I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to be processed with carriage returns, and they have something else (I don't know what) I'd guess. I need them to look like normal text files with a command line if possible.

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Hello Shurato,

Thursday December 14 2023 22:10, you wrote to All:

I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to be
processed with carriage returns, and they have something else (I don't
know what) I'd guess. I need them to look like normal text files with
a command line if possible.

.msg files...that could mean a lot of things. Are you saying you want a message saved in *.MSG file format exported to a regular text file?

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I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to be processed with carriage returns, and they have something else (I don't know what) I'd guess. I need them to look like normal text files with a command line if possible.

I think .msg has carriage returns, just not linefeeds, so windows would put it all on one line in notepad.

You'd want to replace '\r' with '\r\n' (or byte 0x0D with 0x0D 0x0A) I don't know of a program that does this, but it would be fairly easy to write one.

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To: apam
Re: .MSG to .TXT?
By: apam to Shurato on Fri Dec 15 2023 03:24 pm

I think .msg has carriage returns, just not linefeeds, so windows would put it all on one line in notepad.

You'd want to replace '\r' with '\r\n' (or byte 0x0D with 0x0D 0x0A) I don't know of a program that does this, but it would be fairly easy to write one.

XCHANG32.EXE 4.1 - Binary Edit by Clay Ruth - 32-bit Console Version 01/17/2005

XCHANG32 [/i][/s] fs "[srchstrng][^[x]chr,][...]" ["[replstrng][^[x]chr,][...]"]
XCHANG32 [/i][/s] fs @scriptfil or XCHANG32 [/i][/s] fs "srchspec" @imagefil

Switch /i = ignore case; /s = simple strings (use ^ and , as-is); chr = ASCII. Search and replace strings can be any combination of literals and ^-prefixed, comma-delimited ASCII codes (^0 through ^255 or ^x00 through ^xFF). Double-up a literal ^ or , (or use /s). Quotes may be omitted if there are no spaces within strings. Script file has quoted search and replace string specs on one line; script or image file 65,534 chars max; search string 4,095 chars max.
ZIP file embedded path change must include highest embedded directory level, and each altered ZIP file must be fixed with PKWare's PKZIPFIX before use.
For ZIP modification to work, the first zipped file must have the sought path.

Echos "Changed" or "Not Changed" to visually indicate outcome.
Returns errorlevel: 0 = changed, 1 = not changed, 2 = unable to rewrite/del,
3 = syntax or memory error, 4 = file not found, 5 = error during read/write,
6 = insufficient disk space, 7 = read-only file, 8 = write-protected.
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To: apam
Re: .MSG to .TXT? By: apam to Shurato on Fri Dec 15 2023 03:24 pm

I think .msg has carriage returns, just not linefeeds, so windows would

put

it all on one line in notepad.

You'd want to replace '\r' with '\r\n' (or byte 0x0D with 0x0D 0x0A) I

don't

know of a program that does this, but it would be fairly easy to write

one.

XCHANG32.EXE 4.1 - Binary Edit by Clay Ruth - 32-bit Console Version 01/17/2005

Thanks! That's what I need! I'll look for it.

XCHANG32 [/i][/s] fs "[srchstrng][^[x]chr,][...]" ["[replstrng][^[x]chr,][...]"] XCHANG32 [/i][/s] fs @scriptfil
or XCHANG32 [/i][/s] fs "srchspec" @imagefil

Switch /i = ignore case; /s = simple strings (use ^ and , as-is); chr = ASCII. Search and replace strings can be any combination of literals
and ^-prefixed, comma-delimited ASCII codes (^0 through ^255 or ^x00 through ^xFF). Double-up a literal ^ or , (or use /s). Quotes
may be omitted if there are no spaces within strings. Script file
has quoted search and replace string specs on one line; script
or image file 65,534 chars max; search string 4,095 chars max. ZIP
file embedded path change must include highest embedded directory
level, and each altered ZIP file must be fixed with PKWare's PKZIPFIX before use. For ZIP modification to work, the first zipped file must
have the sought path.

