Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!tness7!tness1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: WRONG! Keywords: xbbs reply Message-ID: <837@.UUCP> Date: 1 Jun 88 13:28:23 GMT References: <208@turnkey.TCC.COM> Organization: SCADA Lines: 28 Note: newsgroups line coalesced... The following are my nosey-parker comments about what I think (from context) must be some sort of UNIX-based BBS. I am currently running a UNIX-based BBS of my own devising, so... In article ... sandy@turnkey.TCC.COM (Sanford 'Sandy' Zelkovitz) writes: > The following are my replys to WRONGLY stated comments: > > The messages are in a non-standard format with all messages stuffed into > > one huge file. The messages are limited to a compile time maximum length. > Firstly, what is a standard message???? Either 1 message per file, a-la news, ormessages per file, a-la mail. In either case the files should be normal UNIX text files with no message length limits. > > 3) The message base, file handling, and bulletins (motd and others) > > use non-standard layouts and fixed length record formats. > They are MY format; therefore they are standard for xbbs! Fixed length record files are very rarely appropriate for a UNIX system. Certainly a low-performance application like a BBS doesn't need them. The downside obvious: you can't use an editor on them... -- -- Peter da Silva, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. -- Phone: 713-274-5180. Remote UUCP: uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter.