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| ^ Encoding ^ Description ^ | ^ Encoding ^ Description ^ |
| | Binary | You will need special software to view or modify files of this type | | | Binary | You will need special software to view or modify files of this type((multi-byte integers are stored little-endian unless otherwise noted)) | |
| | ASCII | Contains US-ASCII characters only: Any plain text editor should work, but note lines may be LF or CR/LF terminated | | | ASCII | Contains US-ASCII characters only: Any plain text editor should work, but note lines may be LF or CR/LF terminated | |
| | UTF-8 | Contains a combination of US-ASCII and UTF-8 characters with possible ANSI terminal escape sequences | | | UTF-8 | Contains a combination of US-ASCII and UTF-8 characters with possible ANSI terminal escape sequences | |
| | List | ''.lst'' | ASCII | Discouraged | Data file: one line per record | | | List | ''.lst'' | ASCII | Discouraged | Data file: one line per record | |
| | Pointer | ''.ptr'',''.sfp'' | Binary | Discouraged | Export message pointers: 32-bits per record | | | Pointer | ''.ptr'',''.sfp'' | Binary | Discouraged | Export message pointers: 32-bits per record | |
| | DAT | ''.dat'' | SYNCDAT | Discouraged | Fixed record/field length (ETX-terminated) data file | | | DAT | ''.dat'' | SYNCDAT | Discouraged | Fixed record/field length (ETX-terminated) data file((exceptions: XTRN.DAT and TEXT.DAT)) | |
| | IXT | ''.ixt'' | ASCII | Deprecated | Index file: 2 lines per record | | | IXT | ''.ixt'' | ASCII | Deprecated | Index file: 2 lines per record | |
| | DAB | ''.dab'' | Binary | Discouraged | Fixed record/field length (ad hoc, little endian) data file | | | DAB | ''.dab'' | Binary | Discouraged | Fixed record/field length (ad hoc) data file | |
| | IXB | ''.ixb'' | Binary | Discouraged | Index file (ad hoc) | | | IXB | ''.ixb'' | Binary | Discouraged | Index file (ad hoc) | |
| | EXB | ''.exb'' | Binary | Discouraged | Fixed record length (single-field) extended data file | | | EXB | ''.exb'' | Binary | Discouraged | Fixed record length (single-field) extended data file | |
| | HTML | ''.html'' | UTF-8 | Neutral | Hypertext Markup Language for web pages | | | HTML | ''.html'' | UTF-8 | Neutral | Hypertext Markup Language for web pages | |
| | XML | ''.xml'' | UTF-8 | Neutral | Extension Markup Language for configuration or data | | | XML | ''.xml'' | UTF-8 | Neutral | Extension Markup Language for configuration or data | |
| | [[http://www.json.org|JSON]] | ''.json'',''.jsonl'' | UTF-8 | Encouraged | Data files used by [[:module:|JavaScript modules]] | | | [[http://www.json.org|JSON]] | ''.json'',''.jsonl'' | UTF-8 | Encouraged | Data files created/used by [[:module:|JavaScript modules]] | |
| | LOG | ''.log'' | ASCII | Neutral | Activity logs, one line per message | | | LOG | ''.log'' | ASCII | Neutral | Activity logs, one line per message | |
| | Log-off List | ''.lol'' | ASCII | Discouraged | Terminal server log-off / statistics list | | | Log-off List | ''.lol'' | ASCII | Discouraged | Terminal server log-off / statistics list | |
| | [[QWK]] | ''.qwk'',''.rep'' | Binary | Neutral | Offline message or reply packet (multiple files archived, usually w/PKZIP) | | | [[QWK]] | ''.qwk'',''.rep'' | Binary | Neutral | Offline message or reply packet (multiple files archived, usually w/PKZIP) | |
| | ASCII | ''.asc'',''.txt'' | SYNCASC | Neutral | US-ASCII Only display file | | | DIZ | ''.diz'',''.sdi'' | ASCII | Neutral | Description In Zip (e.g. ''FILE_ID.DIZ'' and ''DESC.SDI'') | |
| | CP437 | ''.msg'' | SYNCMSG | Encouraged| IBM Extended-ASCII display file | | | ASC | ''.asc'',''.txt'' | SYNCASC | Neutral | US-ASCII Only display file with attribute/color information | |
| | | CP437 | ''.msg'' | SYNCMSG | Encouraged| IBM Extended-ASCII display file with attribute/color information | |
| | UTF-8 | ''.utf8'' | UTF-8 | Neutral | UNICODE display file | | | UTF-8 | ''.utf8'' | UTF-8 | Neutral | UNICODE display file | |
| | PETSCII | ''.seq'' | PETSCII | Neutral | CBM PET-ASCII display file | | | PETSCII | ''.seq'' | PETSCII | Neutral | CBM PET-ASCII display file | |
| | Mutex | ''.lock'',''.bsy'' | ASCII | Neutral | Existence of file indicates mutually-exclusive operation in progress | | | Mutex | ''.lock'',''.bsy'' | ASCII | Neutral | Existence of file indicates mutually-exclusive operation in progress | |
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| FIXME\\ | ===== Drop Files ===== |
| Add all the various drop/editor file formats <sigh> | |
| | Drop files are identified by their full filename (not the just the extension) and are both created and consumed by the BBS: |
| | ^ Filename ^ Encoding ^ Description ^ |
| | | ''[[DOOR.SYS]]'' | ASCII | GAP, both the 31-line and 52-line formats (write/read) | |
| | | ''[[DORINFO1.DEF|DORINFO#.DEF]]''| ASCII | RBBS/QuickBBS (write-only) | |
| | | ''EXITINFO.BBS'' | Binary | QuickBBS (write/read) | |
| | | ''[[CHAIN.TXT]]'' | ASCII | WWIV (write-only) | |
| | | ''[[CALLINFO.BBS]]'' | ASCII | Wildcat! (write-only) | |
| | | ''[[PCBOARD.SYS]]'' | Binary | PCBoard (write-only) | |
| | | ''USERS.SYS'' | Binary | PCBoard (write/read) | |
| | | ''SFDOORS.DAT'' | ASCII | SpitFire (write-only) | |
| | | ''DOORFILE.SR'' | ASCII | Solar Realms (write-only) | |
| | | ''TRIBBS.SYS'' | ASCII | TriBBS (write-only) | |
| | | ''DOOR32.SYS'' | ASCII | Mystic (write-only) | |
| | | ''[[XTRN.DAT]]'' | ASCII | Synchronet (write-only) | |
| | | ''MODUSER.DAT'' | ASCII | Synchronet (read-only) | |
| | | ''MSGTMP'' | ASCII | QuickBBS (write/read) | |
| | | ''MSGINF'' | ASCII | QuickBBS (write-only) | |
| | | ''[[EDITOR.INF]]'' | ASCII | WWIV (write-only) | |
| | | ''[[RESULT.ED]]'' | ASCII | WWIV (read-only) | |
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| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== |
