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Startup Initialization File
The Synchronet initialization file is located in the Synchronet ctrl
directory.
Filename
The base filename of the initialization file is usually either startup.ini
or sbbs.ini
(the default is sbbs.ini
).
If ctrl/host.domain.ini
or ctrl/host.ini
exits, it will be loaded instead of the normal initialization filenames.
The standard host/platform variations of the initialization filenames are also supported. See INI Filenaming for details.
To summarize, the initial filename precedence is:
ctrl/host.domain.ini
ctrl/host.ini
ctrl/sbbs.host.domain.ini
ctrl/sbbs.host.ini
ctrl/sbbs.platform.ini
ctrl/sbbs.ini
ctrl/startup.host.domain.ini
ctrl/startup.host.ini
ctrl/startup.platform.ini
ctrl/startup.ini
Note:
Although multiple filenames are supported, only one filename will be used (loaded) per BBS host.
Most BBSes only have one host, so they just use ctrl/sbbs.ini
.
Editing
When using the Synchronet-Win32 Control Panel, the contents of this file are automatically updated when any of the configuration changes are made in the File->Properties menu or the various server configuration dialogs. Windows sysops may never need to edit this file by hand.
If a sysop needs to edit the file by hand, any decent text file editor should do the job. See INI Files for more details.
Sections
The contents of the file are divided into multiple named sections: