  a  report   on  one  of  the  nine   tracked
  categories,  to be output to the printer, or disk.  It allows you to
  see what has  happened  in  the selected category since the database
  has been tracking. Its good for looking over the BBS in your leisure
  time.
~~~
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        DATABASE REPORT (Registered version only)

  This will generate a report on the nine  categories of the database,
  to be output to the printer, or disk.  It allows you to see what has
  happened on the BBS in all of  the  categories for  viewing in  your
  leisure time.
~~~
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        USER'S REPORT (Registered version only)
        
  This will generate a report  on  a  user's  total  system  activity,
  to be output to the printer, or disk.  This allows you to see what a
  particular user has done on the BBS if need ever arises to  evaluate
  him/her.
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        SYSTEM ACTIVITY GRAPH

  This  will display your system's activity as a graph. The graph will
  always  show at  least ONE entry  for each category to  prevent  any
  problems  with  the average computations.  It  allows you to see the
  overall activity of the BBS in a graphical format.
~~~
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        USER FILE STATISTICS

  This  will  tell  you  the  total  users  tracked,  and  total slots
  available.  It  lets  you look  at how  full your  database  is. You
  should  always have around 25%  of your  slots free,  and  it should
  never become  90% full,  if this  happens, you should  increase  the
  size of your user file by using BATSINIT. If  this ever occurs,  you
  need to manually back  up  the  database  and  start  over  new, you
  cannot  change the  SIZE of  the  user file  without  replacing  it,
  and  all  of the databases are linked to this file as an index.
~~~
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        DATABASE STATISTICS

  This  will  tell  you  the  total  number  or entries  in  the  nine
  categories  BATS  tracks.  If  any  entry  exceeds  30,000 BATS will
  automatically  archive  the  database  the  next  time  it scans and
  starts a fresh one, but USERBATS.DAT will not be lost.
~~~
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        AVERAGE STATISTICS

  This will tell you the average statistics for  the  nine  categories
  per total users and calls. It lets you know the average activity per
  call and per user.
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        AVERAGE CALL LENGTH (Registered version only)

  This will  tell you the  average call length  to the BBS.  It  takes
  a  little   time  to   calculate because  it reads in  each call and
  computes total length in hours,  minutes,  and seconds.
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        DOORS ACTIVATED

  This will search for doors activated by keywords.
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        DOWNLOADS ACTIVATED
          
  This  will search for downloads completed by keywords, it allows you
  see who has downloaded a specific file.
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        MESSAGES POSTED

  This will search for messages posted by area.
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        QUESTIONNAIRES ACTIVATED


  This will search for questionnaires completed by keywords.
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        UPLOADS COMPLETED

  This will search for uploads completed by keyword.
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        USER'S ACTIVITY

  This will search for a user's activity in the categories  available.
  It is probably one of the most popular commands.
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  BATS  has  encountered   an  error   while   attempting   to  locate
  USERBATS.DAT  or another  system file.  This could  be caused by the
  following problems:

  1) You are not in the correct directory.  BATS need to  be executed
     from the  directory  you have placed all of its  files in and it
     is highly recommended that you place it in its own directory.
  2) You have not  created  USERBATS.DAT  with  BATSCFG.EXE.  This is
     required and needs to be done before you  can scan any log files
     or run BATS in interactive mode.
  3) BATS.CFG  or  BATSLOGS.CFG  are  not  in  this  directory or are 
     missing.
  4) The  directories  /ARCHIVE  /ARCHIVE/TEMP   and  /LOGS  have not 
     been  created  under  the directory BATS is in.
     RUN BATSCFG.EXE to fix.
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  There is an  error  with  the database,  either you have not scanned
  any  logs  yet,  or  you  need  to  run BATSSORT.EXE to remove any
  entries  that  may be bad.  If you are still encountering this error
  ...Please contact the author for assistance.
~~~
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  The  printer is not  responding and BATS cannot print to it.  Please
  check your connection,  paper and power and try it again.
~~~
[99/4]
  BATS  has  encountered a fatal error  and  cannot  continue.  Please
  consider  that  you have  something configured  incorrectly and that
  you  are in fact  in  the  proper  directory.   Please take down the
  error  number  shown on the next page and send it to the author with
  any information you  can provide if you cannot resolve this problem.
~~~
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  PKZIP(tm) has  not  created the archive file.  Please make sure that
  you  do  in  fact have the  path pointing  to where PKZIP is located
  and that  you have a  sufficient amount of memory available.  A full
  memory size window is required if you are using a multi-tasker.
~~~
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  The log  scanner  has  indicated  that  your  database  has  reached
  theoretical  limits  in  size  and  has  automatically  archived the
  information  in  the  database  to  a  dated  archive located in the
  ARCHIVE  directory.  The  user  file  information HAS been preserved
  for  totals  and if you are a REGISTERED  user,  you will be able to
  view this database from the BATS menu VIA Files>View Archived.
~~~
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  Your  database is  empty.  We  cannot  archive  the database when it
  contains no entries.  If you  have recently  received a message that
  told  you your  database  was archived automatically,  and you are a
  registered user, you can use the VIEW function to examine it.
~~~
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  Now that  BATS  has  purged  out user information from the DATABASE,
  we need to remove it so that proper user  identification can result.

  This process involves running the sort routine on the database which
  clears  out  the  un-needed entries.   This process is automatic and
  should not be interupted.  After  completion,  BATS  will reload and
  return to the main menu.

~~~
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  USERBATS.DAT is missing or  has not  been created  with  BATSCFG.EXE
  upon     its   original   installation.    BATS.CFG,   BATSLOGS.CFG,
  must  also  be in this directory for BATS to operate correctly.
~~~
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 COMMAND LINE ERROR

  You must specify an option on the command line.

  LOGTOOLS /SCANLOG <n> where <n> is the node number in  BATSLOGS.CFG.

      You use this option to scan after each BBS call.  You should
      make sure that BATSLOGS.CFG line entries are the same  order
      as your node numbers.   If you have a two line BBS then line
      one should be entry one in  BATSLOGS.CFG and  so  on.   With
      this option you can maintain an up to the minute database.

  LOGTOOLS /SCAN

      You use this option at midnight.    It is required you  scan
      scan after each call  or  not.    This  will  clean  up  the
      temporary log that  BATS  stores  in the  LOGS directory and
      either delete or archive it for later reference.

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  Registration Key Validation Failure

  Your registration  key does not match the  name entered in BATS.CFG.
  If  the  information  SEEMS to  be correct but you are still  having
  problems,  verify info  in BATS.CFG and use all uppercase characters
  for your  name and  BBS name.  If you are still having problems with
  this, please  contact  me via the toll-free technical support number
  you received with your key. (US and Canada only)
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  There is an insufficient amount of string space  available  to  this
  program  to  continue.  This  is  the  result of insufficient memory 
  available for the job that the program needs to do.  It is a serious 
  condition  and if you are  running  in a multitasking enviroment try 
  and  increase the  amount of  available   conventional  RAM  to  the 
  maximum.   If  you  already  have  the  maximum and  you  are  still 
  encountering  this problem,  please contact  the author with as much  
  detail about  your  system  and what  you were doing when this error
  occurred.
~~~
