Gary Gilmore wrote in a message to Patrick Mccullough:
 PM>  Yes, it can indeed be that simple.  Copy files.bbs 00index.txt.
GG> Actually, the "standard" name is "00_index.txt", or in some cases,
GG> "index.txt".
 There are a few others floating around.  List.txt  file.list.txt (Unix),
 read_me_first.txt, etc.
GG> I'd like to see the "official" standard on these, since there seems
GG> to be some limitations on the length of the description, judging by
GG> how some stuff truncates them.  (Assuming there -is- some standard
GG> for them.) 
 If there's a standard, some people seem to like doing it their own way,
 which can include doing nothing.  Always nice to hit an FTP site and
 find no description or index or guide or anything else useful. :(
 PM>  That will work, as long as people think enough to look at 00index.
GG> A lot of newer FTP clients will auto-load index files.  (CuteFTP,
GG> for instance)  Makes it very "BBS like" when hitting FTP sites.
 Yep.  Works great.  Netscape will also load a text file... so if someone
 opens the file in a new window, the file list can be in one window and
 the files themselves in the other.  Works OK.
 Patrick
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