Echos "Changed" or "Not Changed" to visually indicate outcome.
Returns errorlevel: 0 = changed, 1 = not changed, 2 = unable to rewrite/del, 3 = syntax or memory error, 4 = file not found, 5 =
error during read/write, 6 = insufficient disk space, 7 = read-only
file, 8 = write-protected. When wildcards are used, highest level
for the file group is returned.
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To: apam
Re: .MSG to .TXT? By: apam to Shurato on Fri Dec 15 2023 03:24 pm

I think .msg has carriage returns, just not linefeeds, so windows would

put

it all on one line in notepad.

You'd want to replace '\r' with '\r\n' (or byte 0x0D with 0x0D 0x0A) I

don't

know of a program that does this, but it would be fairly easy to write

one.

XCHANG32.EXE 4.1 - Binary Edit by Clay Ruth - 32-bit Console Version 01/17/2005

I was able to find the dos version, not the win32 version. Is there a
filename I can look for other than "xchang32.exe"? All the links with it
were not functional.

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I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to be

processed

with carriage returns, and they have something else (I don't know what)

I'd

guess. I need them to look like normal text files with a command line

if

possible.

I think .msg has carriage returns, just not linefeeds, so windows would put it all on one line in notepad.

You'd want to replace '\r' with '\r\n' (or byte 0x0D with 0x0D 0x0A) I don't know of a program that does this, but it would be fairly
easy to write one.

I tried that with xchange, and couldn't find a carriage return in the file. Best would be a utility to convert fidonet message files into a readable text file. It looks like there's more binary data in there than I know what to do with. My intent is to parse out the IBBS1LINE messages and put them in a
file to display to users (last 10 or so). I'm pretty sure I can handle the script, but I don't have the slightest clue how to convert data.

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Hello Shurato,

15 Dec 23 15:26, you wrote to apam:

I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to
be

processed

with carriage returns, and they have something else (I don't
know what)

I'd

guess. I need them to look like normal text files with a
command line

if

possible.

I think .msg has carriage returns, just not linefeeds, so windows
would put it all on one line in notepad.

You'd want to replace '\r' with '\r\n' (or byte 0x0D with 0x0D
0x0A) I don't know of a program that does this, but it would be
fairly easy to write one.

I tried that with xchange, and couldn't find a carriage return in the
file. Best would be a utility to convert fidonet message files into a readable text
file. It looks like there's more binary data in there than I know
what to do with. My intent is to parse out the IBBS1LINE messages and
put them in a file to display to users (last 10 or so). I'm pretty
sure I can handle the script, but I don't have the slightest clue how
to convert data.

the data is encoded with ROT47. it's easy to implement an encoder/decoder. https://rot47.net/


Regards,
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* In a message originally to Shurato, Daniel Path said:

Hello Shurato,

15 Dec 23 15:26, you wrote to apam:

I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to be

processed

with carriage returns, and they have something else (I don't know
what)

I'd

guess. I need them to look like normal text files with a command
line

if

possible.

I think .msg has carriage returns, just not linefeeds, so windows
would put it all on one line in notepad.

You'd want to replace '\r' with '\r\n' (or byte 0x0D with 0x0D 0x0A)
I don't know of a program that does this, but it would be fairly
easy to write one.

I tried that with xchange, and couldn't find a carriage return in the file. Best would be a utility to convert fidonet message files into a readable text file. It looks like there's more binary data in there
than I know what to do with. My intent is to parse out the IBBS1LINE messages and put them in a file to display to users (last 10 or so).
I'm pretty sure I can handle the script, but I don't have the
slightest clue how to convert data.

the data is encoded with ROT47. it's easy to implement an encoder/decoder. https://rot47.net/

Right, I need to convert the messages into a text file first.

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the data is encoded with ROT47. it's easy to implement an encoder/decoder. https://rot47.net/

No, that's the interbbs last callers?

The interbbs oneliners is just plain text

Andrew
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Hello Shurato,

Thursday December 14 2023 22:10, you wrote to All:

I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to be processed with carriage returns, and they have something else (I don't know what) I'd guess. I need them to look like normal text files with a command line if possible.

.msg files...that could mean a lot of things. Are you saying you want a message saved in *.MSG file format exported to a regular text file?

If this helps any, I can use JAM, Squish, Hudson or *.MSG. I just need to convert the messages to text files.

