This file contains Jeff Lydiatt's README as well as my own.  In the
future, others may be tacked onto the end.

Frank Edwards
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README.Amiga 			July 29, 1987		Jeff Lydiatt

This directory contains all the support code for the dcp serial
I/O  routines,  the  directory  manipulation  support,  code to
support  a  portable version of the unix getenv() function, and
the startup code  for  both  uupc  and  mail.   Here is a brief
description of the files:

Directory of PCMail:PCMail/AMIGA

  makefile	- compiles support modules for this directory.
  Makefile.ami - makefile for uupc directory
  genv.h	- header file for genv.c
  host.h	- includes for uupc and mail programs.
  ndir.h	- Amiga version of unix directory structures.
  SerialIO.c	- very low level serial I/O device support.
  Timer.c	- provides low level timer device support.
  chdir.c	- chdir( path), makes "path" the current directory. 
  genv.c	- reads the profile, provides getenv() function.
  genv.dyna	- more flexible version of the above, but gurus!
  getcwd.c	- return the path name of the current directory.
  host.c	- prologue and epilogue for both uupc and mail. 
  mkdir.c	- code for mkdir() to make a directory.  
  mlib.c	- not sure: not used by anything I can see.
  ndir.c	- defines opendir(), readdir(), and closedir(). 
  sio.c		- defines SIOInit(), SIOSpeed(), SIOInBuffer(),
		  SIOClose(), SIOWrite(), SIORead()
  sleep.c	- implements sleep( seconds ); 
  ulib.c	- implements dcp routines swrite(), sread(), openline(),
		  closeline(), rnews(), and shell().


You  should first compile all the all the files in this directory
using  the  makefile supplied.  Not all files need to be compiled
here.   Some  of  the  object  modules need to be in the primary,
portable-file  directory  and  will  be  included  as needed from
there.

BUGS:

This  version  has  been  compiled  and tested under Manx Aztec C
v3.40a  with patch 3 installed.  I have been using it extensively
over  the  past couple of weeks with minor problems.  There is an
occasional guru that I can't seem to trace down, so beware.

There  seems to be a problem if the functions contained in genv.c
uses  malloc  to  support  environment  variables.   The genv.bac
version  contains  a  slightly  out of date version that would be
much nicer to use if someone can find the problem.
 
If you have any questions, please contact me:

   jlydiatt@jlami.van-bc.UUCP   (Jeff Lydiatt)
   {ihnp4!albera!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!jlami!jlydiatt
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As of Dec 12, 1989, I have been using Manx 3.6a for developing the
UUPC/Mail code with no problems during execution.  (Including Jeff's
occasional guru :-)  There is a bug (I assume) in Lattice's stub for
the serial I/O device, since the modem communication routines don't
work when compiled with Lattice, but *DO* work under Manx!!

You will also need the ../libcnews.lib library when linking this package
since the built-in rnews() function makes use of it.  Also the ../include
directory for similar reasons.  Otherwise, examine the makefile and if
you like the flags, type MAKE!!  (CNews can be turned off by removing
the -DCNEWS in the CFLAGS variable in the Makefile.  Since I personally
don't want it turned off, I haven't tried this yet.)

I have made *many* modifications to the source since the time I got it.
I'll try to give a run-down:

	changed strlen/strcpy to memset/memcpy, as appropriate, in dcpgpkt.c,
	added output to the SYSLOG file (looks like HDB's xferstats),
	moved SYSLOG and LOGFILE into $LOGDIR instead of $SPOOLDIR,
	added C-News support in the form of a built-in "rnews()"
		(see ulib.c and rnews.c),
	cleaned up the code in pcmail.c
		added an interactive subject line prompt,
		additional headers,
		news-posting support,
		changed the format of the header listing when reading mail,
		and more

Future additions include:

	CALL TIME support for the Systems file (unimplemented right now)
	Permissions file as in HDB
	Some method for externalizing the dialer(s) (HAYES is it, for now)
	Full-screen, Intuition-oriented mail reader
	Full-screen, Intuition-oriented news reader (this one may have
		to wait for awhile since I don't have the news reader from
		the CNews package)

I can be reached (usually) at:

	crash!ckctpa@boake2 <Frank J. Edwards>
				which is
	...!uunet!pdn!boake2!ckctpa!crash

	or at (813) 786-3675, if you prefer.