Text files that are displayed to remote clients / users and some configuration type files are stored in the text directory.

Text files with the following filename suffixes/extensions, may include Synchronet @-codes and Ctrl-A Codes to customize the appearance and contents of the files for your BBS:

• .asc
• .ans
• .mon
• .msg
• .seq
• .rip
• .utf8

╔═══════════════╗
║ text/answer.* ║
╚═══════╤═══════╝
  ┌─────┴─────────────────┐ ┌─────┐ ╔═══════════════╗
  │ text/banner.* exists? ├─┤ Yes ├─╢ text/banner.* ║
  └─────┬─────────────────┘ └─────┘ ╚═══════════════╝
┌───────┴──────────────────────┐
│ Login Prompt (exec/login.js) │
└───────┬──────────────────────┘
  ┌─────┴─────┐ ┌─────┐ ╔═══════════════╗ ╔═════════════════╗
  │ New User? ├─┤ Yes ├─╢ text/sbbs.msg ╟─╢ text/system.msg ║
  └─────┬─────┘ └─────┘ ╚═══════════════╝ ╚════════╤════════╝
     ┌──┴─┐                               ╔════════╧═════════╗
     │ No │                               ║ text/newuser.msg ║
     └──┬─┘                               ╚════════╤═════════╝
        │                                ┌─────────┴──────────┐
        │                                │ Password Selection │
        │                                └─────────┬──────────┘
        │                               ┌──────────┴────────────┐
        │                               │ Default Configuration │
        │                               └──────────┬────────────┘
        │  ╔═══════════════════╗ ┌─────┐ ┌─────────┴──────────┐
        │  ║ text/feedback.msg ╟─┤ Yes ├─┤ Feedback Required? │
        │  ╚═════════╤═════════╝ └─────┘ └─────────┬──────────┘
        │    ┌───────┴───────┐                  ┌──┴─┐
        │    │ Send Feedback │                  │ No │
        │    └───────┬───────┘                  └──┬─┘
        │  ┌─────────┴──────────────────────────┐  │
        │  │ New User Module (exec/newuser.js)  ├──┘
        │  └─────────┬──────────────────────────┘
        │  ┌─────────┴─────────┐                   
        │  │ New User Event(s) │
        │  └─────────┬─────────┘
┌───────┴────────────┴─────────┐
│ Logon Module (exec/logon.js) │
└───────┬──────────────────────┘
        │  ╔═══════════════════════════════════╗
        └──╢ text/menu/logon<security-level>.* ║
           ╚═════════╤═════════════════════════╝
          ╔══════════╧════════╗
          ║ text/menu/logon.* ║
          ╚══════════╤════════╝
          ╔══════════╧═════════╗
          ║ text/menu/logon1.* ║
          ╚══════════╤═════════╝
                    ...

          ╔══════════╧══════════╗
          ║ text/menu/logon99.* ║
          ╚══════════╤══════════╝
          ╔══════════╧══════════╗
          ║ text/menu/random*.* ║
          ╚══════════╤══════════╝
            ┌────────┴───────┐
            │ Logon Event(s) │
            └────────────────┘

If you want to have an information file displayed for sub-boards when using the 'I' scanning command and 'IS' main menu command, create a file for the sub-board in the data/subs directory using the internal code for that sub-board as the base filename and any supported display/menu file suffix/extension. Example:

data/subs/general.msg

If you want to create in information file for file directories to be displayed with the 'ID' transfer section command, create a file for the directory in the data/dirs directory using the internal code as the base filename and any supported display/menu file suffix/extension. Example:

data/dirs/games.ans

If you want to create a custom file listing header for a file directory, create a file in the data/dirs directory using the internal code as the name and .hdr as the extension. Example:

data/dirs/games.hdr

Trash can (.can) files allow the sysop to specify words (or any sequence of characters) that will be used to disallow users or their content.

Each line in a .can file may contain a comparison sequence.

• Blank lines and lines beginning with a semicolon are ignored
• Comparisons are alphabetic letters are case-insensitive
• Sequences beginning with an exclamation mark (!) negate the match logic for that sequence
• Sequences beginning with an asterisk (*) match only if the characters following the * are found at the end of the comparison string
• Sequences ending with an asterisk (*) or caret (^) match only if the characters preceding are found at the beginning of the comparison string
• Sequences ending with a tilde (~) match only if the preceding characters are found anywhere within comparison string
• All other sequences are “exact match” string comparisons

Examples:

• sysop in the name.can file would mean users could not use the name “sysop”.
• sysop* would mean users could not use names beginning with the word “sysop”, like “sysopa” or “sysops” etc.
• sysop~ would mean users could not use names that have the word “sysop” anywhere in them, like “imthesysop” or “mesysophere”.

The following table lists the supported trash can / filter files, a description of their use, and optional response message (.msg) files that may be displayed to users that are filtered.

If the following files existing in the system's text/QWK directory, then they will be copied and packed into downloaded QWK packets (.qwk files):

Note:
QWK packets created for QWK network nodes will not include these files.

Note:
Not all QWK offline mail readers will display these files when included in opened QWK packets.

Menu files displayed to the remote terminal client / user are stored in the text/menu directory hierarchy.

Menu files may have one of the following file suffixes / extensions:

See the Menu Directory in Git for the many default menu files and their contents.

For customizing your displayable text and menu files, see Customizing Menu Files for details.

• TEXT Directory
• Customizing Menu Files
• Configuration