jjohnson@cdp.UUCP (05/28/90)
I've been trying to figure out a way to import the UUCP mail maps for my area into my DOS database (PC-File 5.0), and am turning to the net for help. Is there a DOS batch file or maybe a BASIC program that could fill the role of the shell script that converts the maps for UNIX? I haven't been able to figure it out. My goal is to come up with a simple ascii file, maybe fixed field or comma delimited, that could be imported into any database. The problem I've run into is that the mailmap listings have "fields" that aren't sequentially uniform; that is, there are significant differences from listing to listing in terms of which lines are included or left out, and differences in the actual sequence of the lines. Perhaps someone's done this already, in which case I'd like to know them. If it hasn't been done, I've got some energy to start posting a conversion program around - I know The Portal, and other DOS gateways, and BBS's in my area would probably be interested, if we could come up with a reasonable way to do it. Whaddaya think? ;^) Jim Johnson West:...!cdp!jjohnson East:...!uunet!uujobs!jjohnson Disclaimer: "Since I work for myself, you can blame everything I say on my employer."