

Additional material to F-PROT
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        This directory contains the F-AUTO utility and FP.BAT, which is
        a batch file to simplify the use of F-PROT. The Update Bulletin
        is also provided in both ASCII and Rich Text Formats.
        F-SCHEDULER is provided on it's own diskette, with its own
        installation program, and it is not updated with every release.

BULL-210.TXT and BULL-210.RTF

        BULL-210.TXT contains the Update Bulletin in DOS-ASCII format.
        BULL-210.RTF is the same in Rich Text Format. RTF format can be
        read by most common word processing programs, regardless of
        machine type or operating system. The text of the Update
        Bulletin may be freely used as long as the source is mentioned
        as 'Source: F-PROT 2.10 Update Bulletin Copyright (c) 1993 Data
        Fellows Ltd.'

FP.BAT

        FP.BAT is an example of a batch file that can be used to run
        F-PROT. FP.BAT can be included in, for example, AUTOEXEC.BAT by
        using the CALL command. The batch file itself contains
        instructions on its use.

F-AUTO.EXE

        F-AUTO.EXE is a small utility program which runs a program at
        specified intervals. By using F-AUTO, the virus checking can be
        automatized to happen, for example, every three days. To
        accomplish this, the following line must be added to a
        workstation's AUTOEXEC.BAT (the paths are not specified,
        F-PROT is in the current directory or in PATH):

        F-AUTO /h 3 F-PROT /HARD

        It is a good idea to call a batch file that executes F-PROT
        instead of just calling F-PROT directly. This way the ERRORLEVEL
        values returned by F-PROT can be checked. Here's an example
        of how to execute a batch file:
        
        C:\F-PROT\F-AUTO.EXE /h 3 %COMSPEC% /E:1024 /C C:\F-PROT\FP.BAT

        The switch /h causes F-AUTO to hide all of its output texts, and
        3 is the interval between checks in days. Last item on the
        command line is the name of the executed program. Since the
        executed program in this case is a batch file, it has to be
        evoked through the command interpreter. Environment variable
        %COMSPEC% holds the name of the current command interpreter,
        usually C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM. Please note that by using the
        %COMSPEC% variable, the command interpreter is found regardless
        of its location or the name of the program file (for example,
        COMMAND.COM, 4DOS.COM or NDOS.COM). Switches /E:1024 and /C are
        needed to run the batch file normally.

        If the interval parameter given to F-AUTO is 0, it will run the
        specified program only when F-AUTO is invoked for the first time
        each day.
        
        NOTE: If you're running a shared copy of F-AUTO through a network,
        set the environment variable F-AUTOPATH to point to a local
        directory. Otherwise all users will share the F-AUTO.CFG file,
        which F-AUTO uses the keep track of the execution dates.

        Contact your local F-PROT support for help in the use of FP.BAT
        and F-AUTO.

