HISTORY

HTICK 1.9-current
Changes between htick-1.4-stable and htick-1.9-current

1. MAJOR feature improvements:
  - command line switch "-b" for toss. Force tossing bad tics;
  - add yourself in transit tics in seen-bys if missing;
  - strong check fields in ticket file (*.TIC);
  - don't remove but rename .tic to .asc in cases:
    * file can't be replaced in filearea directory,
    * file exist in filearea directory and file replacing is not allowed
      in TIC,
    * file can't be renamed/moved/copied,
    * IO error;
  - don't use TIC with wrong data in temp outbound & etc. directories - this
    feature should prevent sending wrong TIC from another program of node;
  - the levels of many log messages changed;
  - simple ignore file with mistaken CRC32 and wait another file (aforetime
    renaming to .bad);

2. CONFIG changes:
  - all link-related tokens changed to new way;
  - all filefix-related "global" tokens may be used after (below)
    config command "robot filefix".

3. IMPORTANT bugfixes:
  - fix filename case conversion under win32.



HTICK 1.4-stable
Changes between htick-1.0-stable and htick-1.4-stable

1. MAJOR feature improvements:
   - configurable announces about received files;
   - purging for file echos with deleting description from files.bbs;
   - New command line option: "-c config-file" - specify alternate config
     file (optional);
   - Change statistics information in log file;
   - Allow unconditional forward subscribe when forwardFileRequestsFile for
     link not defined in config;
   - New command 'ffix!' in addition to 'ffix'. It does the same job as 'ffix'
     and send subscride/unsubscribe letter to link that was manualy
     subscribed/unsubscribed by filefix command	like:
        htick ffix! 2:464/910 -910.TEST
     This command remove file echo link 2:464/910 from 910.TEST and produce
     letter to 2:464/910 with body "-910.TEST";
   - Write documentation at texinfo format.

2. CONFIG changes:
   - area definition options -manual & -mandatory are different:
     '-mandatory' prevent unsubscribe, '-manual' disable subscribe;
   - FileArea parameter '-p <number>' : purge fileecho (files age in days);
   - AnnounceSpool : directory for temporary announce files;
   - AnnAreaTag : Name of area when annouce will be placed, begins new
     announce definition section;
   - AnnAddrFrom : announce message sender address;
   - AnnFrom : announce message sender name;
   - AnnAddrTo : announce message recipient address;
   - AnnTo : announce message recipient name;
   - AnnSubj : announce message subject;
   - AnnInclude : Array of fileecho names|masks that will be announced in
     this annAreaTag;
   - AnnExclude : Array of fileecho names|masks that won't be announced
     in this annAreaTag;
   - AnnMessFlags : announce message flags ("k/s", "loc", "hld", ...);
   - AnnOrigin : origin for announce messages;
   - AnnFileOrigin : show system address that hatch file in announce;
   - AnnFileRFrom : show system address which file recived from;
   - AutoFileCreateFlag : create flag when filearea has been autocreated;
   - FileFixNames : set of names on which filefix will respond;
   - FileFixEchoLimit: limit fileechoes subscribe number for link;
   - delNotRecievedTIC renamed to delNotReceivedTIC (spelling fix)

3. IMPORTANT bugfixes:
   - fix forward subscribe;
   - fix CR-LF for autocreated "echoarea" lines;
   - fixed bug with missed files in report;
   - recode filearea descriptions;
   - save modification time for files in fileechoes;
   - set 'Loc' flag on messages from FileFix.



HTICK 1.0-stable (started 25.06.2002)
Changes between htick-0.9 and htick-1.0

1. MAJOR feature improvements:
   - amiga style outbound suppurt;
   - cygwin port;
   - build htick/win32 with dlls (MS Visual C/C++);
   - new command line option: -q (quiet mode);
   - new log messages: 0-9A-D - user-level, E-Z - debug-level;
   - do filefix	before toss;
   - fileboxes support;
   - filefix from command line
   - use hardlinks if posible (unixes, NT);
   - Debuan Linux package;
   - man pages install & uninstall;
   - statistics generator (perl script);
   - forward requests to uplink;
   - '%avail' filefix command;
   - pause fileechoes only;
   - filelist building.

2. CONFIG changes:
   - FileFixFSC87Subset : ignore unknown keywords in tic-file
   - FileForwardRequest :
   - RemoteFileRobotName (in link definition) : Name of remote file (tic) robot
     (need for FileForwardRequest);
   - FileDescName : file with archive description (usually file_id.diz);
   - FileAreaDefaults : default parameters for autocreate filearea;
   - BBSArea : BBS files directory (for file list building);
   - FileEchoFlavour (in link definition) : set outbound flavor for fileecho
     files (Imm, Crash, Direct, Hold, Normal);
   - filearea option '-nodiz' : do not try to get description from
     <fileDescName>;
   - syntax of token 'SaveTic' expanded;
   - new token for link  "LinkFileFaseDir" : Where autocreated file echos
     will be placed (may be "passthrough");
   - pause statement syntax expanded;

3. IMPORTANT bugfixes:
   - don't toss .tic with HIDDEN attribute set (non-unix version)
   - fixed inbound file searching according to fsc
   - fix memory fault if charset tables not defined in config;
   - fix problem with autocreating;
   - fix hatching from fileechodir: don't delete file;
   - areadesc set into TIC at 'htick hatch';
   - set 'Loc' flag on messages from FileFix.
   - add own seen-by when hatch.

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