http://wiki.synchro.net/ 2026-04-10T21:44:39+00:00 http://wiki.synchro.net/ http://wiki.synchro.net/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2023-09-24T23:19:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:addfiles?rev=1695597557&do=diff ADDFILES The Synchronet ADDFILES utility is an external native command-line program (written in C) that may be used to add files to the Synchronet file transfer database, usually in an automated or bulk fashion. :!: As of Synchronet v3.19, this utility has been deprecated in favor of the new text/html 2020-01-12T05:39:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:allusers?rev=1578807547&do=diff Bulk User Editor ALLUSERS can allow a sysop to modify the security settings for a large number of users with one command line. If you're a Synchronet sysop, you may have found yourself at one time or another going through the internal User Editor searching for users with a certain flag or exemption and changing their level, removing an exemption, adding a restriction, etc. The User Editor's text/html 2026-01-28T02:43:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:ans2asc?rev=1769568219&do=diff ANS2ASC ANSI to Synchronet Ctrl-A message format conversion utility The ANS2ASC utility may be used to convert files encoded with ANSI X3.64 terminal escape sequences (e.g. *.ans files created/edited with an ANSI editor) into Ctrl-A encoded output (e.g. Synchronet text/html 2023-12-29T10:05:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:asc2ans?rev=1703844313&do=diff ASC2ANS Converts a Synchronet ASCII text file encoded with Ctrl-A codes (e.g. *.msg or *.asc file) to the equivalent ANSI terminal escape sequences. This utility allows you to convert files that use Ctrl-A codes (attributes) into ANSI files suitable for viewing or editing with a text/html 2018-06-30T04:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:baja?rev=1530333666&do=diff Baja Baja is a Synchronet module compiler and BASIC-like language for creating programmable command shells and modules for Synchronet versions 2 and 3. Most Synchronet command shells are currently written in Baja. Note: The Programmable Command and Menu Structure text/html 2020-01-12T05:44:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:chksmb?rev=1578807890&do=diff Check Message Base Invoke Usage usage: chksmb [-opts] <filespec.SHD> opts: b - beep on error s - stop after errored message base p - pause after errored messsage base h - don't check hash file a - don't check allocation files t - don't check translation strings i - don't check message IDs e - display extended info on corrupted msgs text/html 2024-06-16T03:20:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:cioxtrn?rev=1718508024&do=diff CIOXTRN Introduction CIOXTRN is a program in the spirit of the old DoorWay program. It takes the screen output of a console program and sends it as ANSI to stdout and reads keystrokes from stdin which are sent to the program. The main difference between CIOXTRN and DoorWay is that CIOXTRN is a Windows program and supports Win32 consoles in addition to 16-bit programs running in a windows console. text/html 2023-09-24T23:19:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:delfiles?rev=1695597585&do=diff DELFILES :!: As of Synchronet v3.19, this utility has been deprecated in favor of the new delfiles.js utility script. DELFILES - Removes Files from Synchronet File Database usage: DELFILES <dir_code or * for ALL> [switches] switches: /LIB name All directories of specified library text/html 2021-04-19T01:30:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:dupefind?rev=1618795813&do=diff DUPEFIND As of Synchronet v3.19, this utility has been deprecated in favor of the new dupefind.js utility script. Dupefind is Synchronet's file de-duplication utility. It will (at least) report duplicate filenames but it will not report if the same content is in different files. text/html 2024-05-26T02:51:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:echocfg?rev=1716691860&do=diff EchoCfg EchoCfg is a text-mode full-screen utility for the Synchronet FidoNet Packet Tosser, SBBSecho. Synchronet FidoNet Config v3.14 c:\sbbs\ctrl\sbbsecho.ini ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░… text/html 2021-04-04T11:45:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:filelist?rev=1617536721&do=diff FILELIST As of Synchronet v3.19, this utility has been deprecated in favor of the new filelist.js utility script. FILELIST - Generate Synchronet File Directory Listings Description: This utility creates an ASCII text file list of the files in a Synchronet file transfer database. This utility is useful for creating file lists for users to download, exporting into other programs, or for easy statistics reporting by the sysop. text/html 2020-11-13T03:09:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:fixsmb?rev=1605236968&do=diff FIXSMB - Re-index Message Base The Synchronet fixsmb utility can be used to repair specific types of message base corruption by re-creating the index (.sid) file and optionally, the hash (.hash) file. In the process, it can optionally re-number messages (use with caution!), undelete deleted messages, and even fix (change) duplicate message numbers. text/html 2020-11-12T06:17:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:index?rev=1605161860&do=diff Utilities Sysop utilities intended to used by the sysop on the BBS computer or the local area network (LAN) of the BBS. Most of these utilities require a Synchronet BBS installation and should be located in your Synchronet exec directory. These are native programs, typically written in C or C++, with source code available in util index text/html 2022-03-06T23:19:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:jsexec?rev=1646608790&do=diff