FidoConfig Manual

a way to make your unix fido-capable

Matthias Tichy

Max Levenkov


Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Husky Development Team INFO-DIR-SECTION Fidonet Software START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

* Fidoconfig: (fidoconfig). The format of the husky common config file.
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fidoconfig

This document describes the use of fidoconfig to make fido work on your unix workstation.

This document applies to version 0.15 of fidoconfig.

design goals     what we want to achieve
config file     how does it look like
tparser     testing your config
converting     Converting fidoconfig to golded and msged
contact     contacting the author

Design goals

The design goal of fidoconfig was to provide one config-file for several different fido software packages like editor, tosser etc. An additional aim was to have one library (fidoconfig) which can be used by all programs. The advantage is you only have to edit one config-file, so changing your system is much easier than with common software packages. Also bugs can only creep in one library and not in thousands over thousands libraries. The config definition can be used in all operating systems. Also the library should be quite portable.

Config file

This chapter describes how a fidoconfig config-file is written, which keywords exist and where to put the file.

Location     Where to put the config file
Syntax     Syntax
Keywords     Keyword reference
HPT     HPT (High Portable Tosser) keywords
HTick     HTick (Husky Ticker) keywords
NLTools     NLTools keywords
EmailPkt     EmailPkt keywords
BSOpack     BSOpack keywords
herp     Husky External Requext Processor keywords
Example     Here is a sample configfile which works for me

Configfile location

The fidoconfig library searches the config file on different locations:

linux:
/etc/fido/config
freebsd:
/usr/local/etc/fido/config
os2/win32/etc:
in the current directory

If you are compile library with huskymak.cfg, the location will be overset with CFGDIR parameter.

Additionally you can set an enviroment variable called FIDOCONFIG which points to the file:

set FIDOCONFIG=e:\bbs\fidoconfig\config FIDOCONFIG=~/fidoconfig/config export FIDOCONFIG

The config file(s) must be readable. If you plan to use the autoareacreate feature of HPT / autofilecreate featute of HTick / etc..., the config file must be writeable.

Syntax

All symbols are not case-sensitive.

{<whiteSpace>} at the start of the line will be ignored.

All keywords are evaluated as occurring, the first matching keyword found is valid. If there are more then one keywords of the same type allowed, the last line matching the situation is valid. Another words: second definition overwrite the previous one. If no match is found, a default-value will be used.

"#" at the start of a line or <whiteSpace>#<whiteSpace> within the line starts a comment. The comment ends with the line.

If the first word in a line is an undefined keyword, program exits with error message.

Each keyword has to start a new line.

Keyword parameters:

<integer>
string including integer numbers, like: 1234567890
<string>
text string
<bool>
may be set to "1", "0", "yes", "no", "on", "off", and also without parameters (it means "on").
<addr>
address string like zone:net/node[.point][@domain]
example: 2:5000/117
<file>
file name. path can be omitted.
<path>
only path. trailing slash may be included or not.

Note! [<parameter>] means that it can be omitted.

FIDOCONFIG library can set up internal variables:

set basedir=/home/user/fido/

[OS] variable automatically setting up for following opetaring systems:

UNIX
All unix-like OS: Linux, *BSD, BeOS, ...
OS/2
WIN
MSDOS

You can set something like:

if [OS]==UNIX tearline `uptime` endif

Some programs can be compiled with module variavle. It can be used for config parsing speed up:

if [module]==htick include /etc/ftn/fileareas endif

And if HPT is running, fileareas don't parsed, because [module]==hpt.

There are following modules available:

hpt (Highy Portable Tosser)
htick (Husky Tick)
hptutil
hpucode

Also external variables van be parsed:

autoexec.bat: SET VAR=myvar fidoconfig: if [VAR]==myvar ... else ... endif ifdef UNIX MsgBaseDir [home]/msgbase endif

You can use external programs output via `cmd`. It is available only for UNIX & OS/2+EMX:

Name Power Station under `uname -mrs`

List of the additional commands:

set, if, if not, else, elseif, ifdef, ifndef, endif.

You can compare with a pattern by using =~ and !~ instead of == and !=:

if [VAR] =~ *substr* ... endif if [VAR] !~ bla?bla* ... endif

Common keywords for HUSKY-programs

This keywords may be used by several programs. More specific keywords you can find in the documentation of the individual programs.

version     version of fidoconfig
name     your Systems Name
location     your location
sysop     your Name
include     include other files
address     your system address


outbound     outbound path
inbound     inbound path
tempDir     path for temporary files (possible memory disk)
logfiledir     path for log files
syslogfacility     facility to use for syslogging
loglevels     set level of log output
screenloglevels     set level of log output to screen


link     adding a link to your config
linkdefaults     start/end/destroy links default definitions
aka     links adress
ouraka     our aka for link
password     links default password
pktpwd     pktpassword for this link
ticpwd     ticker password for this link
areafixpwd     areafix password for this link
filefixpwd     filefix password for this link
bbspwd     bbs password for this link (online user)
sessionpwd     session password for this link
handle     nickname or handle for link
packer     default packer for link


badarea     definition of badarea
dupearea     definition of dupearea
echoarea     definition of echoarea
netmailarea     definition of netmailarea
localarea     definition of the BBS message area
filearea     definition of filearea
bbsarea     definition of the BBS file area

version

Syntax:
version <integer>.<integer>
Example:
version 0.13

Here you specify to which version of fidoconfig your config belong. Currently this statement does nothing.

This statement cannot be repeated.

name

Syntax:
name <string>
Example:
name Leetebrok BBS

Here you specify your Systems name.

This statement cannot be repeated.

location

Syntax:
location <string>
Example:
location Dusseldorf

You specify your Location here.

This statement cannot be repeated.

sysop

Syntax:
sysop <string>
Example:
sysop Matthias Tichy

You specify your name with this keyword.

This statement cannot be repeated.

include

Syntax:
include <file>
Example:
include /etc/fido/areas

You can include other files into your config file. For example if you would like to have different config parts, you can include a file and (via cron job or manually) change the content of this file without changing the rest of the config. Additionally you can split your config in different parts. So you can have your fileareas definition in another file than your msgareas definition. This gives your the ability to have some survey about your config.

This statement can be repeated. But dont make recursive includes. eg include a file which includes another which includes the first. Although this will be detected and fixed many times, there is a chance that it will not be detected one time.

address

Syntax:
Address <addr>
Example:
Address 2:2433/1245

This command specifies which akas your system has. This statement is full 5d compatible, which means you can have also addresses like 2:2433/1245.1@fidonet.org. The first address statement is your main aka which will be used by tossers on different occasions, for example if zone number could not be taken from the @INTL Kludge in netmails.

This statement can be repeated. The domain name is not full supported throughout fidoconfig

outbound

Syntax:
outbound <path>
Example:
outbound /var/spool/fido/out

This command specifies your outbound path. This outbound path is binkley-style. A binkley style outbound consists of a base path and subdirectories. Each subdirectory represents a place for all the files for one zone. The base path is the zone path for your base zone.

Example:


/var/spool/fido/out
This directory contains the files for your base zone.
/var/spool/fido/out.003
This directory contains the files for zone 3.
/var/spool/fido/out.00A
This directory contains the files for zone 10.

The zone directory contains the flow-files for each node. A Flow-file of a node has the name NNNNFFFF.?lo


NNNN
The 4-digit hex-number of the nodes netnumber.
FFFF
The 4-digit hex-number of the nodes nodenumber.
?
Here the flavour of the mails can be chosen. h-hold, c-crash, f-normal, d-direct, i-immediate.

For points there is a subdirectory with nodes flowfilename with suffix.pnt. In this subdirectory the flowfiles have the names PPPPPPPP ( 8-digit point number in hex).

For a deeper background on a binkley-style outbound see the binkley-term documentation and source code.

This statement cannot be repeated.

inbound

Syntax:
inbound <path>
Example:
inbound /var/spool/fido/in

This command specifies where your inbound files are stored. This directory is the base directory which means if you have a connection which ist not protected and the other system is not listed. The files go in here. Only netmails are tossed from this inbound.

This statement cannot be repeated.

tempDir

Syntax:
tempDir <path>
Example:
tempDir /var/tmp

This command specifies the path where the temporary files of the fido-programs should be stored. This directory can erase in boot time. Good idea is set it to memory disk.

Default value is path specified by TEMP, TMP or TMPDIR enviroment variables (use TEMP first, if it not defined then use TMP, next use TMPDIR). If these enviroment variables not defined: - win32 version use %WINDIR%\TEMP (usualy c:\windows\temp for Win9x/Me and c:\winnt\temp for Windows NT/2000/XP) - versions for unix-like OS'es use /tmp - other versions use c:\

This statement cannot be repeated.

logfiledir

Syntax:
logFileDir <path>
Example:
logFileDir /var/spool/log/fido

This command specifies the path where the log-files of the fido-programs should be stored.

This statement cannot be repeated.

Some programs use logFileDir for persistent temporary/work files.

syslogfacility

Syntax:
syslogFacility <facility>
Example:
syslogFacility local0

Some Husky programs are able to write logs via syslogd instead of via log file. For those programs, this keyword definies which facility to use for writing to the syslog. Syslogd will use this facility name to decide which syslog logfile the log messages will go to. Common names that can be used include mail, news, uucp, local0. The exact values that can be used depend upon your operating system. Refer to the man page for syslog.conf or /usr/include/sys/syslog.h for more information.

Logging via syslogd is only supported on UNIX platforms, and currently only used by herp, but not by any other Husky program. If a Husky program logs via log file or via syslog or both depends on the program and not on your fidoconfig file. Consult the individual program's documentation.

LogLevels

Syntax:
loglevels <string>
Example:
loglevels 1345789,A-F Q

This statement define log levels list for store messages into log file. Hiphen is range char (A-F expands to ABCDEF). Recognise only alpha & numeric log level characters, other ignored.

In example we output to log messages with levels 3,4,5,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F,Q.

