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5. To-Do List

The following are things on my 'to-do' list that may eventually be done, but not necessarily by the next release.

  1. Investigate incorporating into TNOS a userfs extension
    This would allow *any* Linux (and possibly other Unix) program to open a file and access certain TNOS features. For instance a terminal program like minicom could open a device:
            /tnos/connect/lan/k0zxf/ko4ks-1/813044
    
    and do the equivalent to 'connect lan k0zxf ko4ks-1 813044'.
    You could incorporate a copy of your current usage stats into a email message in Pine, by simply inserting a file named /tnos/stats/usage/general.
  2. Add capability to allow use of OS commands
    This WILL be limited to Unix version.
  3. FTP permissions improved
    The new UNIX-like dir display needs a little more work with the permissions portion of the display...
  4. Add in UNIX permissions checking to FTP server
    This could cause problems with restricted files not being restricted.
  5. Add better support for PBBS<->Internet mail address translation
    The 'translate' file and improved handling of aliases is a START, but more work needs to be done here. Maybe a 'translate.out' file...
  6. Still better handling of AUTO/LOCAL ax25 routes
    Improvement by Making an ax25 route entry part of the connection block, using this unique AUTO route for this connection only.
  7. Support (optimization) for ncurses 1.9.x for performance
  8. Color support output to Unix console
    The various color commands don't work with the Unix kernel and curses. Annoying, but just possible unexpected output. No crashes.
  9. Consider altering import code to prevent holding imported messages
    Only bypass user permissions checking, not bad word check holding.
  10. Consider providing a ROSE whitepages server
  11. Consider providing separate SMTP/BBS rewrite files


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