Last update 02-Feb-2001

 

BBS doors dropfiles.

Dropfiles for Unix BBS systems.

Not all options that are available under DOS or OS/2 can be used with Unix BBS systems and must be faked.

 

DOOR.SYS format.

The door.sys format is a 52 lines ascii textfile, each line is terminated with a cr/lf pair. In the setup it is possible to force the creation of MM-DD-YYYY dates instead of the MM-DD-YY style. Newer doors sometimes need that.

Line	Description
-----	-----------------------------------------------------------------
1	Port, 2 characters in DOS format, p.e. COM1
2	Effective Baudrate
3	Databits
4	Nodenumber, 1..9999
5	Locked baudrate
6	Screen display, Y=snoop on, N=snoop off. On Linux allways N.
7	Printer Y=on N=off
8	Page Bell Y=on N=off
9	Caller alarm Y=on N=off
10	Users first name and lastname
11	Users location
12	Voice/Home phone
13	Work/Dataphone
14	Password, empty if not available (stored coded).
15	Security level, 0..32768
16	Users number of calls
17	Users last call date MM-DD-YY
18	Seconds remaining this call
19	Time left in minutes
20	ANSI, "GR" is yes, otherwise ?
21	Screen length
22	User mode, always N
23	Always blank
24	Always blank
25	Subscription expire date MM-DD-YY
26	Users record number
27	Default protocol
28	Users total number of uploads
29	Users total number of downloads
30	Users daily download kilobytes total
31	Daily download kilobyte limit
32	Users date of birth MM-DD-YY
33	Path to users database files   Cannot be used on Linux.
34	Path to message database files
35	Sysop first and last name
36	Users handle
37	Next event starting time or "none"
38	Error-free connection Y=Yes or N=No
39	Always set to N
40	Always set to Y
41	Text color as defined in setup 7 = gray.
42	Always 0
43	Last new files scan date MM-DD-YY
44	Time of this call HH:MM
45	Time of last call HH:MM
46	Always set to 32768
47	Number of files downloaded today
48	Total kilobytes uploaded
49	Total kilobytes downloaded
50	Comment stored in users record
51	Always set to 0
52	Total number of messages posted

 

DORINFOn.DEF dropfile.

The DORINFOn.DEF file is a 12 lines ascii textfile, each line terminated with a cr/lf pair. All characters in the file are uppercase. The n in the filename represents the current line number and will be between 1 and 9. Using number 1 seems always fine.

Line	Description
------	------------------------------------------------------------------
1	System name
2	Sysop's first name
3	Sysop's last name
4	Port name, like COM1, COM2 etc. COM0 = local
5	Baudrate format: "19200 BAUD-R,N,8,1"
6	Always 0
7	Users firstname
8	Users lastname
9	Users location
10	Graphics mode: 0=no, 1=ANSI, 2=Avatar, 3=ANSI+Avatar
11	Security level, 0..32767
12	Time left in minutes

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