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- .SC BBOARDS 1
- .NA
- bboards \- the UCI BBoards facility
- .SY
- bbc
- \%[\-check]
- \%[\-read]
- bboards ...
- \%[\-help]
- .DE
- The home directory of \fIbboards\fR is where the BBoard system is kept.
- This documentation describes some of the nuances of the BBoard system.
-
- .in +.5i
- .ti -.5i
- \fBBBoards, BBoard\-IDs\fR
- .br
- A BBoard is just a file containing a group of messages relating to the same
- topic.
- These files live in the ~bboards home directory.
- Each message in a BBoard file has in its header the line
- \*(lqBBoard-Id: n\*(rq,
- where \*(lqn\*(rq is an ascending decimal number.
- This id-number is unique for each message in a BBoards file.
- It should NOT be confused with the message number of a message,
- which can change as messages are removed from the BBoard.
-
- .ti -.5i
- \fBBBoard Handling\fR
- .br
- To read BBoards, use the \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR programs.
- The \fImsh\fR command is a monolithic program which contains all the
- functionality of \fIMH\fR in a single program.
- The `\-check' switch to \fIbbc\fR lets you check on the status of BBoards,
- and the `\-read' switch tells \fIbbc\fR to invoke \fImsh\fR to read
- those BBoards.
-
- .ti -.5i
- \fBCreating a BBoard\fR
- .br
- Both public, and private BBoards are supported.
- Contact the mail address \fIPostMaster\fR if you'd like to have a BBoard
- created.
-
- .ti -.5i
- \fBBBoard addresses\fR
- .br
- Each BBoard has associated with it 4 addresses,
- these are (for the ficticious BBoard called ``hacks''):
- .in +.75i
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBhacks\fR\0: The Internet wide distribution list.
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBdist-hacks\fR\0: The local BBoard.
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBhacks-request\fR\0:
- The people responsible for the BBoard at the Internet level.
- .br
- .ti -.5i
- \fBlocal-hacks-request\fR\0:
- The people responsible for the BBoard locally.
- .in -.75i
- .in -.5i
- .Fi
- ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
- ^$HOME/\&.bbrc~^BBoard information
- .Pr
- ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
- .Ps
- ^bboards:~^To specify interesting BBoards
- .Ps
- ^mshproc:~^Program to read a given BBoard
- .Sa
- bbc(1), bbl(1), bbleader(1), msh(1)
- .De
- The default bboard is \*(lqsystem\*(rq
- .Co
- None
- .En
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