JSexec JSexec may be used to execute some Synchronet JavaScript files (e.g. *.js, *.ssjs) externally from Synchronet. Uses * Persistent execution of static services (e.g. ircd) independent of Synchronet * Background execution of timed events (e.g. text/html 2018-09-25T00:20:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:makeuser?rev=1537834844&do=diff Makeuser Makeuser is a native command-line utility for the purpose of adding user accounts to the Synchronet userbase. MAKEUSER v1.10-Linux - Adds User to Synchronet User Database usage: makeuser [ctrl_dir] name [-param value] [...] params: -P Password -R Real name -H Chat handle -G Gender (M or F) -B Birth date (in MM/DD/YY or DD/MM/YY format) -T Telephone number -N Netmail (Internet e-mail) address -A Street address -L Location (city, state) -Z Zip/Postal code -S Security level… text/html 2024-08-10T09:30:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:node?rev=1723282213&do=diff Node Display/Control Utility The Synchronet NODE utility can be used to display or control the status of Terminal Server (Telnet, RLogin, or SSH) nodes from the system shell prompt or via batch/script file. Running Note: Before the NODE utility can be used to monitor or control any Synchronet text/html 2020-03-19T05:52:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:pktdump?rev=1584597171&do=diff Pktdump pktdump is a utility to dump the headers and optionally the body of raw FTN packets. Usage pktdump [-body] <file1.pkt> [file2.pkt] [...] Example /sbbs/exec/pktdump /sbbs/ftn/out/fidonet/*.?ut scripting examples It is possible for pkts to be abandoned when a mailer deletes .flo files without sending the pkts listed inside it. If you don't want that mail to be lost, you can use some oneliners that use pktdump to retrieve the destination addresses from the pkts and create new .flo fi… text/html 2018-10-12T01:11:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:qwknodes?rev=1539306714&do=diff QWKnet Node/Route/User List Generator Synchronet's internal QWK/REP packet parsing code automatically creates and maintains a data/qnet/route.dat file for the purposes of routing QWK netmail. The qwknodes utility may be used to re-generate this route.dat text/html 2025-06-14T18:44:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:sbbsecho?rev=1749926699&do=diff SBBSecho - FidoNet Tosser Synchronet's FidoNet EchoMail Program Introduction SBBSecho is an FTN echomail program (tosser/scanner) for Synchronet BBS version 2.0 and higher. SBBSecho is not a FidoNet mailer (you'll still need one of those, e.g. BinkIT). As of SBBSecho v2.30 (Nov-2015), SBBSecho will also export text/html 2025-07-11T06:50:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg?rev=1752216627&do=diff Synchronet Configuration Utility The Synchronet Configuration Utility (SCFG) is used for viewing and modifying the primary ini files in the Synchronet ctrl directory. [SCFG Main Menu] Invoke * SCFG may be invoked from the Synchronet Control Panel with the BBS->Configure menu option: * Or by running text/html 2024-06-10T04:37:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:sexpots?rev=1717994236&do=diff SEXPOTS Synchronet External Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) Support Overview Synchronet BBS Software version 3 was designed for client connections over TCP/IP protocols only (predominantly, Telnet). Over the 7 years since Synchronet v3's release, I've received occasional (but persistent) inquiries about the possibility or likelihood of adding modem support back into Synchronet to support direct analog dial-up users of the old text/html 2023-12-22T20:16:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:sexyz?rev=1703276219&do=diff SEXYZ Synchronet External X/Y/ZMODEM (SEXYZ) File Transfer Protocol Driver Overview SEXYZ was developed as a native (32-bit or 64-bit) TCP/socket-based replacement for the 16-bit DOS file transfer drivers (e.g. FDSZ, CE-XYZ, etc.) that we've been stuck with on 32-bit BBSes for FAR too long. text/html 2010-02-26T22:23:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:slog?rev=1267222983&do=diff SLOG FIXME See Also * Utilities text/html 2025-04-09T02:26:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:smbutil?rev=1744165575&do=diff SMBUTIL - Message Base Utility The Synchronet Message Base Utility (smbutil) can be used for several things, but most importantly, it must be used for maintaining the message bases of your system's public message areas (sub-boards). The m command (for text/html 2025-03-30T02:54:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:svdm?rev=1743303248&do=diff Synchronet Virtual DOS Modem SVDM is a MODEM emulator for Windows which utilizes the Synchronet Virtual UART/FOSSIL Driver (DOSXTRN.EXE/SBBSEXEC.DLL) to enable support for DOS communications programs on Windows NT-based operating systems. 64-bit Windows support is enabled by also installing text/html 2025-01-02T23:40:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:trashman?rev=1735861212&do=diff Trash Can (Filter File) Manager The “Trashman” is utility program that maintains filter files that contain date/time stamps (t=) and (optionally) expiration values (e=) on filter lines separated by TAB characters: 219.135.183.186^It=20250102T115506-0800^Ip=SMTP^Ir=3 FAILED LOGIN ATTEMPTS in 9.5h^Ie=20250402T125506-0800^Iu=jaguar@cvs.synchro.net^Ih=186.183.135.219.broad.gz.gd.dynamic.163data.com.cn text/html 2024-05-26T02:47:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/util:uedit?rev=1716691639&do=diff Uedit The uedit utility is a console/text mode utility for the creation, editing, or listing of Synchronet user accounts. 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