20 Oct 15 16:44, you wrote to me:   
      
    ER>>> Now that I have a dedicated binkd HUB system, I'm trying to come up   
    ER>>> with sane ways to make the fileechos available via ftp and http,   
    ER>>> since there's no actual BBS on the HUB itself, and I have no   
    ER>>> intentions of running a second BBS. :)   
      
    ML>> you don't have to run a BBS to have file areas available via FREQ...   
      
    ER> True. Since I tried out mfreq and liked it, my HUB now fully supports SRIF   
    ER> FREQ requests. So, that part works. My hub also runs http and ftp, so the   
    ER> files are available both ways. But, the problem with both of those is they   
    ER> lack displaying descriptions. In Firefox, at least, if a 00index.html file   
    ER> exists in the ftp directory, it will display the description along-side   
   the   
    ER> file, which is why I wanted it. Primarily that reason alone. ;)   
      
   ahhh... that sounds like it is derived from the other 00index standard that   
   some ftp servers or clients follow... i can't remember which... IIRC, though,   
   if that file exists, it is read and the contents are sent to the client so   
   they can show descriptions like BBSes have always done... i don't recall if it   
   was the client that requested it and formatted the display or if it was the   
   server and how it sent the data to the client...   
      
   this article (literally) seems to indicate that the 00index files come from   
   archie...   
      
     http://www.ics.uci.edu/~rohit/IEEE-L7-FTP-COLUMN-FINAL.htm   
      
   there's not a lot of info available about 00index files, though... i do   
   remember setting up a ftp client some time back and specifically listing   
   files.bbs as the files for it to use in the same was as 00index files... it   
   worked fairly well but it was long ago...   
      
    ER>>> I'm curious if anyone happends to know of any Linux utils to convert   
    ER>>> files.bbs files into 00index.html, off-hand. I know it's a bit of a   
    ER>>> long shot, but hey, I want to try, else I could likely write my own   
    ER>>> in bash or perl or python or ruby..   
      
    ML>> i don't understand why such a utility would be needed?   
      
    ER> Just to display filename, file description, etc.. They can look it up   
    ER> obviously in the available files.bbs or allfiles archive, but still,   
   seeing   
    ER> it inline with the file listing is all that much more coherently   
    ER> understandable.   
      
   if the basic format is the same, just copy files.bbs to 00index... it should   
   just work since both are simply text files... i don't know if or how any   
   clicky links are generated, though... i did actually write a program to export   
   my remoteaccess bbses files databases to html files since RA doesn't use   
   files.bbs files... that was kinda fun but the ftp side is a bit lacking as   
   i've never followed up with files.bbs or 00index files for that side of the   
   fence...   
      
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