$ttf dannyp
Password:
{{clear screen}}
i'm extremely interested in squalor.
{{any key to continue}}
ttf>ls
1. general discussion
- stick it here if it doesn't fit
2. music and entertainment
- songs, lyrics, shows, movies, and culture
3. news and politics
- news articles, surveys, current events, policy
4. philosophy and religion
- should be fairly obvious..
5. technology
- hardware, networking, operating systems, and appliances
6. art and poetry
- digital photography to poetry to life (it's the art that you make)
7. ttf development
- ideas, suggestions, bugs, and coding
ttf>cd gd
ttf>pwd
~/ttf/general_discussion
https://www.thinktankforums.com/forum.php?forum_id=1
ttf>ls
title author posts views
01. ► one line only! lucas 780 6320
02. a different ttf dannyp 25 309
03. ► dairy free diet Chiken 20 159
04. ► what happened? lucas 425 3247
05. ► school updates lucas 244 1803
06. ► argyle lucas 38 291
07. ► end of season sales lucas 18 209
08. ► It was a good day! DaGr8Gatzby 282 2261
09. ► Name Change Weasley 7 73
10. awesome things done today pt 6 bluet 161 1215
11. Request Thread DaGr8Gatzby 37 284
12. ► plans v asemisldkfj 130 1056
13. ► terrible things done today Étrangère 282 2362
14. High. phi_ 48 426
15. free stuff nestor 176 8857
ttf>cd 01
ttf>ls
01. lucas <3 theory 3 years ago
half way home.
02. phi_ The Grandest Man in the Universe. 3 years ago
Slacking off.
03. lucas <3 theory 3 years ago
enough to curse any man who can't appreciate the depth of the ocean
[...]
{{any key for next page}}
ttf>p non-polar yet supreme polarity.
ttf>
ttf>ls -n
[...]
FC. phi_ The Grandest Man in the Universe. 1 month ago
"Only hacks like O. Henry and Agatha Christie confused narrative art with "telling a good story" in Spielberg's sense."
FD. Étrangère talks like one of the guys but doesn't smile that way 1 month ago
talks like one of the guys but doesn't smile that way
FE. dannyp birth, travel, bmt, socal, bmt, socal, travel, death. moments ago
non-polar yet supreme polarity.
ttf>quit
$
<3 I know this is incomplete but I tried to make this pretty comprehensive as quickly as possible!
===========
The following are analogs of the unix commands for use with the ttf program:
cd
NAME
cd - change working forum directory
SYNOPSIS
cd [forum directory [gd|me|np|pr|t|ap|td|1-7]]
DESCRIPTION
forum directory is an absolute or relative pathname which becomes the new work-
ing directory.
[...]
ls
NAME
ls - list directory contents
SYNOPSIS
ls [-n]
DESCRIPTION
For each named directory, ls displays text and directories contained within
that directory, as well as any requested, associated information.
The options are as follows:
-n Display newest posts
[...]
p
NAME
p - post text or a filename
SYNOPSIS
p [*.txt][{Text}] ['forum directory/thread'|url]
DESCRIPTION
The p command posts text to a given directory or url.
[...]
passwd
NAME
passwd - modify a user's password
SYNOPSIS
passwd [user]
DESCRIPTION
passwd changes the user's ttf password. First, the
user is prompted for their current password. If the current password is
correctly typed, a new password is requested. The new password must be
entered twice to avoid typing errors.
[...]
pwd
NAME
pwd - return working forum directory name
SYNOPSIS
pwd
DESCRIPTION
The pwd utility prints the absolute pathname and url of the current working di-
rectory to the standard output.
[...]
who
NAME
who - display who is logged in
SYNOPSIS
who [-q]
who am i
DESCRIPTION
The who utility displays a list of all ttf users currently logged on, showing
for each user the login name.
[...]
ttf files:
.log/postlog200910151821
.ssh/authorized_keys
ttf
ttf.conf
posts/
But I can't imagine what sort of coding would be required to parse the site and format for cli...
cool idea!
Anyone around on BBS's back in the day?
