ProBoard HOWTO-01
How to create areas with multiple directories.

Even though the User's Manual mentions this capability on p.51 under "File
Location", the process described there is wrong and doesn't work. The text
should read (starting from the second sentence):

	It is also possible to specify multiple directories per file area.
	To do this, create a file in your ProBoard system directory called
	FA_<area>.CTL. Place all file directories (one directory per line)
	in this file to tell ProBoard where to find all the directories for
	this file area. Next, enter the full path and name of the new
	FA_<area>.CTL file in the File Location entry in ProCFG for that
	area. Create a master list for all directories in the extended
	FILES.BBS (CD-ROM format). You can do this by concatenating existing
	listings. Refer to HOWTO-5 for the expected format of this file.
	Enter the full path of the new listing in the Listing File entry
	in ProCFG for that area.

EXAMPLE
	For file area #10 (Games), which has a total of 4 directories, create a
	file called FA_10.CTL. In this file, place all directories one per
	line like this:

			D:\DLOAD\GAMES1
			D:\DLOAD\GAMES2
			D:\DLOAD\GAMES3
			D:\DLOAD\GAMES4

	Use an ASCII editor like QEDIT or the DOS editor to create this file.
	Next, assuming that your ProBoard system directory (the directory where
	PROBOARD.EXE and PBUTIL.EXE reside) is C:\PB, place the following in
	the File Location slot for area 10:

			C:\PB\FA_10.CTL

	Now, for each directory create a FILES.BBS listing in the extended
	format. Concatenate all files into one big listing (we will call it
	FA_10.BBS). Next, place it somewhere (we will put it in C:\PB\LISTS).
	Finally, in the Listing File slot for area 10 put the following line:

			C:\PB\LISTS\FA_10.BBS

	Mark the area as CD-ROM.

	Run PBUTIL FI to update ProBoard's index file.

This is all there is to it.  It works just fine until you try shuffling
areas around (with PBDESK, for example).  Then your entries and FA_???.CTL
files become out of sync and you have to fix this manually.  As of this
writing, the author of PBDESK has not express any wish to support the
FA_???.CTL files "because nobody uses them", as he said in a message to me.

