• InterBBS File Search

    From xqtr@21:1/111 to All on Saturday, August 01, 2020 14:15:33
    I made a new mod that allows a user to search for files in an inter-bbs way. The mod includes a client and server script. The client-script has a TUI that prompts the user to enter a search query and then send this query to the appropriate _DAT echoarea ex. FSX_DAT.

    The server-script, will scan the in-bound message base area ex. FSX_DAT, parse the queries it finds, make the search into the file bases of a BBS and then send the results via Netmail, personally to the user made the initial query.

    The report sent back, contains the filenames and descriptions of the files match the result and also the name of the BBS. This way the user knows where
    to find a file and connect to that BBS.

    With this mod, all file bases of all BBSes are connected and create a unique file storage, that the user can search.

    You will find the mod at Another Droid BBS as xq-ibfs.zip and also at all FSXNet, SCINet, DoreNet affiliate BBSes as they hatch the file.

    I hope that you will like this project and integrate it to your BBS. As always any help can be provided via this echoarea or at my email (xqtr#gmx.com).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to xqtr on Saturday, August 01, 2020 19:13:17
    With this mod, all file bases of all BBSes are connected and create a unique file storage, that the user can search.

    I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sounds pretty nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of those, well, it'd be downright amazing.

    E.g., looking for a specific BBS-related item, can't find it on the internet, figure it probably exists...

    I'll be sure to add it before too terribly long, after it hatches and comes through.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From Immortal@21:1/185 to xqtr on Saturday, August 01, 2020 18:45:20
    On 01 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

    I made a new mod that allows a user to search for files in an inter-bbs way. The mod includes a client and server script. The client-script has
    a TUI that prompts the user to enter a search query and then send this query to the appropriate _DAT echoarea ex. FSX_DAT.

    That sounds pretty sweet. I'll definitely install it over here and check it out. Thanks for all your efforts.

    Immortal

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to xqtr on Saturday, August 01, 2020 22:50:26
    I tried it on Another F-ing BBS....
    Gave me an Error on Line 71
    The mpl did not work at all...
    Don't know why... Too tired to dive into it now...

    Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
    Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
    300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to Adept on Sunday, August 02, 2020 08:52:41
    I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sounds pre nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of those well, it'd be downright amazing.

    My original idea came, when i was looking for an old DOS file and couldn't
    find it. I thought that it would be somewhere in a BBS, but to look for it,
    you should have to connect to each one of them.

    So with this script you can make the query in one BBS and search all the connected BBS ;) It's not something that anyone will use everyday, but it's a proof o concept that BBSes can interconnect in many ways. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to garycrunk on Sunday, August 02, 2020 08:54:58
    I tried it on Another F-ing BBS....
    Gave me an Error on Line 71
    The mpl did not work at all...

    What version of mystic you use? I did receive some queries from Another F-ing BBS... which i think i shouldn't :?

    I have only tested the scripts in my "environment", so some debugging and help from all of you is necessary :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to xqtr on Sunday, August 02, 2020 07:21:01
    What version of mystic you use? I did receive some queries from Another F-ing BBS... which i think i shouldn't :?
    I have only tested the scripts in my "environment", so some debugging
    and help from all of you is necessary :)

    I am running under Mystic A44. Windows version

    I don't remember what version of Python I have installed, I was getting the error message from the .mpy file (I set it up under PreUser...)

    It appeared that the .mpl did nothing at all.

    Just f.y.i.

    Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
    Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
    300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to xqtr on Sunday, August 02, 2020 07:31:49
    Another question...

    Under the .mpy... bases_id =
    Would that be the File Group Number or each individual File Base number...
    I only ask because I have over 500 File Base Numbers...
    If that were the case, would the .mpy be able to parse a line that long?

    Many Tanx...

    Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
    Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
    300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to garycrunk on Sunday, August 02, 2020 19:11:26
    Under the .mpy... bases_id =
    Would that be the File Group Number or each individual File Base
    number... I only ask because I have over 500 File Base Numbers...
    If that were the case, would the .mpy be able to parse a line that long?

    Theoretically you could, it's just Python, but because it would be a lot of work to do it like [1,2,3,4,...] you could easily do it like this:
    bases_id = range(500)

    In case you have a message base in between that you don't want to share, you can then easily remove it like:
    bases_id.remove(100) --> will remove base id no 100

    :: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From Immortal@21:1/185 to garycrunk on Sunday, August 02, 2020 12:14:37
    On 02 Aug 2020, garycrunk said the following...

    Another question...