The log levels are following:

1 - Program start, end;
2 - dupecheck
3 - linking messages
4 - scanning messages
5 - posting messages
6 - execute strings
7 - bundles, pkts, links, freqs, file routing, file attachs, msg packing
8 - areafix, relink, autocreate
9 - error messages (critical, usually exit on error)
0 - creation of file-flags
A - trivial error messages (print message and continue execution)
B - warnings & alerts
C - informational messages
D - statistics
E - summary
F - print program name & version
G - message send/sent
H - recoding operations & recoding tables read/write
I - Generate or check MSGID
J - Echomail phase
K - Filebox phase
L - Netmail phase
M - File create
N - File delete
O - operations with opened file (read, write, seek, ...)
P - Directory operations (create, delete, rename, ...)
Q - Email message parsing and construct
R - Truncate file
S - File send/sent
T - Test files (exist, permittions, etc.)
U - Functions calls (enter to func & leave from it)
V - reserved
W - reserved
X - Filenames construct
Y - Link messagebase pass (some phase in hptlink & etc)
Z - debug messages: source lines (functions control points).
a-z - debug messages

Default value: 1234567890ABCDEF

This statement cannot be repeated.

ScreenLogLevels

Syntax:
screenloglevels <string>
Example:
screenloglevels 2345789,A-C

Set levels of log output to screen. See loglevels for details.

This statement cannot be repeated.

link

Syntax:
link <string>
Example:
link Matthias Tichy

This statement starts a new Link-definition. All the following link-related statements change the configuration of this link until a new link statement is found. The name is the name of this link.

This statement can be repeated.

linkdefaults

Syntax:
linkdefaults [begin | end | destroy]
Example:
linkdefaults

This statement starts section of default definitions of links. All the following link-related statements change default configuration of link until a 'link' or 'linkdefaults end' or 'linkdefaults destroy' statement is found. All parameters collected in linkdefaults sections are copied to link configuration every time when 'link' statement found in configuration file. Link-related statements after 'linkdefaults end' or 'linkdefaults destroy' or before first 'link' or 'linkdefaults' statement are treated as error. 'linkdefaults' statement without 'begin' or 'end' means 'linkdefaults begin' 'linkdefaults destroy' destroys all default definitions.

Be careful with Pause, Export, etc. ;-)

This statement can be repeated. New definitions overwrite old ones.

aka

Syntax:
aka <addr>
Example:
aka 2:2433/1245

This statement sets the aka for the current link.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

ouraka

Syntax:
ouraka <addr>
Example:
ouraka 2:2433/1247

This statement sets the aka which is used with this link.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

password

Syntax:
password [<string>]
Example:
password secret

This statement sets the default password for the link. If you do not change the other passwords, they are set to this password.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

pktpwd

Syntax:
pktpwd [<string>]
Example:
pktpwd geheim

This statement sets the pktpassword for the actual link. Only passwords with maximal 8 characters are valid because of limitations of other software packages. An empty statement is allowed.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

ticpwd

Syntax:
ticpwd [<string>]
Example:
ticpwd geheim

This statement sets the ticcer password for the actual link. Only passwords with maximal 8 characters are valid because of limitations of other software packages. An empty statement is allowed.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

areafixpwd

Syntax:
areafixpwd [<string>]
Example:
areafixpwd geheim

This statement sets the areafix password for the actual link. An empty statement is allowed, but not recommended.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

filefixpwd

Syntax:
filefixpwd [<string>]
Example:
filefixpwd geheim

This statement sets the filefix password for the actual link. An empty statement is allowed, but not recommended.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

bbspwd

Syntax:
bbspwd [<string>]
Example:
bbspwd geheim

This statement sets the bbs password for the actual link. An empty statement is allowed.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

sessionpwd

Syntax:
sessionpwd [<string>]
Example:
sessionpwd geheim

This statement sets the session password for the actual link. An empty statement is allowed.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

handle

Syntax:
handle <name>
Example:
handle eddie

This statements gives a link a nickname. This statement is supposed for bbs systems.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

packer

Syntax:
packer <packer>
Example:
packer zip

This statement sets the packer for the link. You can use the packer which you has set up using the pack statement. If you omit this statement or set packer none no mail will be packed. The pkt&#-76;s will be put in the outbound.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

badarea

Syntax:
BadArea <name> <file> [-b <msgbase>] [Options]
Example:
BadArea badarea /var/spool/fido/msgb/bad -b Squish

This statement specifies the BadArea. Read documentation of HPT for details.

This statement cannot be repeated.

dupearea

Syntax:
dupeArea <name> <file> [-b <msgbase>] [Options]
Example:
dupeArea dupeArea /var/spool/fido/msgb/dupes -b Squish

This statement specifies the DupeArea. Read documentation of HPT for details.

This statement cannot be repeated.

echoarea

Syntax:
EchoArea <name> <file> [-b <msgbase>] [Options] [linkAKAs] [linkOptions]
Example:
EchoArea linux.develop.ger /var/spool/fido/msgb/linux.develop.ger -b Squish -a 2:2433/1247 -g A -dupeCheck move -dupehistory 11 -d "Linux development" 2:2433/1245 -def

This statement specifies the echoareas. Read documentation of HPT for details.

