...
 BJ> existing HTML would not be needed.  I've seen some scripts/programs
 BJ> for doing this already, but haven't liked what I've seen so far.  I
 BJ> think it would be fairly simple to setup static HTML pages for the
 BJ> download areas from the filearea.ctl and FILES.BBS files if one
 BJ> already has a web server running.....  Just a matter of scripting
 BJ> (awk, perl, etc.).

 RJT> Feel free to elaborate on how you'd do this,  as I 
 RJT> have a copy of most of my bbs files on the linux box 
 RJT> here,  and a point in the html tree in which to put 
 RJT> them,  but never did get into spending the time 
 RJT> necessary to get past that point...

 RJT> As things sit right now,  any time I added a file I'd 
 RJT> also have to go in there and edit the page containing 
 RJT> that particular file area at least,  more maintenance 
 RJT> than I like.

And that "editing" of the HTML page can be scripted so that it is
just converting the FILES.BBS file and including some static HTML
surrounding it....  Similar to how the ALLFILES listings are made up.  In
fact, some of the all file listing software I've seen generates HTML for
this purpose....

So, it's do-able, but very low on my list at this time.

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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