Transfer System


The Transfer system allows you to make files available to your users for downloading. Two default directories are created upon installation, Sysop and Miscellaneous. The Sysop directory is accessible only to SL255 users by default. It should be used for storage or uploading of files prior to cataloging. You may wish to setup many directories or only a few based on your setup.

Transfer directories are setup by using the DIREDIT feature. This feature may be accessed in the following ways:

  1. From WFC, enter D and then enter the system password when prompted for it.
  2. From the main menu, enter //DIREDIT and then enter the system password when prompted for it.
  3. From the main menu, enter //DE (short form for DIREDIT and the system password when prompted for it.

DIREDIT
The first thing that is seen when the directory editor is accessed is a Substring? prompt. If you wish to go directly to an existing directory, enter a portion of the name, otherwise hit enter for a complete listing. The listing of the directories will appear like this:

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³ NN   DAR Name                     FN       DSL AGE FIL PATH  ³
³ ==== --- ======================== -------- === --- === ------³
³ 0     Sysop                    SYSOP    100 0   50  DLOADS\SY³
³ 1     Miscellaneous            MISC     10  0   50  DLOADS\MI³
³                                                              ³
³ Dirs: D:elete, I:nsert, M:odify, S:wapDirs, Q:uit, ? :       ³
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The commands are relatively straight forward and work in a fashion similar to BOARDEDIT. Swap directories allows the sysop to change the order in which directories are listed.

When a particular directory is selected for modification, the following is seen:

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³   Directory     : 0                              ³
³   A. Name       : Sysop                          ³
³   B. Filename   : SYSOP                          ³
³   C. Path       : DLOADS\SYSOP\                  ³
³   D. DSL        : 100                            ³
³   E. Min. Age   : 0                              ³
³   F. Max Files  : 50                             ³
³   G. DAR        : None.                          ³
³   H. Require PD : No                             ³
³   I. Dir Type   : 65535                          ³
³   J. Uploads    : Allowed                        ³
³   K. Arch. only : No                             ³
³   L. Drive Type : HARD DRIVE                     ³
³   N. //UPLOADALL: Yes                            ³
³   O. WWIV Reg   : No                             ³
³                                                  ³
³   Which (A-M,[,],Q) ?                            ³
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A) Name
The name would be the name that you want the users to see. Sysops generally find it useful to create categories that will have like type of files grouped together in the directory.

B) Filename
This should be a dos legal (i.e. 8 characters or less) filename. The BBS software will append the DIR extension to it, store it in the DATA directory and use it to keep information in binary format for the board's use.

C) Path
The path is the path to the directory. The path may be specified complete or in relationship to the main BBS directory. The example shows one where DLOADS would be a subdirectory of the BBS. If you wanted to put the directory on a different drive, you might have something like D:\DLOADS\MISC.

D) DSL
The DSL is the download security necessary to have access to the directory. Anyone with that level of DSL or higher will have access to the directory unless an upper limit is placed on the DSL in the Conference editor by the sysop.

E) Minimum Age
This allows you to restrict access to people of a certain age.

F) Maximum Files
This sets the maximum number of files that can be held by this directory.

G) DAR
This setting allows you to set an Access Requirement on the directory so that the person must have that DAR in order to see or access the files in that directory.

H) Require PD
This setting asks the user if the file about to be uploaded is Public Domain. If they answer No, it will not permit them to upload the file.

I) Directory Type
This setting allows you to set a directory type for this directory. At the present time, WWIV itself does not make use of this variable, but some of the utilities written by third parties do make use of it. In a future version of WWIV, this field will allow you to "subscribe" to file areas in much the same way as subboards.

J) Uploads Allowed
This setting may be toggled to indicate that uploads are not permitted. Many sysops will leave this as allowed and require that uploads go to the sysop using the INI setting to force all uploads to the Sysop directory.

K) Archive Only
Setting this will allow you to require a certain type of file extension and no other type may be uploaded.

L) Drive Type
This permits the sysop to toggle between HARD DRIVE and CD-ROM as permissible types. If a CD-ROM is used, its use will be optimized (i.e. the board will work better and faster) if it is identified as a CD-ROM.

N) //UPLOADALL
This is a toggle which allows or disallows the use of the //UPLOADALL command to function on this file area.

O) WWIV Reg
This is also a toggle and if set to Yes, will only allow access to this file are to users with a WWIV Registration number defined in the user record.

ALLOW.DAT and AllowEdit (AE)

TODO: Does this apply to WWIV 5.0?

This option applies to registered sysops only and is associate with the OPT_FAST_Search setup. A program is available called WWSORT.EXE which should be run first. This program creates your original ALLOW.DAT file which will permit a fast search for duplicate file names. The ALLOWEDIT option gives the sysop the ability to add or remove file names from the binary file. A sysop might want to add the name of a non-existent file if he did not care to have that file uploaded to him. For example, sysops frequently get a "scam" uploaded to them called FASTCASH. This "scam" is like a chain letter for BBSs. Putting FASTCASH as a file name would prevent someone's uploading a file by that name. By the same token, if the sysop needs to remove a filename from the binary list, he has the option to do so by using the ALLOWEDIT option.