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- [moreoff][lightgreen]HELP: [lightmagenta]FILE MENU
- [yellow]M[gray])AIN MENU [yellow]A[gray])rea Change [yellow]B[gray])ig Listing [yellow]F[gray])ile Titles [yellow]U[gray])pload
- [yellow]D[gray])ownload [yellow]H[gray])angup_Aft_DL [yellow]L[gray])ocate File [yellow]N[gray])ew Files [yellow]C[gray])ontents
- [yellow]V[gray])iew Archive [yellow]T[gray])ype File [yellow]S[gray])tatistics [yellow]P[gray])lain Dir [yellow]J[gray]ump to Msgs
- [yellow]![gray])Make Macro [yellow]@[gray])Macro [yellow]G[gray])oodbye
- [sline][yellow]K[gray])ill file [yellow]+[gray])Hurl File [yellow]O[gray])ther Dir
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- [cyan]Which command do you need help with? ([white]<Enter> to end help[cyan])
- > [menu]AL!@BKFTGU+DSVMCJPHNO|
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- [choice]A AREA CHANGE[gray]
- [choice]A Lets you select another message area. Type "A;?" or "A ?" to see
- [choice]A a list of available areas. You may also type a number immediately
- [choice]A following the "A" to move directly to another area (e.g. A1, A;2).
- [choice]A
- [choice]B BIG LISTING[gray]
- [choice]B Gives the "long" file listing, including date uploaded, times
- [choice]B downloaded, name of uploader.
- [choice]B
- [choice]V VIEW ARCHIVE[gray]
- [choice]V Doug Boone's Fview Archive viewer - v8.06 for Opus 1.20 allows a
- [choice]V filename to be passed on command line. Ex: you may now type
- [choice]V "V foobar.zip" at the Files Menu instead of entering Fview and then
- [choice]V telling it that you want to see the contents of FOOBAR.ZIP (assuming
- [choice]V you're not using Hightech menus or Hotkeys)
- [choice]V
- [choice]L LOCATE[gray]
- [choice]L Locate a file based on a short sequence of characters. [white]THIS
- [choice]L COMMAND SEARCHES ALL FILE AREAS, NOT JUST THE CURRENT AREA.[gray]
- [choice]L Locate does not use MS-DOS "wildcards"; it does, however match
- [choice]L the character sequence to both the file name and description. Locate
- [choice]L will also display the times downloaded and the uploader (if the sysop
- [choice]L has enabled the feature for your privelege level).
- [choice]L
- [choice]L For example, if you type "L;arc" ... you might get this:
- [choice]L [cyan]huge.[yellow]ARC[cyan] 123456 this is a large file
- [choice]L fstextr.exe 2250 a fast way to un[yellow]ARC[cyan] a file
- [choice]L
- [choice]F FILE TITLES[gray]
- [choice]F Lists files available in the current file area. Also lists the
- [choice]F file's size in bytes, its date, and a short description.
- [choice]F If the file was added since your last call, you'll see an asterisk
- [choice]F "*" next to the date.
- [choice]F
- [choice]F You can type "F*" and get a listing of only those files added to the
- [choice]F area since your last visit there, or "Fxx" where xx is a filename fragment
- [choice]F you're looking for. These commands operate on the current area ONLY.
- [choice]F
- [choice]T TYPE[gray]
- [choice]T Displays a text file on the screen. Only works with text files.
- [choice]T
- [choice]G GOODBYE[gray]
- [choice]G Log off from Opus; hang up.
- [choice]G
- [choice]N NEW FILES[gray]
- [choice]N Lists files newly added to system since your last call. If last
- [choice]N call date is today, defaults to 14 days.
- [choice]N
- [choice]U UPLOAD[gray]
- [choice]U Lets you send a file from your disk to Opus, provided your
- [choice]U terminal software supports this. Check your documentation
- [choice]U for details.
- [choice]U 1. Tell Opus you want to U)pload a file.
- [choice]U 2. Select the file transfer "protocol" you want to
- [choice]U use - Opus will give you a list to choose from.
- [choice]U 3. Tell Opus the name of the file you'll be sending.
- [choice]U 4. Finally, when Opus says, "Ready to receive...", tell
- [choice]U your terminal program to send the file.
- [choice]U
- [choice]D DOWNLOAD[gray]
- [choice]D Tells Opus to send a file to you, provided your terminal software
- [choice]D supports this. Check your program documentation for details.
- [choice]D To get a file from Opus:
- [choice]D 1. Tell Opus that you want to D)ownload a file.
- [choice]D 2. Select the file transfer "protocol" you want to
- [choice]D use - Opus will give you a list to choose from.
- [choice]D (Ask the Sysop which protocols are most efficient)
- [choice]D 3. Tell Opus the name of the file you want to receive.
- [choice]D (MS-DOS "wildcards" work with some of the protocols.)
- [choice]D 4. Finally, when Opus says "Ready to send...", tell your
- [choice]D terminal program to receive the file.
- [choice]D
- [choice]D Also see H)angup_Aft_DL...
- [choice]D
- [choice]D[enter]
- [choice]S STATISTICS[gray]
- [choice]S Shows systems statistics: time online, amount uploaded, etc.
- [choice]S
- [choice]M MAIN MENU[gray]
- [choice]M Tells Opus to leave the FILES SECTION and return to the MAIN MENU.
- [choice]M
- [choice]P PLAIN DIR[gray]
- [choice]P Gives a plain (DOS-like) directory listing of files, with optional
- [choice]P wildcards.
- [choice]P
- [choice]H HANGUP_AFT_DL[gray]
- [choice]H Prompts for protocol and filename(s) just like D)ownload, but
- [choice]H if you don't respond for 10 seconds after the download has completed,
- [choice]H Opus will hangup automatically.
- [choice]H
- [choice]C CONTENTS[gray]
- [choice]C Archive files are actually several smaller files locked into one
- [choice]C large one for ease of transmission. They have extensions of .ZIP,
- [choice]C .LZH, .ARC, .PAK, .ARJ, or .ZOO. Contents will show the files inside.
- [choice]C To extract the files after download, get the appropriate utility from
- [choice]C File Area 9.
- [choice]C
- [choice]J JUMP TO MSGS[gray]
- [choice]J Takes you immediately to Opus' MESSAGE Section (without passing thru
- [choice]J the MAIN Menu).
- [choice]J
- [choice]! !MAKE MACRO[gray]
- [choice]! Lets you create a macro for use while in Opus' File Area. Enter
- [choice]! stacked commands separated by a space just like you would at the
- [choice]! menu prompt. The [yellow]@[gray])Macro command executes the macro.
- [choice]!
- [choice]@ @MACRO[gray]
- [choice]@ Executes the macro command created with [yellow]![gray])MAKE MACRO
- [choice]@ menu command.
- [choice]@
- [choice]K[sline] KILL FILE[gray]
- [choice]K[sline] Allows you to either (1) Delete a file both from the disk and
- [choice]K[sline] from the files database, or (2) remove the filename from the
- [choice]K[sline] files database without actually deleting the file.
- [choice]K[sline]
- [choice]O[sline] OTHER DIR[gray]
- [choice]O[sline] Allows setting a temporary upload/download path. Disappears
- [choice]O[sline] as soon as an area change occurs.
- [choice]O[sline]
- [choice]+[sline] +HURL[gray]
- [choice]+[sline] Allows you to "hurl" a file from one file area to another.
- [choice]+[sline]
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