Bulletin generators for ABBS
                       ============================

This archive consists of the following two bulletin-generators: 
TopUD and TopMsg.



TopUD: generates a list of the top upload/downloaders
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Template: Bulletin/A,E=Entries/K/N,KB=KiloByte/S,S=Sysop/S:

Bulletin    The filename where the bulletin should be saved
E=Entries   Number of entries in the bulletin (value between 5 and 25)
KB=KiloByte Use # kb instead of # uploads/downloads to sort the list.
S=Sysop     Includes the Sysop in the statistics.



TopMsg: generates a list of the top msg-writers.
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Template: Bulletin/A,E=Entries/K/N,S=Sysop/S:

Bulletin    The filename where the bulletin should be saved
E=Entries   Number of entries in the bulletin (value between 5 and 25)
S=Sysop     Includes the Sysop in the statistics.



History:
========
TopMsg 0.10ß/TopUD 0.76ß: First public release.


TopMsg 0.11ß/TopUD 0.77ß: Bugfix
1. Two bugs fixed in both bulletin-generators: An extra null-byte was added
   after the heading.
2. Both bulletin-generators would generate one more entry than specified by
   the user.
3. TopMsg numerated the entries from 0 instead of 1.


TopMsg 0.12ß/TopUD 0.77ß: Bugfix
TopMsg would count the entries from 2 instead of 1. Finally fixed.

Files in this archive:

  ------rwed     3431  27-Apr-95 21:10:20  ReadMe
  ------rwed     4936  27-Apr-95 21:06:36  TopMsg           68000 binary
  ------rwed     4916  27-Apr-95 21:06:12  TopMsg030        68030 binary
  ------rwed     5388  24-Apr-95 21:44:33  TopUD            68000 binary
  ------rwed     5328  24-Apr-95 21:46:54  TopUD030         68030 binary
 54 Blocks, 23,887 Bytes used in 5 files


If you've got any comments/suggestions, please feel free to contact me:

email:       andreasd@ifi.uio.no

Snail mail:    Andreas Dobloug
             Olav Hegnas vei 11
                 N-0585 Oslo
                   Norway



And finally; the usual legal stuff:

DISCLAIMER
==========

   THERE  IS  NO  WARRANTY  FOR  THESE PROGRAMS, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE  LAW.   EXCEPT  WHEN  OTHERWISE  STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
HOLDER  AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ''AS IS'' WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF  ANY  KIND,  EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE  IMPLIED  WARRANTIES  OF  MERCHANTABILITY  AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.   THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
IS  WITH  YOU.   SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

   IN  NO  EVENT  UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
WILL  THE  AUTHOR OF THESE PROGRAMS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING
ANY  GENERAL,  SPECIAL,  INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
THE  USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS
OF  DATA  OR  DATA  BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR
THIRD  PARTIES  OR  A  FAILURE  OF  THE  PROGRAM  TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS),  EVEN  IF  SUCH  HOLDER  OR  OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.


LICENCE
=======

These programs are to be regarded as Public Domain - in other words: Feel
free to copy them to all your friends :-).

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                 3333    5388  61.9% -lh5- 515e Apr 24  1995 TopUD
[generic]                 3313    5328  62.2% -lh5- a465 Apr 24  1995 TopUD030
[generic]                 1569    3431  45.7% -lh5- a01b Apr 27  1995 ReadMe
[generic]                 3177    4936  64.4% -lh5- 885f Apr 27  1995 TopMsg
[generic]                 3173    4916  64.5% -lh5- a930 Apr 27  1995 TopMsg030
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         5 files   14565   23999  60.7%            Apr 28  1995