====== Chain.txt ======
External Program Data File (a.k.a. drop file), ''CHAIN.TXT'' format.

This file should normally be created in the current node's directory
(example: ''C:\sbbs\node1''). The current node's directory can be easily passed
to external programs via command line (using the %n command line specifier
in SCFG) or more easily retrieved by external programs be reading the
[[:config:env#SBBSNODE]] environment variable.

The ''CHAIN.TXT'' is a plain text file consisting of CRLF-delimited lines, parsed one line at a time.

^Line No  ^Example              ^Description                                     ^
^01       |27                   |User Number                                     |
^02       |EDITOR               |User's Handle                                   |
^03       |Bob Marx             |User's real name                                |
^04       |?                    |?                                               |
^05       |25                   |User's Age                                      |
^06       |M                    |Gender                                          |
^07       |100                  |GOLD                                            |
^08       |10/14/91             |Date of Current/Last Login                      |
^09       |80                   |Screen Columns                                  |
^10       |25                   |Screen Rows                                     |
^11       |255                  |Security Level                                  |
^12       |0                    |?                                               |
^13       |0                    |?                                               |
^14       |1                    |1 = ANSI, 0 = NO ANSI                           |
^15       |0                    |?                                               |
^16       |86220                |Time allowed on (IN SECONDS)                    |
^17       |C:\WWIV\GFILES\      |Directory where Text files are to be stored     |
^18       |C:\WWIV\DATA\        |Directory where WWIV and network files are found|
^19       |911022.LOG           |Name of Current Daily Log File                  |
^20       |BBS.LOG              |Ditto, But this log file is different           |
^21       |2400                 |"KB" if local login, or BAUDRATE if remote login|
^22       |0                    |COM Port                                        |
^23       |B.U.G. Bytes BBS     |BBS Name                                        |
^24       |Pat Marr             |SYSOP's Name                                    |
^25       |64000                |Time of Call, Expressed as Seconds Past Midnight|
^26       |0                    |?                                               |
^27       |1079                 |Uploads, expressed as KILOBYTES Uploaded        |
^28       |19                   |Uploads, expressed as # OF FILES Uploaded       |
^29       |2                    |Downloads, expressed as KILOBYTES               |
^30       |2                    |Downloads, expressed as # OF Files              |
^31       |8N1                  |8 Bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit                   |

===== See Also =====
  * [[:ref:|ref index]]
  * [[ref:files#drop_files]]

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