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What is a BNS file? Game file used by Portal, a first-person puzzle solving game; stores a plain text script that defines information about a Portal map ( .BSP file); includes the map name, thumbnail image file references, comments about the map, and a list of challenges to complete.

More Information BNS files are included as part of a .BMZ bonus map zip file, which can be installed to add bonus maps to Portal.

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.BNS File Extension

2 file types use the .bns file extension.

Portal Bonus Map Script

DeveloperValve
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What is a BNS file?

Game file used by Portal, a first-person puzzle solving game; stores a plain text script that defines information about a Portal map ( .BSP file); includes the map name, thumbnail image file references, comments about the map, and a list of challenges to complete.

More Information

BNS files are included as part of a .BMZ bonus map zip file, which can be installed to add bonus maps to Portal.

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Programs that open or reference BNS files

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Valve Portal

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Category: Game Files

Updated: May 17, 2012

Compiled Rabbit Network Script

Developerkevidryon2
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A BNS file may also be a compiled network script used by Rabbit Web Server. It contains instructions Rabbit executes when a user makes an associated web server request. BNS files are created by compiling .NET (Rabbit Network Script) files, using Rabbit's NetC utility.

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Rabbit is a lightweight web server written in C . It was developed by Kevin Rossi, also known as kevidryon2, and is available for Linux.

Optionally, Rabbit users can create scripts (written using Rabbit-specific syntax ) that control how the web server responds when a user makes a specific request. The source code versions of these scripts are saved as NET files, and the compiled versions are saved as BNS files. To compile a NET file to a BNS file, users use the NetC utility included with Rabbit.

How to open a BNS file

BNS files are not meant to be opened. To learn how to use a BNS file with Rabbit, refer to the program's documentation.

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Updated: June 26, 2023

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What is a BNS file?↓
Game file used by Portal, a first-person puzzle solving game; stores a plain text script that defines information about a Portal map (.BSP file); includes the map name, thumbnail image file references, comments about the map, and a list of challenges to complete.

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