Installing From Scratch
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MAKE SURE TO UPLOAD THIS TO ITS OWN DIRECTORY!  OTHERWISE, THE PROGRAM MAY OVERWRITE FILES OR MAKE THEM UNAVAILABLE THROUGH A .HTACCESS MODIFICATION

1) make sure your server supports PHP.  most do nowadays.
2) open up and edit vars.php in your favorite text editor.
  2.a) change the password variable ($password) to whatever you desire.
  2.b) change the name variable ($yourname) to your name/handle.
  2.c) it is recommended you leave $files, $blockedips, and $refs as-is.
3) if you like, make any changes to download.php which is the load page template.
4) upload the all of the files into a single directory on your server.
5) point your browser to yourserver.com/yourdir/getfile.php?admin=1.  log in.
6) click "clear all files."

done.  now you can add any files into the system.


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if you cannot add files after setting this up, CHMOD the directory the directory the script is in to 777

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Upgrading From an Older Perl/CGI Version
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This feature is not supported and there are no plans to support it in the future.  Just start afresh with the PHP version



Upgrading From an Older PHP Version
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Unfortunately, due to the request for more features, the upgrade is not seemless.  Upload the new version of the following files:
1) getfile.php
2) downfile.php
If you have a download template that you would like to preserve, please take a look at the new version of download.php and note the new variable: "$dlmanallow."  If you would like to stick with the default template, upload the new version of download.php to replace the old one.
Finally, you will need to click "clear all files" from the main administration page.  This will remove the configurations for all files you currently have available for download, so you will need to set them back up again.