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- | Last update: 07/23/96
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- The following information documents the format for PCBoard's USERS file
- and index files format. The format of the USERS.INF file is documented
- separately in a file called USERSYS.DOC.
-
- Each user record is 400 bytes in length. There are no headers or other
- special considerations contained within the users file. Therefore, a
- users file with 4 user records would be 1600 bytes in length.
-
- The following layout is specified in a "byte offset" format such that the
- first field begins at offset 0.
-
- The following is a definition of the variable types that will be used below:
-
- int = a 2 byte value used to form an unsigned integer word
- long = a 4 byte value used to form a long integer
- char = a 1 byte character
- str = an array of 2 or more "char" bytes
- bsreal = a 4 byte Basic Single Precision real number
- bdreal = an 8 byte Basic Double Precision real number
- bitmap = 1 or more bytes used to store bit flags
-
- Note that strings are not NULL terminated and that the length specified for
- the string is full number of useable and storeable bytes. All strings are
- padded with spaces to fill the entire field.
-
- USERS FILE
- ==========
-
- Offset Type Length Description
- ------ ------ ------ -----------
- 0 str 25 Full Name
- 25 str 24 City
- 49 str 12 Password
- 61 str 13 Business / Data Phone Number
- 74 str 13 Home / Voice Phone Number
- 87 str 6 Last Date On (format: YYMMDD)
- 93 str 5 Last Time On (format HH:MM)
- 98 char 1 Expert Mode (Y or N)
- 99 char 1 Default Transfer Protocol (A-Z, 0-9)
- 100 bitmap 1 Bit Flags (see below)
- 101 str 6 Date of Last DIR Scan (most recent file found)
- 107 char 1 Security Level (0-255)
- 108 int 2 Number of Times On
- 110 char 1 Page Length (# lines displayed before prompt)
- 111 int 2 Number of Files Uploaded
- 113 int 2 Number of Files Downloaded
- 115 bdreal 8 Total Bytes Downloaded Today
- 123 str 30 Comment Field #1 (user comment)
- 153 str 30 Comment Field #2 (sysop comment - user can't see)
- 183 int 2 Elapsed Time On (in minutes)
- 185 str 6 Registration Expiration Date (YYMMDD)
- 191 char 1 Expired Registration - Security Level
- 192 char 1 Last Conference In (used for v14.x compatibility)
- 193 bitmap 5 Conference Registration Flags (conf 0-39)
- 198 bitmap 5 Expired Registration Conference Flags (conf 0-39)
- 203 bitmap 5 User Selected Conference Flags (conf 0-39)
- 208 bdreal 8 Total Bytes Downloaded
- 216 bdreal 8 Total Bytes Uploaded
- 224 char 1 Delete Flag (Y or N)
- 225 bsreal 4 Last Message Read pointer (conference 0)
- 229 bsreal 4 Last Message Read pointer (conference 1)
- ... bsreal 4 (continued each conference)
- 381 bsreal 4 Last Message Read pointer (conference 39)
- 385 long 4 Record Number of USERS.INF Record
- 389 bitmap 1 Bit Flags 2 (see below)
- 390 str 8 Reserved (do not use)
- 398 int 2 Last Conference In (used instead of offset 192)
-
-
- Bit Flags
- ---------
- The bit flags are used to store the status of several flags using only a
- single byte to store them. They are stored in the following order:
-
- Bit 0 = Dirty Flag (used to indicate another process updated the record)
- Bit 1 = Clear Screen Between Messages
- Bit 2 = Has Mail Flag
- Bit 3 = Don't Ask for Full Screen Editor Use
- Bit 4 = Full Screen Editor Default
- Bit 5 = Scroll Message Body
- Bit 6 = Use Short Message Headers
- Bit 7 = Use Wide (79-column) Editor
-
- Bit Flags 2
- -----------
- The bit flags are used to store the status of several flags using only a
- single byte to store them. They are stored in the following order:
-
- Bit 0 = Chat Status - OFF=Available, ON=unavailable
- | Bit 1 = Display short file descriptions
- Bit 2 = reserved
- Bit 3 = reserved
- Bit 4 = reserved
- Bit 5 = reserved
- Bit 6 = reserved
- Bit 7 = reserved
-
- USER INDEX FILES
- ================
-
- Offset Type Length Description
- ------ ------ ------ -----------
- 0 int 2 Record Number in USERS File
- 2 str 25 Full Name
-
- There are 26 separate index files for the users. They are separated into
- PCNDX.A thru PCBNDX.Z storing names beginning with the letters "A" thru "Z"
- respectively. Names starting with character before ascii "A" are stored in
- the PCBNDX.A file and similarly names starting with characters after ascii
- "A" are stored in the PCBNDX.Z file.