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Configuring System Paths
This section of the Mystic BBS Configuration System allows the SysOp to configure a number of system paths for the BBS software. These paths are usually set up when the software is installed but can be changed at any stage.
This example is from a Windows based system and displays the standard 'out of the box' pathways that ship with the default installation.
█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ System Paths ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █ █ █ System Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\ █ █ Data File Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\data\ █ █ Log File Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\logs\ █ █ Message Base Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\msgs\ █ █ File Attach Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\attach\ █ █ Semaphore Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\semaphor\ █ █ Menu File Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\menus\ █ █ Text File Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\text\ █ █ Script Path │ c:\bbs\mystic\scripts\ █ █ Inbound EchoMail │ c:\bbs\mystic\echomail\in\ █ █ Unsecured │ c:\bbs\mystic\echomail\in\unsec\ █ █ Outbound EchoMail │ c:\bbs\mystic\echomail\out\fidonet\ █ █ Local QWK │ c:\bbs\mystic\localqwk\ █ █ █ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█
System Path
The system path is the main BBS directory where MYSTIC.EXE and its supporting files are located. In almost all cases, this directory never needs to be changed.
Data File Path
The data path is the directory where Mystic BBS will store all of it's data files. In almost all cases, this directory never needs to be changed.
Log File Path
The system logs path is the directory where Mystic BBS will keep an updated log file of BBS activity. The log files can be used to see what each caller was doing while they were online. These files are not used by Mystic BBS and exist for information purposes only.
Message Base Path
The message base path is the default directory where Mystic BBS will store it's message base data files.
File Attach Path
The file attach path is the directory where Mystic BBS will store files that are attached to messages. Mystic BBS allows users to optionally include a file to any message posted on the BBS system.