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<pre><big><b>WFBID.SYS (\FBB\SYSTEM).</b></big>


 This binary file holds the last received BIDs. The number of records of this
file is defined in the <a href="fmtinit.htm">INIT.SRV</a> file. This file is very important and must<br>not be edited or changed otherwise the list of the messages could be lost.<br>This file can only be opened for reading.<br><br><br> It is organized with records, each record containing information on a BID.<br>This is a circular file and the first record of the file contains the pointer<br>of the last overwritten record in the msg_number field. Never modify this<br>file while the BBS is running.<br><br> Structure of one record (C language) :<br><br>typedef struct {<br><br>  char  mode         ;  /* 1   Type of message (A,B,P,T)       */<br>  char  fbid[13]     ;  /* 13  BID of the message              */<br>  long  msg_number   ;  /* 4   Number of the message           */<br><br>} bidfwd             ;  /* 18  bytes = length of one record    */<br><br>In C language, all strings are ended with a NULL (00 hex) character.<br><br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;

<font color="#800000">This page was last updated 17-Apr-99</font>

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