.3 Commands in the Mailbox

CoMa offers a number of commands to work in the mailbox. Strong differentiation has to be made between access of the supervisor or guest (or friend). The supervisor has access to all levels of the computer, the deletion of files and much more is possible which the guest should not be able to do.

The guest should only access one folder for "Upload" or "Download". It is possible for more sub-folders to be contained in this folder, but the guest cannot leave the folder "Guest". You enter the path for this in the dialogue box preferences "Mailbox". The same applies to access for "Friend".

Access for Guests

help or ?

delivers an overview of all possible commands of this mini 

mailbox 

ls or dir

shows all files available 

show "file name" shows ASCII-file, file name is for the name of file to be 

displayed 

cd "file name"

change to sub-folder 

login

new login with new password 

get "file name"

starts download of "file name"
via Z-modem. 

getd "filename"    starts download of data-fork only, without resource-fork

cd..

one folder level higher (only in the folder made available for 
or ".."

guests)

show "file"         shows only the text files in the directory

exit

exit the system

english                text output is changed from german to english

deutsch                text output is changed from english to german

Commands for the Supervisor

cd "path name"

change to different folder 

calls

 
display of entries in the "calls list" 

delete "file name"

delete files 

cp "source" "Destination"  file copy (file name and path have to be entered 

                     completely) 

rename "old"_"new"
change name of file

Pay attention: If the filename uses blanks the filename has to be written in ""!

rename "old "new"             rename a file

md "foldername"                installs a new folder in the actual path with the name        
                                          foldername

rmdir "FOLDERNAME"           takes a empty folder to the trash can

exec "scriptname"               starts a script from the CoMa system-folder

The commonly used wildcards can be used for entering the file names.

If you want to enter a file with Z-modem into the CoMa mailbox it will be recognised by CoMa automatically and the data receive will be activated immediately. The file will be saved under the path for "Upload".

The "P-mail" function

A caller can leave a message for the supervisor using the command "mail". This text file will be saved in the path "mails" and marked in the calls list.

The text file will be displayed by  a double click on the entry in the calls list. The entry in the calls list also gives the name of the caller used at login.

The Chat function

If you are present at the time a guest tries to access, and due to his inexperience (or other causes) is having problems, you are able to go "on-line" and give help. In modern language this is called "chating"!

Everything you or the other person writes is displayed in the terminal window.