    Under the .mpy... bases_id =
    Would that be the File Group Number or each individual File Base
    number... I only ask because I have over 500 File Base Numbers...
    If that were the case, would the .mpy be able to parse a line that long?

    I've got it running over here under A45 linux. Make sure you edit both the .mpy and .mps files and put in the correct info. I believe you need to put
    in each file base number you want it to scan, not the group number. So I
    guess if you have 500 file bases then thats a lot of base numbers to enter on that one line. Maybe it would be better if xqtr could make it default to
    scan all bases and then have an exclude line for bases we do not want scanned instead?

    Immortal

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)
  • From Immortal@21:1/185 to xqtr on Sunday, August 02, 2020 12:22:39
    On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

    Under the .mpy... bases_id =
    Would that be the File Group Number or each individual File Base number... I only ask because I have over 500 File Base Numbers...
    If that were the case, would the .mpy be able to parse a line that lo

    Theoretically you could, it's just Python, but because it would be a lot of work to do it like [1,2,3,4,...] you could easily do it like this: bases_id = range(500)

    In case you have a message base in between that you don't want to share, you can then easily remove it like:
    bases_id.remove(100) --> will remove base id no 100

    Cool I will try that out, that would be much easier than adding every single file base. Maybe note that in the script for us non coders :)

    Immortal

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to Immortal on Sunday, August 02, 2020 21:28:19
    Cool I will try that out, that would be much easier than adding every sing file base. Maybe note that in the script for us non coders :)

    Yes will do.

    Also i think something is going wrong... i see you and garycrunk did some searches but the results came to me. Did you receive the results?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From Immortal@21:1/185 to xqtr on Sunday, August 02, 2020 17:36:33
    On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

    Yes will do.

    Also i think something is going wrong... i see you and garycrunk did some searches but the results came to me. Did you receive the results?

    Yes I did. My own system responded to me as well, not sure if that is
    as intended.

    From: Another Droid BBS
    To: Immortal
    Subj: IBFS // Report
    Date: 08/02/20 08:43
    Base: Netmail

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Inter BBS File Search // v1.0

    Results Report ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Date : 2020/08/02
    Time : 08:43:58
    BBS : Another Droid BBS

    String : TDRAW463.ZIP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Base: DOS BBS Utils
    + File : TDRAW463.ZIP
    THEDRAW SCREEN EDITOR VERSION 4.63 - (10/93)
    A text-oriented screen design tool. Similar
    is some regards to a graphics paint program.
    Offers multiple page SPRITE editing, powerful
    Ansi ANIMATION support, Ansi/Ascii FONTS,
    pulldown menus, full mouse support & online
    help. Saves files for ANSI, ASCII, AVATAR,
    PCBOARD, WILDCAT, COM, BINARY, BSAVE, OBJECT
    (C/Pascal/QuickBasic), and source code in Asm
    Pascal and C formats. Registr: $22-$25

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

    Immortal

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to xqtr on Sunday, August 02, 2020 18:56:56
    On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

    Cool I will try that out, that would be much easier than adding every file base. Maybe note that in the script for us non coders :)

    Yes will do.

    Also i think something is going wrong... i see you and garycrunk did some searches but the results came to me. Did you receive the results?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)

    I entered a wrong netmail address, and the mod just hung forever. Just reporting for ya. I used 21:1/100; and when I hit search, the mod hung
    forever there.



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to Immortal on Monday, August 03, 2020 05:50:28
    Yes I did. My own system responded to me as well, not sure if that is
    as intended.

    Yes it should. Every system that has the script installed it should report back, only if it has results to show. Otherwise nothing happens.

    By default only 10 matched files are returned, intensionally not to flood the echoareas with big msgs.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to paulie420 on Monday, August 03, 2020 18:39:30

    I entered a wrong netmail address, and the mod just hung forever. Just reporting for ya. I used 21:1/100; and when I hit search, the mod hung forever there.

    The ibfs.mps script, doesn't use the net address in a way, that it would hang the system. It only gets the net address as a string field and creates the search query, which is also text (a simple message). Just check line 107-124
    in ibfs.mps.

    So the thing that your system hanged up, by entering a "wrong" net address, i guess it has nothing to do with the address it self. Perhaps there is
    something wrong in the setup of the script, check again the variables at lines 44-54 that are correct, or perhaps the message base you chose to send the queries is locally corrupted.

    The only reason i let the user to enter a net address, is because perhaps the user is a visitor to that bbs and wants to receive the reply/results in
    another one. But i think this is not going to happen often, so i may make the net address to be a constant and not entered by the user.

