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║ GT-HELP ║ GTDIR.BBS - the list of your file areas.
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    The GTDIR.BBS :

        a)  lists the files in your file areas, and the DOS directory in 
            which each file area resides.

        b)  specifies an access level for each area.


    Each file area should have one line of the form :


┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Access Level
│        ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────── File Base Directory
│        │                       ┌───────────────────────── Description
│ ┌──────┴────── ─ ─     ┌───────┴────────────── ─ ─
N d:\GENERAL             General Files
X D:\FILES\GTP           GT Power - terminal and Host Mode


┌─────────────────────┐
│ Required File Areas │
└─────────────────────┘

    One of the file areas should be the default message base, as defined in
    GT's ALT-I configuration.  This should generally have a low access
    level, ie open to everybody.

    Another should be the upload directory, which should generally have a
    high (eg visiting sysop level) access to prevent callers from
    downloading files which the sysop has not yet seen.


    Access level        is usually a single character, which indicates that
                        callers "at" or "above" this access level will be
                        able to access the area.

    Directory           DOS path for the file base.  Begin with a drive
                        prefix, eg D:\FILES\COMMS

    Description         The file base description, as callers will see.


┌───────────────────────────────────┐
│ Installing the Downloadable Files │
└───────────────────────────────────┘

    You will need to create a FILES.BBS for each file area and to place the
    downloadable files in the area.

    GT creates entries in the upload directory according to the format :
    
        REDDWARF.GIF    59848  07-11-90  07-05-90
            | Meet the guys : Lister, Cat and all! (640x480x16)
            | Not bad!
        ZMODEM.ZIP      15229  07-25-90  07-25-90
            | Zmodem implimentation, specification, programmers guide.
        9600INFO.ZIP    19062  07-25-90  12-03-89
            | Information on the various types of high-speed PSTN modems.
            | The three are evaluated and pitfalls given.

    GT does not expect you to follow this format for your download 
    areas.  But if you use programs such as sysop tools to move files 
    between areas, they may assume you have done so.  
    
    If you want to follow the default format, the first line should be :
    
        1-12         Filename
        13           Blank
        14-16        File size in kilobytes
        17           Blank
        18-25        Upload date
        26           Blank
        27-79        File description
    
    Continuation lines are just text, but must begin with the | symbol.
    
    The present version of GT-HELP does not allow you to edit the 
    FILES.BBS, but you can do so via Sysop Tools.
    

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║ Colours ║
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You can create a GTDIR.CBS for ANSI users.  But in most cases it is sufficient
to embed colour coding characters in the GTMDIR.BBS file.  GT will then use
whatever colour set is defined in your GT.CNF :

    $           selects the window foreground colour

    &           returns to default

    [ ... ]     highlights the characters between the brackets

    ~           reverts to black/white.

If you need to callers to *see* any of the above characters, you should
precede them with % to prevent them from being interpreted as colour controls.

If you need callers to see the % sign, you should use two of them, ie %%


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║ Additional Information ║
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    The access level must begin in column 1.  Any line not beginning in
    column 1 is a COMMENT, which GT will display but take no action on.

    Valid access levels are :

        0   (highest)       Usually the sysop

        1-9 (very high)     Typically co-sysops

        A-Z (medium)        User levels
        a-z (low)             ..   ..

    The access level can optionally be *preceded* by

        =   to indicate that *only* callers at this level will see this
            file base

    The access level should be followed by at least one space.

    Similarly, the directory path should be followed by at least one space.



