Subj : Re: DOS/Win32 Program wan
To   : SHURATO
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Nov 14 2025 11:10:21

>  > Something like this has to be written for a specific BBS and one that
>  > can support mods like this.  You can't just write this that works with
>  > all systems like a BBS door can.

> Why not?  It would just need to be passed a directory and resd the files.bbs
> from that directory.  Can't all bbs's do that?

Many older DOS BBSes could, but I think others keep a lot of the file info
in databases that may or may not be of a standard type -- i.e. they don't
use the old-fashioned "files.bbs in separate directories" way of keeping
track of their file bases.

For example...

While SBBS keeps each file base in a separate directory, IIRC the actual
file info you used to find in the files.bbs files is now all kept in a
database.

Mike

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