Category : Recently Uploaded Files
Archive   : MSQ320.ZIP
Filename : HELPCMP.C

 
Output of file : HELPCMP.C contained in archive : MSQ320.ZIP
/* helpcmp.c
**
** released into the PUBLIC DOMAIN jul 10 1994 by John Dennis
** modified by Paul Edwards, whose changes are also public domain
**
** helpfile compiler
*/

#include
#include
#include

#include "help.h"

FILE *inhelp;
FILE *outhelp;
HFileHdr Fheader;
HTopicHdr *topichdrs;
int setup;
int CurrTopic;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char line[255];
long last;
int topics;
int curr;
int done;

printf("\nMsgedsq HELP file compiler, by John Dennis.");

if (argc < 3)
{
printf("\nusage: helpcmp \n");
return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}

if ((inhelp = fopen(argv[1], "r")) == NULL)
{
printf("\nError opening src file\n");
return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}

if ((outhelp = fopen(argv[2], "wb")) == NULL)
{
printf("\nError opening dest file\n");
return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}

done = 0;
topics = 0;

printf("\nDoing pass one...");

while (!done)
{
if (fgets(line, 254, inhelp) == NULL)
break;

if (!strncmp(line, "*Begin", 6))
topics++;
}

printf("finished.");

if (topics >= 1)
{
printf("\nDoing pass two (writing)...");

topichdrs = calloc(topics, sizeof(HTopicHdr));
if (topichdrs == NULL)
{
printf("\nOut of memory...\n");
return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}

memcpy(Fheader.signature, "cz", 3);
Fheader.topics[0] = (unsigned char)(topics & 0xff);
Fheader.topics[1] = (unsigned char)((topics >> 8) & 0xff);
curr = 0;
done = 0;

fseek(inhelp, 0L, SEEK_SET);

fwrite(&Fheader, sizeof(HFileHdr), 1, outhelp);
fwrite(topichdrs, sizeof(HTopicHdr), topics, outhelp);

while (!done)
{
last = ftell(outhelp);

if (fgets(line, 254, inhelp) == NULL)
break;

if (!strncmp(line, "*Begin", 6))
{
topichdrs[curr++].offset = last;
}
fprintf(outhelp, "%s", line);
}

fseek(outhelp, (long) sizeof(HFileHdr), SEEK_SET);
fwrite(topichdrs, sizeof(HTopicHdr), topics, outhelp);

printf("finished.");
}

fclose(outhelp);
fclose(inhelp);

return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

/* end of file */


  3 Responses to “Category : Recently Uploaded Files
Archive   : MSQ320.ZIP
Filename : HELPCMP.C
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  1. Daniel says:
    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. Joshie says:
    March 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. DiskingRound says:
    January 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/