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       FILES  -  The FILE submenu is  where  you define  your  file
       areas.  Full information on  security  levels and flags  can
       be found in the SECURITY section.


       Name       : NAME is the  name of  the file  area as  the
                    user will  see it.

       Path       : The PATH is a fully qualified directory path
                    that points to where the files in  this area
                    are stored, for example C:\FILES\IBM\GAMES\.
                    Note   that   the   trailing  backslash   is
                    optional.

       New files  : This  option  determines  whether to include
                    this file  area in a new files scan, and may
                    be  overridden   by  the  use  of   optional
                    parameters when  using  the "new files" menu
                    command.   (see   MENU  COMMANDS   for  more
                    information.)

       Upload     : When a user uploads a file, RemoteAccess has
       dupes        the  capability   to  search  for  the  file
                    before  allowing  the user  to upload it. If
                    this  option is  disabled, RemoteAccess will
                    not scan this area for dupes.

       Long       : If you would like  to have long descriptions
       desc         for  your  files,  ie.  more than one screen
                    line, then  you  should enable the LONG DESC
                    option. This enables RemoteAccess to  handle
                    the  descriptions  correctly.  When  editing
                    your FILES.BBS  file it is not  necessary to
                    put a [CR] in  the  description  as the text
                    will be wrapped when displayed.


       Access  to the file areas is controlled in a similar fashion
       to  that of  the  message areas,  by  the  DL, LIST  and  UL
       security levels and access flags.


       DL         : This  determines the minimum security  level
       security     and  flag  combination at  which a user  can
                    download files from this area.

       List       : This determines the  minimum security  level
       security     and flag  combination  at which  a  user can
                    list the files in this area.

       UL         : This determines  the minimum  security level
       security     and  flag  combination  at which  a user can
                    upload files into the area.

       The list  of files that your users see for a particular area
       is  generated from a textfile that you can edit yourself. By
       default, this file is called FILES.BBS and is located in the
       same directory as  the files  it describes. When  a file  is
       uploaded  to  a  file   area,  RemoteAccess  creates  a  new
       FILES.BBS  if it doesn't  already exist, and  then appends a
       single line entry for  the file. The format of  FILES.BBS is
       simple:

              <FILENAME.EXT> <Description>

       Filenames that  contain wildcard / pattern  match characters
       are expanded  to full  filename specs.  A separate entry  is
       displayed for each matching file found.

       The <Description> field  may be up  to 255 characters  long.
       When displayed to the  user the description is automatically
       word wrapped to the width of the user's screen.

       If  you have  some  kind of  read-only  mass storage  device
       online such as a  CD-ROM, then it usually isn't  possible to
       have  a FILES.BBS in each file directory. To get around this
       problem simply  create a separate  directory to hold  all of
       the FILES.BBS  files. The  individual files should  be named
       FILES.n, where n is the file area number. For example -

       C:\RA\CDROMLST\FILES.33

       Is the  file that  would be read  in place of  FILES.BBS for
       area number 33. In this example,  the FILE LIST path (in the
       PATHS section of RACONFIG) has been set to C:\RA\CDROMLST.

       The   EXTERNAL SUPPORT FILES   section  contains information
       on  marking files as  free and/or  password  protected under
       the subheading FILES.CTL.