This statement can be repeated.

netmailarea

Syntax:
NetmailArea <name> <file> [-b <msgbase>] [Options]
Example:
NetmailArea netmail /var/spool/fido/msgb/netmail -b Squish

This statement specifies the NetMailArea. Read documentation of HPT for details.

This statement can be repeated.

localarea

Syntax:
LocalArea <name> <file> [-b <msgbase>] [Options]
Example:
LocalArea MyBBSarea /var/spool/fido/msgb/MyBBS -b Squish

This statement specifies the LocalArea: messages area in BBS. Read documentation of HPT for details.

filearea

Syntax:
FileArea <name> <fileareapath> <uplink> [options] [<downlinks>]
Example:
filearea Photoes /var/spool/fido/fileecho/Photoes 2:50/1 -d "Sysop photoes"

This statement specifies the FileArea: fileecho definition. (Read documentation of HTick for details.)

bbsarea

Syntax:
bbsarea <name> <bbsareapath>
Example:
BBSarea Incoming /var/spool/fido/BBS/incoming

This statement specifies the BBSArea: BBS file area definition. It's use for filelist building. Read documentation of HTick for details.

High Portable Tosser keywords

This section contains only keyword-list. Read HPT Manual for more info.

accessgrp address addtoseen advancedareafix advisorylock afterunpack aka allowemptypktpwd allowpktaddrdiffer arcmailsize arcnetmail areafix areafixecholimit areafixfrompkt areafixhelp areafixkillreports areafixkillrequests areafixmsgsize areafixnames areafixorigin areafixpwd areafixqueryreports areafixqueuefile areafixsplitstr areafixfromname areasfilenamecase areasmaxdupeage autoareacreate autoareacreatedefaults autoareacreatefile autoareacreateflag autoareacreatesubdirs autopassive autopause badarea beforepack bundlenamestyle carbonaddr carbonandquit carboncopy carbondelete carbonexcludefwdfrom carbonextern carbonfrom carbonfromarea carbongroups carbonkeepsb carbonkludge carbonmove carbonout carbonreason carbonrule carbonsubj carbontext carbonto createareascase createfwdnonpass defarcmailsize denyfwdfile denyfwdmask denyfwdreqaccess denyuncondfwdreqaccess disabletid disablepid dupearea dupebasetype dupehistorydir echoarea echoareadefaults echomailflavour echotosslog excludepassthroughcarbon export filebox fileboxalways fileboxesdir forwardareapriority forwardpkts forwardrequestfile forwardrequestmask forwardrequests forwardfequesttimeout hptperlfile idlepassthrutimeout ignorecapword ignoreseen import importlog inbound include intab keeptrsfiles keeptrsmail killedrequesttimeout kludgeareanetmail level link linkbundlenamestyle linkdefaults linkfilebasedir linkgrp linkmsgbasedir linkwithimportlog localarea localinbound lockfile logechotoscreen mandatory mindiskfreespace msgbasedir name netarea netmailarea netmailextern netmailflag newarearefusefile noprocessbundles norules notvalidfilenamechars optgrp origin ouraka outbound outtab pack packer packnetmailonscan password pause pktpwd pktsize processpkt protinbound publicgroup readonly reducedseenby remap remoterobotname reportto robotsarea route routefile routemail rulesdir separatebundles setconsoletitle statlog sysop tearline tempinbound tempoutbound tossingext unpack writeonly

HTick (Husky Ticker) keywords

This section contains only keyword-list. Read HTick Manual for more info.

AddDLC AnnAreaTag AnnAdrfrom AnnAdrto AnnExclude AnnFileOrigin AnnFileRFrom AnnFrom AnnInclude AnnMessFlags AnnOrigin AnnounceSpool AnnSubj AnnTo AutoFileCreateFlag BbsArea BusyFileDir ConvertLongNames ConvertShortNames DLCDigits ExecOnFile FileArea FileAreaBaseDir FileAreaCreatePerms FileDescPos FileAreaDefaults FileDescName FileEchoFlavour FileLDescString FileFixFromName FileFixHelp FileFixKillReports FileFixKillRequests FileFixNames MaxTicLineLength OriginInAnnounce (obsoleted) PassFileAreaDir RemoteFileRobotName SaveTic TicOutbound In Link section: AutoFileCreate AutoFileCreateDefaults AutoFileCreateFile AutoFileCreateSubdirs DelNotRecievedTIC FileFixEchoLimit FileFixFSC87Subset ForwardFilePriority ForwardFileRequestFile ForwardFileRequests NoTIC LinkFileBaseDir TickerPackToBox

NLTools keywords

nodelistdir     path for nodelists
fidouserlist     name of compiled fido user list file
nodelist     adding a nodelist definition
diffupdate     where nodediffs for this nodelist can be found
fullupdate     where complete updates for the nodelist are
defaultzone     specifying a zone number for a nodelist
nodelistformat     is it a nodelist or a pointlist?

nodelistDir

Syntax:
nodelistDir <path>
Example:
nodelistDir /var/spool/fido/nodelist

This command specifies the path where the actual nodelists are or should be written to. This path contains the raw nodelist (see nodelist.). Also, compiled nodelists like the FIDOUSER.LST will be stored here.

