PBUTIL (The ProBoard Utility Program)

PBUTIL is an extra utility provided with the ProBoard package. It performs all of the maintenance your ProBoard BBS system needs.

Some PBUTIL Operations have Options and/or Parameters that can be specified on the command line when running them. Operations which have command line Options and/or Parameters are identified in the list below with a “(+)” after their “Operation Identifier”, (the two letters necessary to begin each PBUTIL operation).

PBUTIL is called along with an “Operation Identifier” (a two letter sequence specifying the operation to be executed (along with any options):

PBUTIL <operation> [option]

PBUTIL Operation Description Options/Parameters
──────────────── ─────────────────────── ────────────────────────
DM (+) ......... Daily Maintenance -H
FB ............. Fix BINLOG.PB
FC (+) ......... File Counters -N<x> -F -R
FI ............. FILES.BBS (re)-Indexer
HF (+) ......... Hatch Personal File <files> -T= -F= -D -C
MI ............. Message (re)-Indexer
ML ............. Message Linker
MP (+) ......... Message Packer -R -D -F -K -H -J
MU ............. Music Player
NC ............. Nodelist Compiler
UF ............. Userfile Fixer
UI ............. Userfile (re)-Indexer
UK (+) ......... Userfile Killer -C<n> -D<n> -L<evel>
UP (+) ......... Userfile Packer -R -K
US ............. Userfile Sorter

PBUTIL can be run from any directory provided that it (PBUTIL.EXE) is found in your DOS path. Refer to your DOS manual for more information on the PATH statement.