Metropoli BBS
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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

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