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Annotation of coherent/d/support/README.bbs, revision 1.1.1.1

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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