Subj : Re: Beginner SysOp Questions
To   : hbag
From : acn
Date : Tue Apr 20 2021 03:57 pm

Am 19.04.21 schrieb hbag@21:2/150 in FSX_BBS:

Hallo hbag,

h> Maybe I'm just completely misunderstanding what a dropfile is? The docs
h> seem (to me, at least) to work under the assumption that you already know
h> how doors interact with BBS software. I've never touched doors before
h> beyond playing them.

The drop file is produced when the user starts the door via the BBS menu.
In this moment, the file is "dropped". It is not written until this  
moment, because, for example, the time available for the user is written  
there (so the door can exit in time, if it supports this).

In the Synchronet wiki, the format of several drop files is described:
http://wiki.synchro.net/ref:files#drop_files

In my Synchronet BBS setup, I also use dosemu for DOS doors.
There, D: is assigned to the current node directory, so in the DOS door  
programs, I can enter "D:\" as the path to a drop file, or "D:\DOOR.SYS"  
as the path+filename. (I then have to select the "DOOR.SYS" drop file  
format and "node directory" as the place to write it; this might be  
similar in Enigma; I don't know Enigma, sorry)

I hope this helps a little.

Regards,
Anna

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