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D)ownload: The "D" command is used to transfer data from a Library drive
attached to RBBS-PC to your computer. The basic steps in downloading are
1. List the library disks and files available (enter the "L" at the
command prompt). List category 200 to see a summary description of
each disk. When listing other categories, the disk each file is on
indicated by the four digit number in columns 76-79 of the listing.
2. Tell RBBS-PC that you want to change Library area (enter "C" at the
command prompt).
3. Tell RBBS-PC which Library disk you want to be active (enter 1 to 4
digit Library disk number).
4. If you want the entire disk from the Library drive then tell RBBS-PC
to archive the Library disk (enter "A" at the command prompt). RBBS-
PC will archive the "ACTIVE" Library disk and inform you that it is
ready for transmission.
5. Tell RBBS-PC you want to download (enter "D" at the command prompt).
6. Tell RBBS-PC exactly which file to download. At the prompt "file(s)
to download" enter the file name -- no drive letter, no path, no
wildcards, just the file name with any extension. To download entire
Library disks (they must have been ARCx'd first) use DKxxxx.ARC (where
xxxx is the disk number) as the file name.
7. Tell RBBS-PC which protocol to be used from the list of protocols
RBBS-PC shows. Selecting none cancels the download.
8. When RBBS-PC says it is ready, tell the communications package that
you are using to save the incoming file USING THE SAME PROTOCOL (in
QMODEM and PC-TALK the command is invoked by pressing the "PgDn" key
or alt-R. RBBS-PC will wait for your communications package to
respond.
Tips:
1. You should use the L)ist and S)earch commands to identify files that you
would like to download. Be sure to identify the correct Library disk
located in columns 76-79 of the category level directories.
2. You can stack the "D" command with the file name. That is, you can enter
"D;<filename> directly from the Library Menu. For example, you could
type "d;keydo.exe" to start downloading the "keydo.exe" file. The
protocol you would like to use can also be stacked after the file name
such as "d;keydo.exe;x".
3. You can stack multiple file names. E.g. "D;SD.COM;FDATE.ARC;X"
downloads files SD.COM and FDATE.ARC, each using Xmodem.
4. AUTODOWNLOAD can save you the trouble of having the tell your
communications package to receive and what file name to use. PIBTERM
3.25 up and EXEC PC-TALK 2.1 up support autodownloading.