FIDOGATE Directories
This document describes the new directory structure for FIDOGATE 4.3.0. (This is to some extend different from 4.2.x!)The directory / file names listed here are the default values for FIDOGATE 4.3+ source and binary distribution on Unix-like systems.
- /etc/fidogate/
- FIDOGATE configuration files live here:
- fidogate.conf
- FIDOGATE main configuration file
- aliases
- FIDOGATE aliases
- areas
- FIDOGATE areas - newsgroups conversion
- hosts
- FIDOGATE hosts
- packing
- FIDOGATE packing configuration
- passwd
- FIDOGATE passwords
- routing
- FIDOGATE routing configuration
- bounce.*
- Bounce message templates
- /var/lib/fidogate/
- Variable files live here:
- seq/
- Directory for sequencer files
- areas.bbs
- Echo areas
- fareas.bbs
- File areas
- history.*
- Dupe history data base
- Nodelist
- Compiled nodelist + index
- /var/lock/fidogate/
- Lock files for FIDOGATE programs and scripts live here.
- /var/spool/fidogate/
- Fido related programs spool area:
- outpkt/
- Directory for output FTN packets (.pkt)
- mail/
- Mail packets created by rfc2ftn
- news/
- News packets created by rfc2ftn -n
- outrfc/
- Directory for output RFC messages (.rfc)
- mail/
- Mail messages created by ftn2rfc
- news/
- News messages/batches created by ftn2rfc
- toss/
- Tosser work directories
- toss/
- Temporary packets created by ftntoss
- route/
- Temporary packets created by ftnroute
- pack/
- Temporary packets created by ftnpack
- bad/
- Bad (insecure, routed, etc.) packets created by ftnpack
- /var/spool/bt/
- Fido BinkleyTerm-style inbound / outbound area:
- in/
- Insecure inbound directory
- pin/
- Secure inbound directory (ftntoss default)
- uuin/
- recvuu inbound directory
- out/
- Zone 2 outbound directory
- out.nnn/
- Zone X outbound directory
- domain.nnn/
- Domain/Zone X outbound directory
- tick/
- Tick (.tic) hold directory
- /usr/lib/fidogate/
- Main FIDOGATE library directory:
- bin/
- Sub-directory for executable binaries and scripts.