File Index Builder 4.52 *Perl version*
Freq Manager 2.11 *Perl version*
Command-line tools


AddFiles.pl is a tool for quick binary file updating. On input it receives a list of files to update in one or more files. Each line in file is: area tag and file name, seprarted by space(s). If file name contains spaces, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

Command line for AddFiles.pl is:

AddFiles.pl [options] UpdFile [UpdFile...], where

UpdFile is file in described format, and
options are the same as for FileNdx.pl.


BBS2Offl.pl is an utility to convert FILES.BBS files to offline area files (see OfflineArea keyword). It creates a single offline file,corresponding to given FILES.BBS.

Command line for BBS2Offl.pl is:

BBS2Offl.pl FILES.BBS [FILES.OFF], where

FILES.BBS is the full name of FILES.BBS file;
FILES.OFF is the name of newly created offline area list. If omitted, ".Off" extension is added to initial file.


Bin2Offl.pl is an utility to convert binary files to offline area files (see OfflineArea keyword). It creates one file for each area in binary file, named AREATAG.Off.

Command line for Bin2Offl.pl is:

Bin2Offl.pl BinFile StoreDir/ [TagMask], where

BinFile is the full name of binary file;
StoreDir is the existing directory to place files into (must end with slash or other path delimiter);
TagMask is regular expression to which area tags should satisfy. If omitted, defaults to '.*', i.e any tag.


Dir2Bin.pl is an utility to create a binary file from one or more directories with files. If FILES.BBS is present in the directory, descriptions are taken from it, otherwise they are considered empty.

Command line for Dir2Bin.pl is:

Dir2Bin.pl BinFile Directory/ [Directory/]..., where

BinFile is the full name of binary file;
Directory is a path to the directory with files; can appear any number of times.