MUTIL can import various formats of FILES.BBS into Mystic BBS using options configured in the supplied .INI file. For more information on the general usage of MUTIL please review the How to Use Mystic Utilities (MUTIL) section.

NOTE: In the examples configurations below, the only real notable options that need to be defined are the “DESC_FIRST” “DESC_START” and “DESC_CHAR” options. Any other options are specific to functionality, not the format of the files.bbs file itself.

This FILES.BBS format has no description on the first line and each description line is determined by a pipe character at column 3. An example entry looks like this:

TEST1.ZIP     511579  01-17-96  
  | This is a test file description
  | And this is the second line

The INI [Import_FILES.BBS] stanza for MUTIL would be configured like so:

filesbbs      = files.bbs
uploader_name = Mystic BBS
update_files  = false
desc_first    = -1
desc_char     = |
desc_start    = 3
delete_after  = false