NULL mag Issue 08 24 Flatjam script instructions

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· 3 years ago

  

 

    if you haven't all ready found it, there is another script included in  
    this issue. it's a python3 script that reads a JAM base file and  
    exports it as a flat text file. and before say "wtf xqtr? this is all  
    ready be done, by others..." let me tell you what's the unique feature  
    of this script. 
     
    so... first time, you execute the script like: 
     
                      ./flatjam fsx_gen fsxgen.txt 
                       
    if the script finds the fsx_gen.jhr (jdt, jdx) file, it will export  
    all messages of that base into the fsxgen.txt file. BUT! after each  
    message, it adds a SHA512! hash string. this way each message has its  
    unique ID (sort of).  
     
    now after a few days, the JAM base has some new messages and you would  
    also like to add them in the text file. again, with the same command  
    as before: 

                      ./flatjam fsx_gen fsxgen.txt 
                       
    ...but this time, the script will find which message was the last one  
    and it will continue adding only the new messages! ha? how cool is  
    that? ha? 
     
    if you don't know all ready, JAM bases (usually) don't keep all the  
    incoming messages. if they reach a specific size, they delete the  
    older messages and add the new ones. this way a binary JAM base  
    contains only a specific amount of the last messages and not all  
    messages from the time ex. you started your bbs. 
     
    this means that you loose messages! you loose the history of that JAM  
    base, which perhaps you would like to keep. having a text file backup  
    of some of your JAM bases, is an easy way to access it whenever you  
    want, share it or even perhaps in some time in the future, upload it  
    to the textfiles.com website :) 
     
    to extract the script, view the article and press E to extract it.  
    with a base64 decoder, decode the new saved file and you should have a  
    python3 script.  
     
    hope you like it and that you will use it... 
     
     

 
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