BBBS Reference card for all menus
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Note that all commands can be 'stacked' if you know what the next
question will be. For example, in the main menu you can type 'R SH U'
to show all unread messages in conferences, or 'F HGET G Y' to get
all files that are privately uploaded to you and afterwards log you
out of the system.
Type '?' en any menu to get a menu of all available commands.
Global commands (apply everywhere in system)
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BYE............ logging out of BBBS
Bulletins...... read system bulletins
CHAT........... chat with Sysop or other user(s)
Avail...... set you available for chat
Group...... chat with a group of other users
Notavail... set you not available for chat
Quit....... quit back to menu
Sysop...... request a chat with SysOp
COMment........ write a comment to SysOp
EXIT........... logging out of BBBS
Enter.......... enter a message in current conference
File........... goto file menu
GRAB........... grab unread messages
Goodbye........ logging out of BBBS
Help........... help about BBBS
Join........... join a conference
LOGOut......... logging out of BBBS
MAN............ help about BBBS
MDownload...... download unread messages
MSG............ send node message
MUpload........ upload messages to BBBS
NEWUhelp....... show help for new users
NOde........... send node message
Quit........... logging out of BBBS
Read........... goto read menu
TELL........... send node message
TIMe........... show remaining
Utility........ goto utility menu
Who............ show who is online
Main commands
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Answer......... answer questionaires
BAnk........... timebank
Store...... store time in the bank
Withdraw... withdraw time from the bank
BRowse......... browse nodelist(s)
CALendar....... view calendar
FINger......... finger out
ID............. show BBBS Identification
Info........... show info about other users
JArgon......... search the Jargon file
OPen........... open a door (external system)
RLogin......... open standard rlogin session via TCP/IP network
STATistics..... show statistics about BBBS
Show........... browse a list of users
TELnet......... telnet to other systems via TCP/IP network
-7......... 7 bit mode (default
-8......... 8 bit binary
VERsion........ show BBBS version information
Read commands
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(enter)........ read next message (or next conference if none waiting)
(nnn).......... read message number nnn
+.............. next message
++............. next conference
-.............. previous message
--............. previous conference
. ............. same message (read again)
<.............. show reference
>.............. show reply
=.............. show next reply
AInfo.......... show area information
Bulletins...... show conference bulletins (if active)
CP............. copy message
DUPlicate...... duplicate (rewrite) a message, killing the old one
Dump........... scratchpad commands, follow with
All........ dump all unread messages
CLEAR...... clear all messages from scratchpad
Conf....... dump marked messages in current conference
Message.... dump message last read
Now........ shows how many messages are in scratchpad
Info........... look at user info left by the author
Kill........... kill a message
MCopy.......... copy message
MODE........... set read mode, follow with:
Marked..... read marked mode
Reference.. read reference mode
Forward.... read forwards mode
MOVe........... move message to another conference
MV............. move message to another conference
Mark........... mark commands, follow with
. ......... marks message number #
#.......... marks message just read
Author..... mark messages from particular person
Date....... mark messages on or after given date
Firstmine.. moves your messages to head of queue
GDate...... marks group of messages by number
GREset..... mark messages on or after given date (global)
Group...... resets ALL marks (global)
Number..... asks how many messages are marked now
Onlymine... remove marks for all msgs not to/from you
Personal... find and mark msgs to you (anywhere in conf)
RECeiver... resets ALL marks
RESTore.... mark messages to particular person
Reset...... restore all marks to start of this call.
Set........ sets 'last message read' pointer
Thread..... mark all messages in this thread
Undo....... removes marks for entire thread
View....... view messages now marked
Zap........ removes marks for author of msg just read
NExt........... goto next conference with unread messages
Original....... show original message
PREply......... private reply
Previous....... show previous message
RECover........ recover killed message
RESign......... resign from confernce(s)
REply.......... reply to message just read
SEnd........... send scratchpad contents (use Dump first!)
SHow........... show status of all conferences you are a member of
-a......... show status of all conrerences
-s......... show unread messages in all conferences. same format
as in the login conference status.
-u......... show the status of conferences with unread messages
Search......... search commands, follow with:
Group...... free-text search in a group of messages
Header..... search in message headers only (names and subjects)
Marked..... free-text search limited to marked messages
View........... view headers of messages
File commands
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ADd............ add file to /tmp directory
CAt............ catalog files
CD............. change directory
CHdir.......... change directory
COpy........... copy file(s)
CP............. copy file(s)
DELete......... delete file(s)
DEScribe....... describe file(s)
DIrectory...... list files in directory
Download....... download file(s)
EXTract........ extract file(s) from a file
GEt............ get file(s) (download)
HAdd........... add file(s) to /tmp directory
HCAT........... catalog files in /tmp directory
HCD............ changes directly to /tmp directory
HCOpy.......... copy file(s) to /tmp directory
HCP............ copy file(s) to /tmp directory
HDEL........... delete file(s) from /tmp directory
HDIr........... list files in /tmp directory
HEXTract....... extract file(s) from a file to /tmp directory
HGEt........... get all files in /tmp directory
HLHarc......... pack all files in /tmp with LHarc
HLS............ list files in /tmp directory
HPAck.......... pack all files in /tmp with default packer
HRM............ remove files from /tmp directory
HTYpe.......... show contents of a file in /tmp directory
HZIP........... pack all files in /tmp with default packer
Info........... show detailed information about a file
Key............ scan for files by keywords
LHarc.......... pack file(s) to new file with LHarc
LS............. list files in directory
List........... list files in directory
MOve........... move files to another directory
MV............. move files to another directory
New............ list new files since date (default: last login)
PAck........... pack file(s) to new file with default packer
PPUT........... put a private file into the box (Private upload)
PUt............ put file(s) to the box (upload)
REName......... rename file(s)
RETract........ remove file(s)
RM............. remove file(s)
RZ............. start Z-modem upload
SPlit.......... split large archives into smaller ones
SZ............. start Z-modem download
Scan........... scan for filenames using RegExp
TCOpy.......... true copy a file
TCP............ true copy a file
TOUch.......... touch a file with todays date
Type........... show the contents of a file
UPload......... upload file(s)
View........... view contents of an archived file
WDown.......... show who has up/downloaded a file
ZIP............ Pack file(s) to new file with ZIP
Util commands
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AFormat........ set preferred archive format
ALIas.......... set alias commands
Address........ change your address
COLors......... colors toggle
Conference..... show conference status at logon toggle
EDitor......... set preferred editor
FLash.......... flash you own name on messages toggle
GFormat........ set preferred grab format
GR............. G&R commands toggle
Info........... show your resume
KEYboard....... VT100 keyboard toggle
LAnguage....... change language (not avl on all systems)
Lines.......... change lines per page settings
MFilter........ internode message filtering
Name........... change your name
Password....... change your password
QUote.......... autoquote messages toggle
RESume......... edit your resumé (info about you)
RETurn......... return to read menu with enter key toggle
REView......... review own messages toggle
SET............ set set settings
Setchar........ select charset
TErmtype....... set preferred terminal type
Transfer....... set default file transfer protocol
UNALIas........ remove alias commands
UNSET.......... remove set settings
View........... view your current settings
Xpert.......... expert mode toggle