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    <h1 class="page-title">TIC Support</h1>
    <h2 id="tic-support">TIC Support</h2>
<p>ENiGMA½ supports FidoNet-Style TIC file attachments by mapping external TIC area tags to local file areas.</p>

<p>Under a given node defined in the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ftn_bso</code> config section in <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">config.hjson</code> (see
<a href="/enigma-bbs/messageareas/bso-import-export.html">BSO Import/Export</a>), TIC configuration may be supplied:</p>

<pre><code class="language-hjson">{
  scannerTossers: {
    ftn_bso: {
      nodes: {
        "46:*": {
          packetPassword: mypass
          encoding: cp437
          archiveType: zip
          tic: { // &lt;--- General TIC config for 46:*
            password: TESTY-TEST
            uploadBy: AgoraNet TIC
            allowReplace: true
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
</code></pre>

<p>Valid <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">tic</code> members:</p>

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Item</th>
      <th>Required</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">password</code></td>
      <td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
      <td>TIC packet password, if required</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">uploadedBy</code></td>
      <td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
      <td>Sets the “uploaded by” field for TIC attachments, for example “AgoraNet TIC”</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">allowReplace</code></td>
      <td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
      <td>Set to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">true</code> to allow TIC attachments to replace each other. This is especially handy for things like weekly node list attachments</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<p>Next, we need to configure the mapping between TIC areas you want to carry, and the file base area (and, optionally, specific storage tag) for them to be tossed to. You can also add hashtags to the tossed files to assist users in searching for files:</p>

<pre><code class="language-hjson">ticAreas: {
    agn_node: {
        areaTag: msgNetworks
        storageTag: msg_network
        hashTags: agoranet,nodelist
    }
}

</code></pre>

<blockquote>
  <p><img class="emoji" title=":information_source:" alt=":information_source:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/2139.png" height="20" width="20"> Note that in the example above <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">agn_node</code> represents the <strong>external</strong> network area tag, usually represented in all caps. In this case, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">AGN_NODE</code>.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Valid <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ticAreas</code> members under a given node mapping are as follows:</p>

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Item</th>
      <th>Required</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">areaTag</code></td>
      <td><img class="emoji" title=":+1:" alt=":+1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44d.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
      <td>Specifies the local areaTag in which to place TIC attachments</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">storageTag</code></td>
      <td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
      <td>Optionally, set a specific storageTag. If not set, the default for this area will be used.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">hashTags</code></td>
      <td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
      <td>One or more optional hash tags to assign TIC attachments in this area.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<p>💡 Multiple TIC areas can be mapped to a single file base area.</p>

<h3 id="example-configuration">Example Configuration</h3>
<p>Example configuration fragments mapping file base areas, FTN BSO node configuration and TIC area configuration.</p>

<pre><code class="language-hjson">fileBase: {
    areaStoragePrefix: /home/bbs/file_areas/

    storageTags: {
        msg_network: "msg_network"
    }

    areas: {
        msgNetworks: {
            name: Message Networks
            desc: Message networks news &amp; info
            storageTags: [
                "msg_network"
            ]
        }
    }
}

scannerTossers: {
    ftn_bso: {
        nodes: {
            "46:*": {
                packetPassword: mypass
                encoding: cp437
                archiveType: zip
                tic: {
                    password: TESTY-TEST
                    uploadBy: Agoranet TIC
                    allowReplace: true
                }
            }
        }

        ticAreas: {
            // here we map AgoraNet AGN_NODE -&gt; local msgNetworks file area
            agn_node: {
                areaTag: msgNetworks
                storageTag: msg_network
                hashTags: agoranet,nodelist
            }
            agn_info: {
                areaTag: msgNetworks
                storageTag: msg_network
                hashTags: agoranet,infopack
            }
        }
    }
}


</code></pre>

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