Subj : Re: Beginner SysOp Questions
To : hbag
From : NuSkooler
Date : Mon Apr 19 2021 12:34 pm
On Monday, April 19th hbag said...
Hb> Maybe I'm just completely misunderstanding what a dropfile is? The docs
Hb> seem (to me, at least) to work under the assumption that you already know
Hb> how doors interact with BBS software. I've never touched doors before
Hb> beyond playing them.
When you run a door, the system (e.g. enig) produces a dropfile. These are really just oldschool files that describe the current user as a IPC mechanism (BBS -> door).
Enig produces the type of dropfile you supply in your menu with the abracadabra module, and in the path you've setup (default is enig/drop/node#). The door will want to read this, so you'll have to copy/point to/whatever in your dosemuu setup so the door can see it
