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Update File Sect Inst.TXT
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Update File Sections:
You RUN this inside the same folder as MUBBS. It's a cheap HACK
that may become a "sysop" callable module.
It reads the folders inside of the "files" folder and makes your
directory files FOR YOU !
It pretty much leaves your EXISTING file sections alone.
If you have added NEW folders, you run this program and it adds the
new directories needed to make it appear to the user.
Your folders can be 3 levels deep. Like this:
":files:folder1:folder2:folder3"
You can name your folders up to 15 characters long (if it's
longer the user doesn't see all the characters).
KEEP THOSE NAMES SHORT !
Names can get real long if they are 3 folders deep like:
":files:Abignameforaexample:andanothernamethat'slong:andyoulose"
This is NOT necessary and is quite silly.
The FIRST character of each FOLDER WITHIN A FOLDER *MUST* be
different than any other folder's FIRST CHARACTER. This is what
the user selects to get into the folder. You should CAPITILIZE
the folders first character and make the others lower case. Even
second words like this: "Module source".
If there's two folders named "Joe" and "Jack", if the user picks
"J" it will probably pick the first "J" it finds (Jack) and they
will never be able to pick it. In this situation you could name
them: "Joe" and "1 jack".
Most characters are valid, don't use ":" ! Try to use letters first,
then if you run out of characters, use numbers next.
You can have as many folders within one folder that you want. It is
HIGHLY recomended to classify your files AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. It
makes it much NICER for your users. Remember you may be 1 out of
1000 people using your system, please make it nice for your users.
There are several "empty" sections set up for you when MUBBS is
archived. You can remove these as you wish.
The first number in a directory determines WHAT type of directory it
is.
1= A directory of folders.
2= A directory of FILES, but it prints a "menu" file called
"filemenu.txt" or "filemenu.ansi" before showing the ":"
prompt to the user.
3= A directory of FILES, the system AUTOMATICLY generates
a menu of folders for you ! (I recomend this because
you can change your files around eaiser !)
If it is set to 2 or 3, the Update File Sections Program leaves the
directory alone.