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Annotation of coherent/d/support/README.bbs, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: The two subdirectories, bbsadmin and mwcbbs contain the source code
        !             2: used to generate and maintain the data files used by mwcbbs and the
        !             3: bbs interface program.
        !             4: 
        !             5: The sources in bbsadmin build the utility to maintain the data files.
        !             6: The could be merged with the code in the directory mwcbbs, which is used
        !             7: to build the bbs interface users of the system mwcbbs work with.
        !             8: 
        !             9: Many of the remote mwcbbs mirrors we support have asked for
        !            10: this code for use ontheir systems. We have therefore decided
        !            11: to provide it to you AS-IS. 
        !            12: 
        !            13: The bbsadmin utility does have some quirks about deleting entries and
        !            14: sometimes in drawing screens, but these are the only known
        !            15: bugs it has. It does not have feature to edit individual datafile
        !            16: entries (I never did get around to that). To update entries, you will have to
        !            17: delete what you don't want and make a new entry.
        !            18: 
        !            19: The code is pretty well commented... it had to be... it was my first real
        !            20: workout with curses... 
        !            21: 
        !            22: The bbsadmin command has the following options:
        !            23: 
        !            24:        d       download a file functions much like the user version
        !            25:                of the interface
        !            26: 
        !            27:        r       remove an entry
        !            28: 
        !            29:        a       add an entry
        !            30: 
        !            31: On screen prompts will be displayed to get you through the rest of the way...
        !            32: just be careful when you delete entries.
        !            33: 

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