This statement cannot be repeated.

fidoUserList

Syntax:
fidoUserList <filename>
Example:
fidoUserList fidouser.lst

If this keyword is present, the nodelist compiler (e.g. ulc) is instructed to build a user list file with the given filename in the nodelist directory (see nodelistdir.). This is a simple text file with fixed line length that contains user names (nodes, points) and their corresponding node or pointnumbers. The file is sorted alphabetically by user name (case insensitive), so that it can be bsearched to implement a quick node numer lookup functinality. The fido user list file format is understood by msged, for example.

nodelist

Syntax:
Nodelist <name>
Example:
Nodelist nodelist or Nodelist points24

This statement starts a new nodelist definition. All the following nodelist-related stamtements change the configuration of this nodelist until a new nodelist statement is found.

The name that you specify must match the base name (without extension and without pathname) of the raw, unpacked, nodelist file. The husky tools ulc and nlupdate math the file name case-insensitively, but other tools may need the exact spelling. The raw nodelist file is expected to reside in the nodelist directory (see nodelistdir.).

diffupdate

Syntax:
DiffUpdate <path_and_basname>
Example:
DiffUpdate /var/spool/filebase/nodediff/nodediff

Here you can specify the base filename of nodelist difference files (nodediffs) that are used to keep the corresponding nodelist up to date. The argument to the DiffUpdate is the full file name with path of a difference file, without the file extension. For example, if you have a file area at /var/spool/filebase/24000, where your ticker places the updates for the German Pointlist, and those update files are called points24.a26, points24.a33, and so on, you would use

DiffUpdate /var/spool/filebase/24000/points24

The Diffupdate keyword is used by nlupdate, for example. The nodelist updater will unpack the difference file (if it is archived, of course, unpacked diffs are also supported), apply the diff to the corresponding nodelist, and delete the temporary unpacked diff again.

fullupdate

Syntax:
FullUpdate <path_and_basname>
Example:
FullUpdate /var/spool/filebase/nodelist/nodelist

This statement works like DiffUpdate (see diffupdate.). The difference is that here you don't specify the location of a nodelist difference file, but the locations where complete nodelist files/archives can be found. Some othernets do not (regularly) distribute a nodediff file, but just hatch a new nodelist every few weeks. In this case, you need the FullUpdate statement.

defaultzone

Syntax:
DefaultZone <zone>
Example:
DefaultZone 2

Some nodelist files do not start with a Zone entry. This is the case for the German Points24 list, for example, but could also happen for othernets that only have one zone. In this case, you can use the DefaultZone keyword to specify the default zone number for all nodes listed in this nodelist.

nodelistformat

Syntax:
Nodelistformat <format>
Example:
NodelistFormat standard or NodelistFormat Points24

Here you can specify the format of the unpacked nodelist. The default is standard; this is the normal Fidonet nodelist format. You can also specify points24, which is needed for the nodelist compiler to recognise a point list in the German points24 format as such, so that it can see the proper 5D point numbers instead of the fakenet numbers.

EmailPkt keywords

Common tokens:

sendMailCmd     command line for send file via e-mail

Link definition tokens:
email     email address of this link
emailSubj     subject of email
emailFrom     sender address used for outgoing emails
emailEncoding     encoding of outgoing emails

email

Syntax:
sendMailCmd string
Example:
sendMailCmd /usr/sbin/sendmail $a <$f

This keyword is used to define send mail command & it's parameters. Macro '$a' specify position of the recipient e-mail address; macro '$f' specify position for name of file with message body. If '$f' omitted then message body to be directed to stdin.

This statement can't be repeated.

email

Syntax:
email <email-address>
Example:
email eddie@ironmaiden.com

This keyword is used to set the email-address for the link. This can be used to send pkts via email.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

emailFrom

Syntax:
emailFrom <email-address>
Example:
emailFrom fred@ironmaiden.com

This keyword is used to set the email-address used as sender address for outgoing emails to this link.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

emailSubj

Syntax:
emailSubj <subject>
Example:
emailSubj Fido over EMail message in UUE format

This keyword is used to set the subject for emails to and from this link. It may be ignored by some encodings (e.g. SEAT).

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

email

Syntax:
emailEncoding (MIME | SEAT | UUE)
Example:
emailEncoding MIME

This keyword is used to set the encoding for outgoing emails to this link.

This statement can only be repeated for different links.

BSOpack keywords

This section contains only keyword-list. Read BsoPack Manual for more info.

maxunpackednetmail packnetmail

herp keywords

Herp is the Husky External file Request Processor. The following fidoconfig keywords are specific to herp. Some programs of herp, in particular herpidx, also use part of the htick configuration, i.E. filearea definitions.

reqidxdir     path for herp request index files

reqidxdir

Syntax:
reqidxDir <path>
Example:
reqidxDir /var/spool/fido/reqidx

This command specifies a subdirectory which will be used to store the request index generated by herpidx. This subdirectory should be writable for the herpidx process and at least readable for the user under which your mailer and herp will be run. herpidx will place various request index files here. The subdirectory should not be used for any other purposes. The index can become rather large, so plan for enough free disk space.

