smb is a chatroom for multi user systems
boards are spawned with ./smb -C [board_name]
or just ./smb [board_name]
when smb is provided with only board_name as argument, it checks for the existence of board_name
if board_name does not exist, it creates it and joins it immediately
if board_name does exist, it joins it
boards can contain arbitrarily many rooms
a user can only create CRE_PER_MIN rooms per minute, this is 20 at the moment
unless the -pwd flag or a complete file path is provided,
board creation of [board_name] will create a .smbr file in /var/tmp/board_name.smbr
the smb client will first search the current directory before checking
/var/tmp for a matching board file
the host does not store messages and does nothing more than reroute messages
beteen clients
usage:
./smb {-[a]ny} {-[p]wd} {-[d]ur [hours]} {-C} [board_name] - creates or joins a board with name [board_name]
-C indicates create only mode
if board does not exist, even if -C is not passed, it is created
if the -pwd flag is set, the scope of smb's board creation
and searching is limited to the current working directory
if the -any flag is set, the first board that is found will be joined
if the -dur flag is used to set a board time limit, the board will be
removed after [hours] hours - otherwise, board will last for 5 days
client commands:
[message]:
sends message to current room
/[h]elp:
prints this information
/[t]ime
prints the number of minutes until deletion of board
/[j]oin [room_name]:
/[r]room [room_name]:
join room with room_name
/[g]oto [ref_no]:
join room with reference number ref_no
/[n]ext:
switch to next room with same first char as current
/[c]reate [room_name]:
creates a room with name room_name
/[l]ist:
lists all rooms, current room will be blue
/[w]hich:
prints current room name and reference number
/[u]ser:
/[#]:
prints number of users in current board
/[d]elete:
sends a deletion request for current board
this request will be fulfilled IFF you are
board's creator
/[e]xit:
/e[x]it:
exits current room
[ROOM_CREATE] indicates that a new room has been created
[*ROOM_CREATE*] upon joining a board, this alert indicates
that a room that predates your joining exists
there is no difference between these two types of rooms other than what is printed