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If you’re not familiar with wikis then in short: they are user-contributed sites: pages can be edited by (almost) anyone. As such, there is always kind of up-to-date and (hopefully) proper content. They are better than forums, since relevant pieces of information are on the same page. Do not hesitate to share your knowledge, and we all hope you can learn and teach a lot here! — bastya_elvtars

Command Types (Experimental)

The fallowing commands are experimental and many have not been implemented yet. I feel that these commands are required to combat the level of fake sharing on the network. The following section describes the format of the Commands, Each field is denoted with < >. The fields in the command are separated by a single space character (ASCII 32). And each Command ends with a | (pipe). All Commands are case sensitive. $MyINFO

This is a modified version of the $MyINFO command that I feel will be useful. 

  $MyINFO $ALL <nick> <interest>$ $<speed>$<e-mail>$<sharesize>$<slots>$<onlinetime>$
  • <nick> is the client's nick.
  • <interest> is a string describing the user's interest and may be empty (All characters except $ and | are allowed).
  • <speed> is a string describing the client's internet connection selected from “56Kbps”, “Satellite”, “DSL”, “Cable”, “LAN(T1)”, and “LAN(T3)” followed by a byte indicating the speed class. The value of the byte is selected from at least 1 for 56Kbps, 3 for cable or DSL, or 7, also for DSL.
  • <e-mail> is nick's e-mail address and may be ””.
  • <sharesize> is the number of bytes this client shares as a string.
  • <slots> is the nuber of free slots / the total slots.
  • <onlinetime> is the time the client application is online. The format should be Days:Hours:Minutes.

$Supports BZList

This command is currently supported by DC++ to notify the downloading client that a BZList is available if their are no free slots. 

  $Supports BZList

Currently this command is only sent in the Client to Client communication and is sent by the client that is being connected to immediately after the $Lock command.

To improve apon this design I belive that this command should be refined in its use. For instance, if this command is sent the client should send a BZList regardless of the free slots status. The old style DCLst should only be sent if the client does not support BZLists.


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