Working sample config

# sample fido config file version 0.14 # test for new stripComment Name hpt-HQ Location Paderborn, GER Sysop Matthias Tichy LogLevels 456789 Address 2:2432/645 Address 44:4932/110 Address 21:499/976 Address 49:199/976 Address 54:490/976 Address 64:199/976 Address 530:199/976 # This is taken from Serge Koghin's ParToss # Hope he wouldn't be angry for this # ATTENTION the commented lines are not tested by me (mtt) # and will mostly be only useful on dos-systems Unpack "unzip -j -Loqq $a -d $p" 0 504b0304 Pack zip zip -9 -j -q $a $f Unpack "arc eno $a $p'*.*'" 0 1a #Unpack "pkunpak /r $a $p" 0 1a #Pack arc pkpak -oct a $a $f #Unpack "pak e /wn $a $p" -2 fe #Pack pak pak a $a $f #Unpack "lha e /m $a $p" 2 2d6c68 #Pack lha lha a /o /m $a $f #Unpack "zoo e:O $a $p" 0 5a4f4f #Pack zoo zoo a: $a $f #Unpack "arj e -+ -y $a $p" 0 60ea # Unpack "cd $p && /usr/bin/unarj e $a > /dev/null" 0 60ea # for Linux #Pack arj arj a -+ -e -y $a $f Unpack "unrar e -y $a $p \* > /dev/null" 0 52617221 #Pack rar rar a -std -ep $a $f #Unpack "jar e -y $a $p" 14 1a4a61721b #Pack jar jar a -y $a $f #Unpack "ha eyq $a" 0 4841 #Pack ha ha a21eq $a $f # include /etc/fido/areas Link Matthias Schniedermeyer Aka 2:2432/600 ourAka 2:2432/645 Password xxxxxxxxx EchoMailFlavour Crash AutoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 AutoFileCreate on forwardRequests on Packer zip Link Matthias Schniedermeyer Aka 44:4932/100 ourAka 44:4932/110 password xxxxxxxx EchoMailFlavour Crash AutoAreaCreate on AutoFileCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 Packer zip Link Carsten Ellermann Aka 2:2432/215 ourAka 2:2432/645 password xxxxxxx autoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 autoFileCreate on Link Matthias Tichy Aka 2:2432/646 ourAka 2:2432/645 Password xxxxxxxx autoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 forwardPkts on Link Matthias Tichy Aka 21:499/980 ourAka 21:499/976 Password xxxxxxx autoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 forwardPkts on Link Matthias Tichy Aka 49:199/980 ourAka 49:199/976 Password xxxxxxxx autoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 forwardPkts on Link Matthias Tichy Aka 54:490/980 ourAka 54:490/976 Password xxxxxxx autoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 forwardPkts on Link Matthias Tichy Aka 64:199/980 ourAka 64:199/976 Password xxxxxxxx autoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 forwardPkts on Link Matthias Tichy Aka 530:199/980 ourAka 530:199/976 Password xxxxxxxx autoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 forwardPkts on Link Matthias Born Aka 2:240/6223 ourAka 2:2432/645 Password xxxxxxx EchoMailFlavour hold Packer zip Link Matthias Born Aka 44:4932/120 ourAka 44:4932/110 Password xxxxxxx EchoMailFlavour hold Packer zip Link Sascha Silbe Aka 2:2435/424 ourAka 2:2432/645 AutoFileCreate on Password xxxxxxxx Link Sascha Silbe Aka 54:490/963 ourAka 54:490/976 AutoFileCreate on Password xxxxxxxxx Link Alfred Cleve Aka 2:244/6260 ourAka 2:2432/645 password xxxxxxxxxxx packer zip EchoMailFlavour crash autoAreaCreate on AutoAreaCreateDefaults -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 ; +++ FREEPNT-MARKE +++ #route crash 2:2433/1245 * #route hold 2:2433/1247.100 2:2433/1247.100 #route Crash 2:2433/1245 2:2433/* #route hold noroute 2:2433/1245.* #route crash host 2:2433/* #route crash enc no-route * route hold noroute 2:2432/645.* route hold noroute 2:240/6223.* route crash noroute 2:2432/646 route hold 44:4932/120 44:4932/120 44:4932/130 Route crash 44:4932/100 44:* Route crash 49:199/980 49:* Route crash 54:490/980 54:* Route crash 530:199/980 530:* Route normal 2:2435/424 2:2435/* Route crash 2:2432/646 * Inbound /home/mtt/fido/in/ ProtInbound /home/mtt/fido/in.sec LocalInbound /home/mtt/fido/in.loc Outbound /home/mtt/fido/out/ tempOutbound /home/mtt/fido/out.tmp tempInbound /home/mtt/fido/in.tmp #MsgBaseDir Passthrough MsgBaseDir /home/mtt/fido/msgb FileAreaBaseDir /home/mtt/fido/files public /home/mtt/fido/public # public /home/mtt/fido/public2 # intab /home/mtt/fido/recode/outaltkoi8 # outtab /home/mtt/fido/recode/outkoi8alt echotosslog /home/mtt/fido/echotoss.log importlog /home/mtt/fido/import.log logFileDir /home/mtt/fido/hpt/linux DupeHistoryDir /home/mtt/fido/dupes NodelistDir /home/mtt/fido/nodelist PassFileAreaDir /home/mtt/fido/passFileDir magic /home/mtt/fido/magic lockfile /home/mtt/fido/lock areafixhelp /home/mtt/fido/hpt/misc/areafix.hlp FileFixHelp /home/mtt/fido/htick/misc/filefix.hlp NodeList nodelist DiffUpdate /home/mtt/fido/files/nodediff NodeList unionnet Nodelist geonode Nodelist linuxnet DiffUpdate /home/mtt/fido/files/lin44.node NetmailArea NetmailArea /home/mtt/fido/msgb/netmail -b msg # NetmailArea NetmailArea /home/mtt/fido/msgb/net -b Squish BadArea BadArea /home/mtt/fido/msgb/bad -b Squish DupeArea DupeArea /home/mtt/fido/msgb/dupe -b Squish EchoArea 2432.points /home/mtt/fido/msgb/2432/points -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea 2432.Talk /home/mtt/fido/msgb/2432/talk -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea C_ECHO.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/c_echo_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea C_PLUSPLUS.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/c_plpl_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea binkley /home/mtt/fido/msgb/binkley -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea Binkley.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/binkley_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea hardrock.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/hardrock_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea linux.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux/ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupecheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/646 echoArea linux.develop.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux/develop_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/646 EchoArea os2.base.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/base_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea os2.beta.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/beta_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea os2bbs.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/bbs_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea os2.debate.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/debate_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea os2.install.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/install_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea Os2.wps.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/wps_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea Os2.prog.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/prog_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea Os2.lan.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/lan_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea os2.hw.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/hw_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea os2.online.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/online_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea os2.tec.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/os2/tec_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea OWL.Newfiles /home/mtt/fido/msgb/owl/newfiles -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea owl.announce /home/mtt/fido/msgb/owl/announce -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea owl.flea /home/mtt/fido/msgb/owl/flea -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea owlserver.news /home/mtt/fido/msgb/owl/snews -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea Paderborn.Flohmarkt /home/mtt/fido/msgb/pader/floh -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea Tolkien.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/tolkien_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -dupeCheck move -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea Schweden.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/schweden_g -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -tinySB -p 14 2:2432/600 LocalArea carbonArea /home/mtt/fido/msgb/carbonArea -b Squish CarbonTo Matthias Tichy CarbonCopy carbonArea EchoArea paderborn.mailbox /home/mtt/fido/msgb/paderborn.mailbox -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 -p 14 2:2432/600 EchoArea owl.allfix /home/mtt/fido/msgb/owl.allfix -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea fidosoft.winpoint.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/fidosoft.winpoint.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea net_dev.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/net_dev.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea net_dev /home/mtt/fido/msgb/net_dev -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea fidosoft.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/fidosoft.