A quick history of changes made to E.F.R. in reverse order;

Ver 1.5  Test Stage 07/07/91

     þ   I added one more option which will restore the screen to it's
         startup condition, after EFR has completed a sucessful run. The
         Command line option is "/RESTSCR" for restore screen. Not using
         it saves about 2000 bytes, and I am sure that most of you would
         not need it, but there are some that would like the program to
         restore the screen to it's original condition after the run.

     þ   Cosmetic change to clean up display after an aborted run.
         Previously, the program just dropped out to DOS. Now it will
         close all of the files, and clean up work files, clear &
         restore the original screen, then drop to DOS.

     þ   Added monitoring of the <ESC> key during processing to abort
         the program. This action will cause the work files to be
         cleaned up, restore your original display, and return you to
         DOS.

     þ   Any other requests or options needed?
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Ver 1.4  Test Stage 07/06/91

     þ   Recieved a suggestion from Larry Steele to allow the SysOp the
         ability to add a text line describing why a file was moved
         offline. Check your config file and add the line as shown in
         the example config file enclosed in the ZIP. To activate this
         option, use the command line switch "/APPDESC".

     þ   Added a Clear screen command to the end of the code so you can
         find your cursor when the program completes.

     þ   I forgot to mention this, but as of ver 1.1 there are two
         versions of expired included in your ZIP file. EXPIRED.EXE is
         written for 8088 based systems. EXP286.exe is compiled
         specifically for 286/386 systems, and take advantage of the
         additional processor speed.

     þ   Updated the WP5 DOCS for the program.
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Ver 1.3  Test Stage 07/03/91

     þ   Modified the command line option, so if you specify "/print" it
         automatically assumes the /report option. Previously you needed
         to specify both to get a printed report.

     þ   Made a correction to the code where I inadvertantly deleted a
         line that initialized the pointer for the Conferences. This
         would cause the program to bomb out with a runtime error 103
         FILE NOT OPEN when it got to the conferences.
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Ver 1.2  Test Stage 07/02/91

     þ   Finally found that pesky problem that was preventing the
         program from deleting the file after moving it from the offline
         directory. Apparently when I was moving the file with the date
         and time intact, I was not closing the file, thus the system
         would not allow deletion.

     þ   Corrected a problem where EFR was not updating the proper
         callers log if you were on a network. The program will now
         write to the callers log of the node which is contained in
         the PCBOARD.DAT file used in the configuration file.

     þ   Added a count of qualified files that were acted on by EFR
         during processing - into the callers log.

     þ   Cosmetic change to the Report output. Added a little more
         information.
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Ver 1.1  Test Stage 03/28/91

     þ   I had to make a change in the filter I was using to read thru
         your DIRxx headers. With the release of WGMDMS ver 33, your
         headers can now contain the "@" symbol which is part of the
         @X## PCBoard color macro. I was filtering out anything in
         position 1 that was not an alphabetic character, so finding the
         @ symbol thru the program off the track. I removed the symbol
         from the filter table.

     þ   Made a minor modification to the output report to clean it up a
         bit.
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Ver 1.0g Test Stage 03/25/91

     þ   Reports of a runtime error 162 lead me to find a couple of
         logic errors if you were using the /move or /remove switch
         without the /report switch. I was attempting to write to a
         report file that was not openned if you did not specify
         /report. Error 162 is a hardware failure, and the address that
         the error specifies, does not make sense. If anyone gets an
         error of this nature, please let me know what command line
         options you are using, and also whether or not your using an
         exclude file list. I would also like to see your config. This
         will help me track any problems that might arise.
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Ver 1.0f Test Stage 03/22/91

     þ   I found another variable that was too short. Recompiled with
         the correct size. My BBS is now back on line, and the new
         number is (904)794-0063. 24 hours 7 days.
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Ver 1.0e Test Stage 03/12/91

     þ   I found that a routine I was using to update the DIRxx file was
         truncating the header description if you used WGMDMS ver 33.
         I was not accounting for the @X## macros, thus allowing only an
         80 character string to be processed. I increased it to 100
         characters. Let me know if that does the trick.
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Ver 1.0d Test Stage 02/23/91

     þ   Two things happened with the last release. I was testing the
         /REMOVE, and found that it failed because I didn't clear out one
         of the variables. It was actually growing larger and larger
         thru each pass.

     þ   When a file was moved to the off_line directory, the file date
         was being updated with the current system date. I didn't want
         that to happen!

     þ   Give me some idea on the statistics you want to see when the
         program runs.. I am thinking about gathering the percent of
         files that are expired when a report is run, but where should I
         put that information. What else?
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Ver 1.0c Test Stage 02/22/91

     þ   Checked out problem with report file not calculating the age of
         the file properly to the report output. It was working fine
         everywhere else.  Fixed.

     þ   Corrected a problem where the program would not properly
         process the all of the conference DIR files. I was only doing
         the first one, and the Conference Upload Directory.

     þ   Changed the logic in how I was processing files to be kept,
         moved, removed, or truncated. More efficient now. Check your
         DIRxx files carefully to make sure that all of the records are
         there that are supposed to be. I was exiting the routines too
         early before, and it was loosing the very last line of the
         file.

     þ   I checked the initial screen. It was fine. It cycles for 15
         seconds, then moves on. You can touch any key to make the delay
         stop, but I made it time out originally so you could run in
         event.

     þ   Updated the documentation.
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Ver 1.0b Test Stage 02/21/91

     þ   I had to correct the /TRUNC keyword internally because the
         keyword I was using, I found out was a Turbo Pascal keyword
         that had the potential to screw things up.

     þ   I changed the display inteface a bit. I needed more information
         on the screen while the program was running.

     þ   I corrected a problem where the program was not processing all
         of the conference dirs that were available...mainly a logic
         error.

     þ   A run through the Turbo Profiler looked real good!
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Ver 1.0a Test Stage 02/20/91

    þ    I forgot to dispose of a couple of pointers which created a
         problem on exit with the command line.

    þ    Added /TRUNC switch which will allow you to ZERO byte files,
         and leave the description in place with the date field being
         replaced by "DELETED".

    þ    Tidy'd up the display a little. An initial run thru the
         profiler looked real good!
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Ver 1.0  Initial Release 02/20/91

     þ   Here we go again!
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