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To: Shurato
Re: .MSG to .TXT?
By: Shurato to Jas Hud on Fri Dec 15 2023 12:46 pm

From Newsgroup: micronet.bbs

To: apam
Re: .MSG to .TXT? By: apam to Shurato on Fri Dec 15 2023 03:24 pm

I think .msg has carriage returns, just not linefeeds, so windows would

put

it all on one line in notepad.

You'd want to replace '\r' with '\r\n' (or byte 0x0D with 0x0D 0x0A) I

don't

know of a program that does this, but it would be fairly easy to write

one.

XCHANG32.EXE 4.1 - Binary Edit by Clay Ruth - 32-bit Console Version 01/17/2005

Thanks! That's what I need! I'll look for it.

it's a great program and you can do a lot with it.
here's an example of how to strip carriage returns and line feeds https://i.imgur.com/bo4nTjI.png
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To: Shurato
Re: .MSG to .TXT?
By: Shurato to Jas Hud on Fri Dec 15 2023 03:03 pm

XCHANG32.EXE 4.1 - Binary Edit by Clay Ruth - 32-bit Console Version 01/17/2005

I was able to find the dos version, not the win32 version. Is there a filename I can look for other than "xchang32.exe"? All the links with it were not functional.

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https://bbses.info/mirrors/clayruth.com/index.html https://bbses.info/mirrors/clayruth.com/claysutils32.zip

oh my https might be busted. i'll fix it when i get time.
just use http
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Hello apam,

16 Dec 23 13:26, you wrote to me:

the data is encoded with ROT47. it's easy to implement an
encoder/decoder. https://rot47.net/

No, that's the interbbs last callers?

The interbbs oneliners is just plain text

true, sorry :)

Regards,
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Hello Shurato,

16 Dec 23 00:04, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

Hello Shurato,

Thursday December 14 2023 22:10, you wrote to All:

I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to
be processed with carriage returns, and they have something
else (I don't know what) I'd guess. I need them to look like
normal text files with a command line if possible.

.msg files...that could mean a lot of things. Are you saying you
want a message saved in *.MSG file format exported to a regular
text file?

If this helps any, I can use JAM, Squish, Hudson or *.MSG. I just
need to convert the messages to text files.

i'm using this, you can l33ch from my bbs:
MX_104.ZIP - MX Message Extraction util for Squish bases

Regards,
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* In a message originally to Shurato, Daniel Path said:

Hello Shurato,

16 Dec 23 00:04, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

Hello Shurato,

Thursday December 14 2023 22:10, you wrote to All:

I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to be S>> processed with carriage returns, and they have something else (I S>> don't know what) I'd guess. I need them to look like normal text S>> files with a command line if possible.

.msg files...that could mean a lot of things. Are you saying you
want a message saved in *.MSG file format exported to a regular text
file?

If this helps any, I can use JAM, Squish, Hudson or *.MSG. I just
need to convert the messages to text files.

i'm using this, you can l33ch from my bbs: MX_104.ZIP - MX Message Extraction util for Squish bases

Regards, -- dp

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That appears to be an os/2 executable, though I'll admit that I didnt' try
it. I will any way, but I need dos or win32.

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Hello Shurato,

16 Dec 23 00:04, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

Hello Shurato,

Thursday December 14 2023 22:10, you wrote to All:

I'm not sure what I need to do, but I'd like for .msg files to be S>> processed with carriage returns, and they have something else (I S>> don't know what) I'd guess. I need them to look like normal text S>> files with a command line if possible.

.msg files...that could mean a lot of things. Are you saying you SD>> want a message saved in *.MSG file format exported to a regular text SD>> file?

If this helps any, I can use JAM, Squish, Hudson or *.MSG. I just
need to convert the messages to text files.

i'm using this, you can l33ch from my bbs: MX_104.ZIP - MX Message Extraction util for Squish bases

Got it! I thought it was an os/2 executable, but it works in dos. thanks!

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Hello Shurato,

Sunday December 17 2023 17:29, you wrote to Daniel Path:

Got it! I thought it was an os/2 executable, but it works in dos.

They aren't as common these days but under OS/2, you can built an executable that will run under DOS and OS/2 natively. They're called "dual-bound" executables.

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