File and directory structures |
This section will describe the current file and directory structures from the FOSS-root.
| Directory | Filename | Description |
|---|---|---|
| .\ | This is your FOSS installation directory, may be any valid OS/2 directory. | |
| AREA.CMD | ||
| DOOR.CMD | ||
| FOSS.EXE | ||
| FOSS.ICO | ||
| FOSS.KEY | ||
| FOSS16.DLL | ||
| FOSSAREA.LST | ||
| FOSSNODE.EXE | ||
| FOSSTASK.EXE | ||
| SETUP.CMD | ||
| TTB16OS2.DLL | ||
| YELL.CMD | ||
| .\BIN | ||
| P.* | "P" The transfer protocol package Copyright © 1994 by Jyrki Salmi All rights reserved. |
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| .\BULLETS | Directory which contain all the bulletin files. | |
| area####.? | Bulletin files. area is the bulletin code, and #### is the bulletin number. | |
| areaLIST.? | List of bulletins. area is the bulletin code. | |
| .\DEVELOP | Source files for developing software for FOSS. | |
| APIINT.PAS | Pascal unit to interface with the FOSS16.DLL (the main FOSS-API) | |
| TYPES.PAS | Pascal unit - data type definitions. | |
| .\DEVELOP\UTILCOLL | Parts of the source for the utility collection programs, not enough source to compile. These are included just as examples. | |
| *.PAS | Pascal source files. | |
| .\HOME | This directory contain all the users "home" directories. | |
| ######## | Users home directory, ######## is the users ID. | |
| .\HOME\######## | User home directory | |
| ALIAS | Some user defined aliases. Not fully implemented yet. | |
| .\MAIN | This directory contains the system configuration files, logfiles and other database files not related to areas. | |
| AREAS.CFG | Area configuration file. Should not be accessed. | |
| CHAT-LOG.### | Logs of the last SysOp chat's. Plain AscII file. | |
| DENYUSER.LST | List of users to be denied on this system ? and * allowed. Plain AscII file. | |
| DIRSarea.CFG | Area directory configuration file(s). area is the area code. Should not be accessed. | |
| EVENTS.CFG | Timed events configuration file. Should not be accessed. | |
| FOSS.CFG | Main configuration file. Should not be accessed. | |
| LOCALUSR.* | User database and index. Should not be accessed. | |
| NODEMSG.### | Node message file. Should not be accessed. | |
| NODES.CFG | Node configuration file. Should not be accessed. | |
| NODESTAT | Status of all nodes. Should not be accessed. | |
| PREUSERS.LST | Last ten users. Should not be accessed. | |
| PROTOCOL.CFG | Protocol configuration info. Should not be accessed. | |
| USAGELOG.### | Logfiles for each node, ### is the node number. Plain AscII file. | |
| USAGELOG.SYS | Logfile displayed to SysOp when loggin in. Plain AscII format. | |
| .\MAIN\AREA | This directory stores all the area databases, you should never access these files yourself. Programmers should only access these files by use of the FOSS-API. | |
| AREAarea.ADR | ||
| AREAarea.DIR | ||
| AREAarea.DIX | ||
| AREAarea.MHD | ||
| AREAarea.MIX | ||
| AREAarea.MTX | ||
| AREAarea.NIX | ||
| AREAarea.NET | ||
| AREAarea.REG | ||
| .\MENUS | This directory contains all menus displayed to the users as well as help files. All files in this directory are distributed with FOSS in three languages (English, Norwegian and French). | |
| ARCLIST.? | ||
| BULLMENU.? | ||
| CHATMENU.? | ||
| FILEMENU.? | ||
| FOSSTEXT.? | ||
| HELPcode.? | ||
| HELPMENU.? | ||
| LOCAMENU.E | ||
| MAINMENU.? | ||
| MARKMENU.? | ||
| READMENU.? | ||
| SYSPMENU.? | ||
| UTILMENU.? | ||
| .\SCRIPTS | This directory contains the all the script hooks done by FOSS as well as your own scripts should be stored here. | |
| B!BYE.? | Script called before a uses logoff. | |
| A!DNYUSR.? | Script called after a user is denied access to the system because a record in the DENYUSER.LST file matches his/her name. | |
| A!DOWN.? | Script called after a download is finished or aborted. | |
| B!DOWN.? | Script called before a donwload start. | |
| A!LOGIN.? | Script called after a login just before the user get the command line. | |
| B!LOGIN.? | Script called before a user login. | |
| I!LOGIN.? | Script called in the middle of the login procedure, after the name a password prompts. | |
| A!OPEN.? | Script called after returning from a door. | |
| B!OPEN.? | Script called before opening a door (The door may be started from withing this script, the door selected is stored in variable %current_door%) |
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| A!REG.? | Script called after a new user register. | |
| B!REG.? | Script called before a new user register. | |
| A!SELECT.? | Script called after the user change area. | |
| A!UP.? | Script called after a upload finished or aborted. | |
| B!UP.? | Script called before a upload start. | |
| EXTRACMD.? | This scripts is called each time the system reaches a unknown command. With this script you may make extra commands to your system or just telling the user that (s)he have entered a unknown command. If this script exists it must allway start with a @getfirst yourvar sys_cmd command to remove the unknown command from the system command que. If not, your script will loop. |
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| (all other) | You may make your own scripts with any name in this directory which you @call from other scripts. |
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| .\TEMP | ||
| ### | Temporary directoy for each node (### is the node number). These directories may be used by your scripts/doors but you should allways cleanup your files. Do not remove files FOSS put there during a session. | |
| .\UTILCOLL | Some simple utilities included with the standard FOSS distribution, part of the source (not enough to compile) are also found in the .\DEVELOP\UTILCOLL directory | |
| DIRDUMP.EXE | Utility to produces AscII file listsings from FOSS. | |
| STATCONV.EXE | Utility to convert from FOSS standard to PCBoard standard "door"-files. | |
| TOPTEN.EXE | Utility to produce a simple top-ten bulletin. | |
| UPDFILE.EXE | Utility to update time and/or size information about files in the file database. | |
| These pages are Copyright © 1995 by Terje Flaarønning
This page is last updated at 20th October 1995 |