File filtering (Appendix 21)

# File filtering.

(Appendix 21)

     There is a possibility to filter files that are uploaded to the BBS.  This
    is done by a F_FILTER program.

     The F_FILTER may also be created as a DLL.  Both for WinFBB and DosFBB (!!).
    The filter must be installed in the path (\FBB\BIN) of Dos.

     If the F_FILTER exists, the temporary file is no longer deleted by WinFBB
    (unless return value from F_FILTER is 0), the filter must decide what to do.

     F_FILTER receives as parameter a file in which are given information such
    as asked filename and label. If F_FILTER returns 0, then the file is normally
    recorded (and the temporary file is deleted), else nothing is done by FBB.
    The text returned by F_FILTER will be sent to the user. So an archive may be
    compressed, scanned, and a report may be sent to the user. This can be done
    in real time or delayed.

    This page was last updated 17-Apr-99