A P P E N D I X   C   -   Files

    GoldED uses a lot of different files for different purposes. Here
    is a fairly complete list.

    These are files from the distribution archive:
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    ADVANCED EXE    Self-extracting archive (advanced configuration).
    COLORS   COL    Example color configuration.
    GOLDED   CFG    Main configuration file (simple version).
    GOLDED   CFM    Example confirmation receipt template.
    GOLDED   DOC    GoldED manual.
    GOLDED   EXE    Main executable.
    GOLDED   HLP    Help definition file.
    GOLDED   KEY    Keyboard definition file.
    GOLDED   LNG    Language definition file.
    GOLDED   TPL    Message template.
    GOLDLANG EXE    Configuration files compiler.
    GOLDNODE EXE    GoldED nodelist/userlist index compiler.
    MONOS    COL    Example monocrome color configuration.
    README   DOC    News since previous versions.
    REGISTER *      Docs and forms for registration.


    The ADVANCED.EXE archive contains:
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    AREAS    BBS    Example AREAS.BBS file.
    COLOR*   COL    Example color configurations.
    GOLDED   ARE    Example area configuration.
    GOLDED   CFG    Example advanced configuration file.
    GOLDED   RAN    Example Random System definition file.
    GOLDRAND EXE    Random (Cookie) text compiler/display util.
    MONO*    COL    Example monocrome color configurations.
    RANDOM   TXT    Example random file. (For GOLDRAND.EXE).
    *        CHS    Example charset translation tables.
    *        ESC    Example escape sequence translation tables.


    Files generated by GoldED, GoldLANG, GoldNODE or GoldRAND:
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    GOLDED   DAT    Binary configuration data.
    GOLDED   HLX    Binary help file.
    GOLDED   KBD    Binary keyboard definition.
    GOLDED   LNX    Binary language definition.
    GOLDED   LOG    Logfile, generated at error exits.
    GOLDED   LST    Output FIDOUSER.LST compatible userlist.
    GOLDED   MSG    Temporary external editor message file.
    GOLDED   OUT    Default write output file.
    GOLDED   RDX    Random System index file.
    GOLDED   RLN    Random System index file.
    GOLDNODE ADX    Nodelist index file.
    GOLDNODE NDX    Nodelist index file.
    RANDOM   IDX    Index file for RANDOM.TXT.
    *        CHX    Binary charset translation tables.
    *        ESX    Binary escape sequence translation tables.



    External files used/accessed by GoldED:
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    QuickBBS:
        CONFIG.BBS          Areas.
        AREAS.BBS           Area echoids.

    RemoteAccess:
        MESSAGES.RA         Areas.
        AREAS.BBS           Area echoids.

    FrontDoor:
        FD.SYS              Netmail area, origins.
        FOLDER.SYS          Areas.
        AREAS.BBS           Area echoids.
        NAMES.FD            Address macros.
        FDRESCAN.NOW        Netmail rescan semaphore file.

    TosScan:
        FD.SYS              Netmail area, origins.
        AREAFILE.FD         Areas.
        NAMES.FD            Address macros.

    D'Bridge:
        DBRIDGE.PRM         Netmail, badecho areas.
        DBRIDGE.AA1/AA2     Areas (DB 1.30).
        DBRIDGE.ADF         Areas (DB 1.31 and newer betas).
        DBRIDGE.LRQ         Lastread pointers.
        DBRIDGE.RSN/RSE     Rescan semaphore files.
        DBRIDGE.NMW/EMW     Mail waiting semaphore files.
        ECHOMAIL.CTL        Echomail scanning file.

    Opus:
        SYSTEM??.DAT        Areas.

    IMail:
        IMAIL.CF            Netmail, badecho and dup areas.
        IMAIL.AR            Areas.

    Maximus:
        AREA.DAT            Areas.

    ME2:
        AREADESC.ME2        Area descriptions.
        AREAS.BBS           Areas.

    Dutchie:
        DUTCHIE.ARE         Areas.


    QuickBBS-style messagebase files:
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        MSGHDR.BBS          Message headers.
        MSGIDX.BBS          Message header index.
        MSGINFO.BBS         Messagebase info.
        MSGTOIDX.BBS        Name index.
        USERS.BBS           User database.
        MSGTXT.BBS          Message text.
        NETMAIL.BBS         Header index for unscanned netmail.
        ECHOMAIL.BBS        Header index for unscanned echomail.