CLIVE>HELP HELP --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full help on the CLIVE Database. COLINS LATEST INCREDIBLY VIABLE EXPERIMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The AFTER command. AFTER dd/mm/yy This command is to enable users to get a listing of files which have been installed on CLIVE since a specific date. The AFTER file listing is identical to a WHAT listing with the exception that only recently installed files are shown. At the top of each CLIVE REPORT> msg there is now a date. This is the date on which your file was processed. It has been put there so that you can use the AFTER command to best effect. The AFTER command shows all files installed since 00 hours on the date given. AFTER dd/mm/yy Gives a list of files installed since given date. Example. TOPIC MISCMODS < Chose your topic. AFTER 01/10/91 < Ask for a list of any files installed since < the date of your last listing. NB. As with the WHAT command the AFTER command refers to current topic only. A topic should therefore be chosen prior to use. No "download" command is needed to get an "after" listing. WHEREVER POSSIBLE, PLEASE USE THE "AFTER" COMMAND INSTEAD OF "WHAT" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The BYE command. The BYE command works as it does on your local BBS. Anything in your CLIVE REQUEST message after a BYE command will be TOTALLY IGNORED. Example. BYE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CANCEL command. CANCEL has three variations. CANCEL From time to time one part of a large (multi-message) file may be corrupted on it's way to the user. The RESEND command allows the user to request any part/parts of such a file. It may also be used to give the user an idea of what the contents of a large file may be without having to request it all. The message to the user is identical in every way to the one which would have been sent had he DOWNLOADed again. The syntax is compatible to the DOWNLOAD and SCAN commands.... TOPIC MISCMODS SELECT 17 RESEND 3,4 ...would send just parts 3 and 4 of that file. (Assuming that the file was actually long enough to have four or more parts.) Any attempt to RESEND a part number which doesn't exist results in an error which is reported to the user in the usual way. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DOWNLOAD command. The download command instructs CLIVE to send ALL files which are currently selected to you at your local mailbox. From time to time there may well be a limit to the number of files allowed per user, per session. This limit varies depending on workload. Your CLIVE REPORT> message will tell you how many of the files you requested have been sent. Please feel free to request any outstanding files later. Example. TOPIC MISC < Chose your topic. SELECT 1,7,14 < Pick the files you would like. DOWNLOAD < Ask for them to be sent to you. NB. "SELECT" MUST HAVE BEEN USED BEFORE A DOWNLOAD WORKS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NAME command. NAME yourname This command is purely optional but I like it. All it does is to store the word after it along with your callsign in the user file. From then on the database will address you by name. It also lets me know your name so that if I want to send you a message I don't have to start "Hello, sorry I don't know your name." Once you have done the name command you need never do it again, unless you change your name of course. Status: R Example. NAME Mick < No quotes needed, just the name. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The QTH command. Will send details of the CLIVE database program, the station QTH, and some details of the station equipment as well as anything else the sysop feels you might like to know. Example. QTH < Ask for the stations details. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT has three variations. SELECT 1,7 Will select file numbers 1 and 7 in current TOPIC. All selected files may be downloaded with one DOWNLOAD command assuming the current file limit is not exceeded. The maximum number of files you will be permitted to download in a single message is set by the SysOp and is determined by existing network conditions. File numbers must have spaces or commas separating them. Several files may be selected per SELECT command. SELECT WESSY WESSIE WESTMINSTER The second usage of SELECT is to select only files which contain certain key words. There may be up to ten words but single words produce the most predictable results. SELECT This format of the SELECT command will report the numbers of all files which are currently selected. Similar in use to the WHAT SELECTED command but does not report the file descriptions. Example 1. TOPIC MISCMODS < Chose your topic. SELECT 1 2 5 6 < Select file numbers 1,2,5, and 6. DOWNLOAD < Ask for the files to be sent to you. Example 2. TOPIC YAESU < Chose your topic. SELECT FT101 < Select files mentioning the FT101 WHAT SELECTED < Ask for the descriptions of selected files. Example 3. TOPIC PMR < Chose your topic. SELECT PYE < Show what file numbers are selected. SELECT < Ask for the numbers of selected files. NB. The SELECT command will only work with the current topic. Changing topics will AUTOMATICALLY CANCEL ALL SELECTED FILES. A TOPIC must be chosen (see TOPIC command) before a SELECT command is used. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The TOPIC command. TOPIC MODS Will select the first topic which has the word MODS as a keyword. Example. TOPIC MODS < Selects the topic (if any) which refers to MODS NB. A topic MUST be chosen before a SELECT command will work. Changing topics will AUTOMATICALLY CANCEL ALL SELECTED FILES. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The TOPICS command. This command will list the headings of whatever topics CLIVE has files for. Example. TOPICS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The UPLOAD command. UPLOAD Has one use, your messages is saved to a file. CLIVE will allocate a filename automatically so you don't have the bother of avoiding one which is already in use. As usual, your call sign and BBS is recovered from the message header, so any reply from the sysop will be addressed to you at the BBS from which your message was sent. The upload command is intended to let users (who do not wish to be full time sysops) pass any interesting files they come across to the CLIVE sysop. Your message is not automatically installed on the database but the sysop will have a message alerting him to the fact that a file has been offered. Example. UPLOAD 10 PRINT "THIS PROGRAM CALCULATES THE GAIN" 20 PRINT "OF YAGI ANTENNAS UP TO 50 ELEMENTS" 30 etc. 40 etc. 1000 etc. BYE :The above stores the file intended for CLIVE's use on disk. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The WHAT command. The WHAT command has three uses. WHAT WHAT No. Date BytesStsDescription of contents. 1 26/10/90 1471 D DX Award. "Pearl of the Orient Seas" working Phillippines 2 27/10/90 2907 D RSGB vhf/uhf/shf contest dates for 1991 3 18/03/91 7727 D Mobile Rally dates for 1991 4 21/12/90 753 D GB3RV Amateur tellevision repeater operational in IO92JH 5 16/02/91 1158 D Standard RAYNET CW proceedure notes de G4FSN Bolton group 6 16/02/91 2015 D Who's who at the RSGB and the DTI. Usefull contacts 7 22/09/91 2181 D The White Rose ARS (Leeds W. Yorks.) Syllabus 1991-92 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to access the CLIVE database @ GB7WRC.#16.GBR.EU A typical TOPICS output will look like this.... CLIVE>TOPICS There are currently 6 topics on the data base. (Topic 0 is selected.) No. Content of topics. 01 BBSINFO Bulletin boards & mailbox's on amateur radio. 02 PACKET Packet related files excluding BBS. 03 PMR Mods to PMR equipment for amateur use. 04 YAESU Mods for YAESU equipment. 05 KENWOOD Mods for KENWOOD equipment. 06 GENERAL General Amateur radio files. Each topic holds many files, below are a few useful hints to enable you to automatically access the inormation you would like from your local BBS. 1. Send your message using SP CLIVE @ GB7WRC (If you are outside the United Kingdom then use SP CLIVE @ GB7WRC.#16.GBR.EU) 2. The subject field of the message MUST contain only the single word REQUEST and nothing else, not even a full stop. 3. If you get more than one reply message from CLIVE the RM command on most BBS will send them to you in reverse order. To read them in the correct order use R 1230 1231 1232 1233 etc. Have your printer or disk capture ON. 4. Exercise moderation in the amount of information you request. If in doubt ask your local BBS sysop for his advice. I suggest you regard 30000 bytes per day as the absolute maximum. The size of each file is clearly given in the WHAT listings. Examples of a users first three sensible CLIVE REQUEST messages. 1st message 2nd message 3rd message might be... might be... might be... sp clive @ gb7wrc sp clive @ gb7wrc sp clive @ gb7wrc request request request qth topic MISCMODS topic MISCMODS help what select 1,3 topics bye download bye bye Msg#1 Gives details of station, command summary, and a list of topics. Msg#2 Makes the MISCMODS topic active and lists the files in it. Msg#3 Makes the MISCMODS topic active and sends files 1 & 3 to the user. As you gain experience you will find that much more complex messages can be sent but keep them simple until you know what to expect. Please note that files which are larger than the existing bbs forwarding limit are split into smaller parts for transmission. Please be sensible about how much you request. