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- File Menu Help
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- The file area is for sending and receiving files to and from the BBS.
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- A - Area Change
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- Lets you change to a specific file area.
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- D - Download File
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- Lets you receive a file from the BBS using your selected protocal.
- Keep in mind your upload:download ratio, i.e for every so many
- downloads, you must upload a file. The file may be in any area.
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- G - Good-Bye
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- When you want to logoff of the board, use this command. DO NOT DROP
- CARRIER OR YOUR ACCESS WILL BE LOWERED.
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- K - Kill a File
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- This will delete a file in the current area from the drive. Only those
- with SysOp access can use this command.
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- F - File Listing
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- This will give a listing of all available files for downloading in the
- current area.
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- B - Browse Mode Toggle
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- Toggles between Browse Mode and Normal Listing Mode. With browse mode
- on, files are listed one at a time with all information being
- displayed, instead of one file per line.
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- C - Clear Marked List
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- "Unmarks" all the files that you have marked.
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- N - New Files
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- This command allows you to search for new files since your last logon,
- or since any date you specify. You will be given the option of
- searching all areas, or just the current one.
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- Q - Quit to Main Menu
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- This takes you back to the Main Menu of the BBS.
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- S - Search File List
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- This searches the file listing for a filename or description that
- contains the string you specify. You will be given the option of
- searching all areas, or just the current one.
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- U - Upload File
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- This command allows you to send a file to the BBS. After the transfer,
- you will be prompted for a description. Please be precise as possible
- in your description, do not enter things like "Neat awesome game",
- instead do something more like "Space Invaders Clone, very good.".
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- V - View Archive Contents
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- Most files available for download are stored in archives, which allows
- for many files to be stored in one compressed file. To get a listing
- of what's inside an archive, use this command. Be aware that there are
- numerous archiving formats and only some are supported by this BBS.
- The file can be from any available area.
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- E - Entire File Listing
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- This will list the files available for downloading in all available
- file areas.
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- R - Read Text File
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- If there is a text file in the files section that is not archived, and
- you'd like to read it but not download it, then use this command. The
- file can be from any available area.
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- I - Information on File
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- To get a little more info on a file than is displayed in the file
- listing, use this command. It will display the file size, description,
- who uploaded it, time to download, etc.
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