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea linux.bbs /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.bbs -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea linux.software /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.software -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea linux.setup /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.setup -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea linux.reg /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.reg -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea linux.netzwerk /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.netzwerk -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea linux.announce /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.announce -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea linux.hardware /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.hardware -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea darkness.info /home/mtt/fido/msgb/darkness.info -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea linux.coord /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.coord -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea 2432.nodes.info /home/mtt/fido/msgb/2432.nodes.info -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea linux.office /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.office -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea linux.develop /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.develop -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea linux.x /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.x -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea 2432.nodes /home/mtt/fido/msgb/2432.nodes -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea fido2000.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/fido2000.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea java.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/java.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea ftsc_public /home/mtt/fido/msgb/ftsc_public -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/646 EchoArea BINKLEY.DEVELOP /home/mtt/fido/msgb/binkley.develop -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/215 FileArea binkley.dev /home/mtt/fido/files/binkley.dev -a 2:2432/645 -d "Binkleyterm Development: Source Diffs, Misc, stuff" 2:2432/215 FileArea btxebos2 /home/mtt/fido/files/btxebos2 -a 2:2432/645 -d "Binkleyterm Development: Beta Binaries for OS/2" 2:2432/215 FileArea btxebsrc /home/mtt/fido/files/btxebsrc -a 2:2432/645 -d "Binkleyterm Development: Beta Source" 2:2432/215 FileArea btxebw32 /home/mtt/fido/files/btxebw32 -a 2:2432/645 -d "Binkleyterm Development: Beta Binaries for Win32" 2:2432/215 EchoArea golded.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/golded.ger -b Squish -a 2:2432/645 -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea fidosoft.husky /home/mtt/fido/msgb/fidosoft.husky -b Squish -a 2:2432/645 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/646 2:240/6223 EchoArea darkness.points /home/mtt/fido/msgb/darkness.points -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea linux.fido.ger /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.fido.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/646 EchoArea FUSSBALL.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/fussball.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea PGP.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/pgp.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea HARDWARE.SCSI.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/hardware.scsi.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea TV.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/tv.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea CDWRITER.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/cdwriter.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea FASTECHO.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/fastecho.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea URTEILE.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/urteile.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea PRO_WRESTLING /home/mtt/fido/msgb/pro_wrestling -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea SPORT.EISHOCKEY.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sport.eishockey.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea RAETSEL.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/raetsel.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea WRESTLING.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/wrestling.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea JAZZ.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/jazz.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea TV.SITCOM.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/tv.sitcom.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea FAEKAL.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/faekal.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea STEUER.GER /home/mtt/fido/msgb/steuer.ger -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/600 EchoArea LINUX.TALK /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux.talk -a 44:4932/110 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 44:4932/100 EchoArea LINUX /home/mtt/fido/msgb/linux -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/646 2:240/6223 EchoArea FTN.BACKBONE.INFO /home/mtt/fido/msgb/ftn.backbone.info -a 2:2432/645 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 2:2432/646 FileArea 24000 /home/mtt/fido/files/24000 -a 2:2432/645 2:2432/600 FileArea NODEDIFF /home/mtt/fido/files/nodediff -a 2:2432/645 2:2432/600 FileArea LIN44.NODE /home/mtt/fido/files/lin44.node -a 44:4932/110 44:4932/100 FileArea LIN44.POINT /home/mtt/fido/files/lin44.point -a 44:4932/110 44:4932/100 EchoArea GN.ALLGEMEIN /home/mtt/fido/msgb/gn.allgemein -a 54:490/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 54:490/980 EchoArea GN.ANNOUNCE /home/mtt/fido/msgb/gn.announce -a 54:490/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 54:490/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.IGMEDIEN.ALLG /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.igmedien.allg -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.RECHT.ARB.URTEILE /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.recht.arb.urteile -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.RECHT.SOZ.DISKUSSION /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.recht.soz.diskussion -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.RECHT.ARB.DISKUSSION /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.recht.arb.diskussion -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.BETR.BR+PR /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.betr.br+pr -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.BETR.VEREINBARUNGEN /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.betr.vereinbarungen -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea GN.CLUBS /home/mtt/fido/msgb/gn.clubs -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.KOO.VORSTELLUNG /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.koo.vorstellung -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.ALLGEMEIN /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.allgemein -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.AKTUELL.TERMINE /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.aktuell.termine -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.KOO.TEST /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.koo.test -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.GHK /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.ghk -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.AKTUELL.AKTIONEN /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.aktuell.aktionen -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.BETR.BILDUNG /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.betr.bildung -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.INTERNATIONAL /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.international -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.KOO.DISKUSSION /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.koo.diskussion -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.HBV /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.hbv -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.IGMETALL /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.igmetall -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.JUGEND /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.jugend -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea GN.CBM /home/mtt/fido/msgb/gn.cbm -a 54:490/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 54:490/980 EchoArea SN.KOO.WICHTIG /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.koo.wichtig -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.KOO.ANTRAEGE /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.koo.antraege -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.THESEN /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.thesen -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.OETV /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.oetv -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.FRAUEN /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.frauen -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.GEW.HBS /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.gew.hbs -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.ARB+SOZ.ALLGEMEIN /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.arb+soz.allgemein -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.AKTUELL.VORSCHAU /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.aktuell.vorschau -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.ARB+SOZ.ERWERBSLOS /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.arb+soz.erwerbslos -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.ARB+SOZ.DISKUSSION /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.arb+soz.diskussion -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.BETR.ARBSCHU+UMWELT /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.betr.arbschu+umwelt -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea SN.BETR.ARBEIT+TECHNIK /home/mtt/fido/msgb/sn.betr.arbeit+technik -a 49:199/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 49:199/980 EchoArea GN.SYSOPS /home/mtt/fido/msgb/gn.sysops -a 54:490/976 -b Squish -p 14 -dupeCheck move -dupeHistory 11 54:490/980

Converting fidoconfig to golded, msged and aquaed

Since original GoldEd by Odin Sorensen does not support fidoconfig at all and msged and aquaed only in beta versions, we have developed three programs that convert your fidoconfig to these proprietary config file formats.

  1. fconf2golded fconf2golded <goldedConfigFileName> [<default.cfg>]

    fconf2golded ~/golded/golded.cfg ~/golded/goldDefaults.cfg

  2. fconf2msged fconf2msged <msgedConfigFileName>

    fconf2msged ~/msged.areas

  3. fconf2aquaed fconf2aquaed <aquaedConfigFileName> [<default.cfg>] (if you specify default.cfg there will be a include <default.cfg> generated in your config file)

    fconf2aquaed ~/aquaed/aquaed.cfg

Testing the config

You should run tparser everytime you have changed the config. If tparser crashes please correct your config file and send your config or the line which causes the crash.

./tparser | less

tparser (like any fidoconfig program) will display error messages if you have made an error in the config. It will grumble on every Keyword it does not know. It will stop after the first error to give you the ability to change your config.

Contacting the author

You can reach me at

mt<t@tichy.de> 2:2432/645

and in the fido echoarea

linux.develop.ger fidosoft.husky

Max Levenkov:

sa<ckett@mail.ru> ru.husky (russian) ru.echoprocessors (russian) fidosoft.husky (english)

The actual fidoconfig library and other fido software will be on http://husky.sourceforge.net.


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