• FLO file specifications

    From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to All on Tuesday, November 06, 2012 10:08:47
    Hi,

    Can someone please Netmail me or post the complete specifications for the contents of the Binkley FLO file format?

    Thanks,

    Nick

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  • From Fred Riccio@1:132/174 to Nick Andre on Tuesday, November 06, 2012 15:53:17
    Hello Nick!

    06 Nov 12 10:08, Nick Andre wrote to All:

    Hi,

    Can someone please Netmail me or post the complete specifications for
    the
    contents of the Binkley FLO file format?

    Thanks,

    Nick

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    Nick,

    See fsp1034.001 section 3.1, available from ftsc.org

    If you have specific questions, feel free to netmail me.


    Regards,
    Fred

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Nick Andre on Tuesday, November 06, 2012 17:14:08

    Can someone please Netmail me or post the complete specifications
    for the contents of the Binkley FLO file format?

    here's the info from the binkleyterm v2.60 documentation, pages 21 and 22, concerning BSO ?UT and ?LO files... ?UTs are RAW PKT files just a different name to tell binkley what to do with it... binkley will rename them to PKT when
    sending them... ?LO files are "file attached" files like archived mail and such...

    ==== snip ====

    The file names of the packets tell BinkleyTerm how to treat the
    different packets. Here's a typical packet name:
    00680024.OUT

    That says that the packet is for 0068/0024 (in hexadecimal) or
    104/36 in more familiar terms. The ".OUT" means it is a Normal
    packet.

    Other packet extensions include:
    .HUT Hold this packet for pickup by the
    remote system.
    .CUT The other system can receive
    Continuous Mail.
    .DUT Direct, meaning the other system
    can NOT receive Continuous Mail.
    <pgbrk>
    One nice thing is that you can manually change the file extension
    if you need to, or you can use fancy utilities such as AMAX or BONK
    to do this sort of thing for you on your command.

    For the remainder of this section, we'll assume that you'll be
    using oMMM as your mail packer. As mentioned previously, you
    probably will be using another program that has oMMM-like
    functionality; it depends on your environment.

    The oMMM program knows about these extensions and creates them
    based on information you put into the oMMM control file. You'll
    have statements like this:

    NormHold 124/102

    Any messages you enter to 124/102 would be turned into a .HUT
    packet file, placed into the outbound area, and BinkleyTerm would
    hold that packet for 124/102 to call and pick it up.
    Files are also sent through FidoNet compatible networks. oMMM
    builds and maintains a file that tells BinkleyTerm what files to
    send (or hold) for whom. A typical 'file attach' file might be
    named:

    00680024.FLO

    This would designate a that there is a file waiting to be sent to
    0068/0024 (in hexadecimal) or 104/36 in more familiar terms. The
    ".FLO" says it is a Normal file attach. File attach files are also
    called 'flow files' - named after the .FLO file extension.

    Other flow file extensions are:

    .HLO Hold these files for pickup by the
    remote system.
    .CLO The other system can receive
    Continuous Mail.
    .DLO Direct, meaning the other system
    can NOT receive Continuous Mail.

    A flow file is just a text file. It contains a list of files that
    are to be sent to another system:

    #c:\binkley\outbound\0000fc9c.mo1
    ^c:\myfiles\wizzle.doc
    c:\pascal\notes.doc

    The '#' prior to a flow file entry says to truncate the file to
    zero-length after successfully sending the file to the remote
    system. This is normally only employed when sending compressed mail
    (archived mail) to the remote. The '^' prior to a flow file entry
    says to delete the file after sending.

    ==== snip ====

    you can FREQ the binkleyterm docs from my system if you like...

    BDOC_260.ZIP 289200 23-Jul-1999

    don't let that 1999 date fool you... the internal files are 1995 and 1996... i must have grabbed the file via FTP in 1999 and failed to redate it according to
    the contents :/

    )\/(ark


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  • From Fred Riccio@1:132/174 to Nick Andre on Monday, November 26, 2012 14:24:22
    Hello Nick!

    06 Nov 12 10:08, Nick Andre wrote to All:

    Can someone please Netmail me or post the complete specifications for
    the contents of the Binkley FLO file format?

    Nick,

    The *.?LO files are ascii files that contain a list of files that the mailer needs to send. File names are in the form drive:\path\filename. The file names
    are preceeded by a single character that tells the mailer what to do with the file after it is sent, and terminated with a <CR><LF> pair (or sometimes just a
    <LF>.

    1st
    char meaning
    ----- --------------------------------
    # Truncate file after sending
    ^ Delete file after sending
    ! Ignore this line (comment line)
    [space] send only
    [absent] send only



    Example:

    ----- 01400077.CLO begins -----
    #E:\Outbound\ff440037.tu0
    ----- 01400077.CLO.txt ends -----


    This tells the mailer to send (crash) ff440037.tu0 to 320/119 ans truncate the file to 0 bytes after it is successfully sent.


    more details can be found in FSP-1034

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