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Chapter IV: Disk File Formats This chapter will give you the formats for all important files on your system. The maps will include the name of each file, the information stored in each record, and the associated system variables. 1. u.config (user statistics)  REL  254 bytes per record Field Variable Description 1 NA$ Handle 2 PW$ Password 3 FF$ First name 4 LL$ Last name 5 PH$ Phone number 6 LD$ Last call date (for new messages) 7 AC% Access level 8 CT% Calls today 9 TC% Total calls 10 CO% Computer type (CO$(CO%) to see text) 11 LL% Line length 12 UL Upper/lowercase flag* 13 LL Linefeed flag (1=on) 14 EM Expert mode flag (1=on) 15 DC Total files downloaded 16 UC Total files uploaded 17 BD Total blocks downloaded 18 BU Total blocks uploaded 19 CR Credit points 20 PS Total posts 21 RP Total responses 22 D5$ True last call date 23 FL$ User flags 24 JN$ Joined/unjoined flags * Note that the UL flag is used for the default transfer protocol if your system uses the TurboRel Subs. 2. e.data (system data)  REL  40 bytes per record Record # Variable Description 1 CA Total calls to the system 2 AG$ Access group name (AG$) for group 0* 3 Access group 1 (see record #2) 4 Access group 2 (see record #2) 5 Access group 3 (see record #2) 6 Access group 4 (see record #2) 7 Access group 5 (see record #2) 8 Access group 6 (see record #2) 9 Access group 7 (see record #2) 10 Access group 8 (see record #2) 11 Access group 9 (see record #2) 12 UR Highest user account minus one 13 OC$ 30 character string of 0's and 1's for SB 14 Same as record 13 for UD 15 Same as record 13 for UX 16 UH Number of active user accounts 17 D3$ Last caller on system 18 PP$ System remote password 19 D6$ Time of last user logoff (11 digits) 20 PT%, P2%, P3% Time allowed during prime time (P1%), prime time start (P2%), prime time end (P3%) 21 FL$(0) Default flags for access group 0. 22 FL$(1) Default flags for access group 1. 23 FL$(2) Default flags for access group 2. 24 FL$(3) Default flags for access group 3. 25 FL$(4) Default flags for access group 4. 26 FL$(5) Default flags for access group 5. 27 FL$(6) Default flags for access group 6. 28 FL$(7) Default flags for access group 7. 29 FL$(8) Default flags for access group 8. 30 FL$(9) Default flags for access group 9. 31 L1 Next available user account 32 AT$ Modem command string * Note that in records 2-10, the access group name is preceded by 4 control codes which designate: time per call (0=unlimited) calls per day (0=unlimited) downloads per call (0=unlimited) maximum idle time (1-9 minutes) These control characters may be seen using the +.access editor. 3. e.stats (system stats)  (REL)  20 bytes per record   Last     Log   Current  Total Feedback 1 12 23 30 Sysop Mail 2 13 24 31 User Mail 3 14 25 32 Posts 4 15 26 33 Responses 5 16 27 34 Uploads 6 17 28 35 Downloads 7 18 36 New Users 8 19 29 Calls 9 20 % Used 10 21 % Idle 11 22 Record 37: Total minutes system used overall Record 38: Total minutes system idle overall 4. bd.data  (SEQ) bd.data is a SEQ file which your system reads once during boot. If any changes are made to this file, you must reboot your system to activate them. Line Variable Description 1 System disk device 2 System disk drive 3 E-Mail disk device 4 E-Mail disk drive 5 Etcetera disk device 6 Etcetera disk drive 7 Directory disk device 8 Directory disk drive 10 Plus file device 11 Plus file drive 12 User file device 13 User file drive 14 CC$ System identifier 15 New user credits 16 Highest device number 17 Highest drive number 18 BN$ BBS name 19 PO$ Main prompt 5. U/D directory file format  (SEQ) Line Variable Description 1 RN Number of files in directory (60 max) 2 F%(X) File size in CBM blocks 3 NN$(X) User ID number padded with 0's, plus handle 4 DT$(X) Upload date plus last download date plus filename, type 5 ED$(X) Description of file 6 C%(X) Times downloaded 7 D%(X) Computer type 0-9 (0=any) Lines 2-7 are repeated throughout the file, once for each file in the directory. The number of times is determined by the first file entry (RN). 6.  SB directory format  (SEQ/REL) Position Variable Description 1 RN Number of posts in directory (60 max) 2 Title of original message 3 ID# (or net ID#) of poster, plus handle 4 Date of message, plus date of last response 5 Total number of responses Lines 2-5 are repeated throughout the file, once for each file in the directory. The number of times is determined by the first file entry (RN). 7. e.Sub, e.U/D, e.U/X file formats  (REL) Record 1 Total number of subs, libraries defined Records 2-901 Field Variable Description 1 Password for password-protected board 2 AC%(X) Access code 3 BN$(X) Board name Unused 5 Device 6 Drive 7 Open/close flag 8. E-mail format (m.<handle>)  SEQ Line Description 1 Handle of sending user 2 ID of sending user 3 Date sent 4 [ title ] . . n text of message n+1 ^ at end of message [Lines 1-n+1 are repeated throughout the file, once for each message in the user's mailbox.]

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