FORMAT of WFBID.SYS

# WFBID.SYS

    WFBID.SYS (\FBB\SYSTEM).

     This binary file holds the last received BIDs. The number of records of this
    file is defined in the INIT.SRV file. This file is very important and must
    not be edited or changed otherwise the list of the messages could be lost.
    This file can only be opened for reading.

     It is organized with records, each record containing information on a BID.
    This is a circular file and the first record of the file contains the pointer
    of the last overwritten record in the msg_number field. Never modify this
    file while the BBS is running.

     Structure of one record (C language) :

    typedef struct {

      char  mode         ;  /* 1   Type of message (A,B,P,T)       */
      char  fbid[13]     ;  /* 13  BID of the message              */
      long  msg_number   ;  /* 4   Number of the message           */

    } bidfwd             ;  /* 18  bytes = length of one record    */

    In C language, all strings are ended with a NULL (00 hex) character.

    This page was last updated 17-Apr-99