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The SCAN command. By specifying one or more words in a SCAN command all currently selected files are searched and each line that contains any of the words will be sent to you at your bbs. The SCAN command is intended for use with lists of items such as PD software, BBS listings etc. By using the SCAN command you do not have to receive the entire list in order to obtain information about only a couple of items in that list. SCAN will only operate on words containing 2 or more characters. Let's say you wanted information regarding the FT101, this is how you'd ask for it in a CLIVE request message... TOPIC YAESU < Chose the YAESU topic. SELECT 2,6 < Select the files of interest. SCAN FT101 < Ask for a list of all occurances of "FT101" Each selected file would be scanned in turn and all lines containing the word "FT101" would be sent to you. Note that FT101 will find Ft101, FT101, ft101, etc. etc. Note also that "COM" would find comical, comfortable, becomes, baycom, etc. etc. NB. If you decide to try a SCAN command on files that are not in the LISTS topic then be prepared for unusual results if those files were not written specifically with the SCAN command in mind. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status: R The STATS command. This command lists the topics currently installed on the database together with the number and size of files in each topic and total capacity in bytes. Example. STATS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CLIVE database is now running on several BBS in the United Kingdom. CLIVENET databases:- Automatically linked databases, access to all CLIVENET ------------------- stations can be made by a message to any one of them.) GB7KLY ...The home of the original CLIVE database written by G6WHL which first went on the air in March 1990 running through a BSX1 TNC. In January 1991 a version which used the PMS facility on a BSX2 was developed and the system was fully automated for the first time. The GB7 call was obtained in May 1991 to allow further development using F6FBB Bulletin Board Systems as the hosts. GB7ULV ...Is the home of the "FOOD" topics on which well over two hundred mouth-watering recipes are stored. The FOOD topic sysop is Helen, G4FHA @ GB7ULV If you require any help or are in a position to offer any recipes not already on CLIVE @ GB7ULV please get in touch with her. GB7FCI ...The CLIVE station run by Chris, G6FCI, was the first in the country to take part in the CLIVENET experiment. CLIVENET is a series of databases which are capable of forwarding the users request if the information requested is stored elsewhere on the network. Note that not all CLIVE stations are included in CLIVENET. GB7CHS ...Ken, G3WCS keeps an up to the minute topic on the North West Packet User Group, NWPUG, in which is kept the minutes of their meetings as well as any general announcements they may make. A lesson in openness that other groups might do well to follow. GB7YAX ...Doug, G4SEQ is also running a netwoked clive and is located in Batley West Yorkshire near Bradford. Doug is starting a brand new Astronomy topic as well as having other more conventional ones. CLIVE independants:- These CLIVE database's DO NOT automatically link to ------------------- other CLIVE stations. GB7WRC ...Mick, G7DMS, the CLIVE sysop @ GB7WRC and can offer help and advice to CLIVE users in the Lancashire area and is the first CLIVE to completely re-organise the existing topics making it much easier to search for specific information. GB7BMX ...Tom, G1YAA, in Northumberland is serving Scotland and Ireland as well as the extreem North of England. GB7BMX is the Northern-most CLIVE. GB7ZZZ ...The latest (at time of writing) to join the ever growing number of CLIVE stations. Nigel, G1TDM is in charge of the station which is currently the only one in the south of England. GB7??? ...Watch this space ... CLIVE is due to be installed on a BBS in the South West of England very soon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CLIVE database is currently available only in English, French, & Insults. Work is now under way on translations in France Holland Belgium & Finland. To change language simply type the name of the language you would like. Example. FRANCAIS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLIVE>BYE Thank you for using the database, I hope you find the reply useful. 73 de Mick..G7DMS, SysOp @ GB7WRC