    Please try again and see if this happens all the time or it happened just
    once. Also check the configuration is correct. The mod is new and needs
    testing to find any bugs, but with your feedback bugs will be corrected.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to xqtr on Monday, August 03, 2020 18:56:41
    I entered a wrong netmail address, and the mod just hung forever. Jus reporting for ya. I used 21:1/100; and when I hit search, the mod hun forever there.

    The ibfs.mps script, doesn't use the net address in a way, that it would hang the system. It only gets the net address as a string field and creates the search query, which is also text (a simple message). Just check line 107-124 in ibfs.mps.

    It was on your BBS. :P Just reporting to you.



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to paulie420 on Tuesday, August 04, 2020 11:09:29
    It was on your BBS. :P Just reporting to you.

    oh... that's better cause i tested it, with wrong and correct net address and works fine. Perhaps it was something accidental or you bumped on a time that the system makes updates and because of the sdcard, it takes time and seems like is halt. who knows. but it's not a bug, unless it is repeatable :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to xqtr on Tuesday, August 04, 2020 11:59:38
    On 04 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

    It was on your BBS. :P Just reporting to you.

    oh... that's better cause i tested it, with wrong and correct net
    address and works fine. Perhaps it was something accidental or you
    bumped on a time that the system makes updates and because of the
    sdcard, it takes time and seems like is halt. who knows. but it's not a bug, unless it is repeatable :)

    Yes sir... I was just letting you know- I'll try to mess it up again. :P HA! Kidding, but I will login and try it again as I was checking it out before I run it on my BBS. :P Hopefully I'll soon be a node in your mod.

    You rock; I just scored 65k on Video Poker X. 3.5 hour long game, that I had
    to quit with 50+ turns left because time ran out on DreamLand BBS. How the heck did I do that!??!?! LOL. <--- It wasn't a bug, I swear!!! :P



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to xqtr on Tuesday, August 04, 2020 22:00:13
    I just wanted to say....

    I installed it on Another F-ing BBS...

    Works Great so far...

    Excellent Idea and nice programming...

    You always put out quality programs that are not only functional, but damn Useful also...

    My hat's off to you!

    Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
    Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
    300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to paulie420 on Wednesday, August 05, 2020 18:20:16
    You rock; I just scored 65k on Video Poker X. 3.5 hour long game, that I h to quit with 50+ turns left because time ran out on DreamLand BBS. How th heck did I do that!??!?! LOL. <--- It wasn't a bug, I swear!!! :P

    I always didn't like too hard games. I remember playing an arcade video poker machine, and dropping a lot of coins/credits to it :) so i made this a little bit to the easy side ;) So... i have to add more porn/nudes on it? ha? :) hahaaha

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to garycrunk on Wednesday, August 05, 2020 18:21:30
    You always put out quality programs that are not only functional, but damn Useful also...

    oh... you make me blush :) Thank you for your kind words.

    I just like BBSing, that's all ;)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to garycrunk on Wednesday, August 05, 2020 10:53:52
    I just wanted to say....
    Excellent Idea and nice programming...

    You always put out quality programs that are not only functional, but
    damn Useful also...

    +2



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to xqtr on Wednesday, August 05, 2020 11:02:46
    You rock; I just scored 65k on Video Poker X. 3.5 hour long game, tha to quit with 50+ turns left because time ran out on DreamLand BBS. H heck did I do that!??!?! LOL. <--- It wasn't a bug, I swear!!! :P

    I always didn't like too hard games. I remember playing an arcade video poker machine, and dropping a lot of coins/credits to it :) so i made
    this a little bit to the easy side ;) So... i have to add more
    porn/nudes on it? ha? :) hahaaha

    LOL... on *my* BBS, I've added all the more-current nudey ANSIs; crediting
    the authors of course... I might try to edit the code to RANDOMLY display
    those ANSIs, and to allow more than 30. (Which if it were random, might not require editing anything other than the random bit..)

    Any suggestions of how to doso? --Thats not a 'do it for me' grab... I'm
    trying to learn MPL--- should I study Python, or....?

    THANKS for *all* of your mods. They really make BBSing... BBSing. :P



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: American Pi BBS (21:2/150)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to xqtr on Thursday, August 06, 2020 07:07:05
    I've set it up on Storm BBS, and attempted a test search for "FSXNET", so hopefully my BBS has joined the ranks of searchable BBSs.

    My only suggestion so far is that it'd probably be good to mention either in sysop.txt or ibfs.mps that one should compile the mps after editing it.

    I don't _think_ I missed that direction, but once the menu command just
    caused the screen to re-display, it was my guess for what had happened.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to Adept on Thursday, August 06, 2020 18:13:35
    My only suggestion so far is that it'd probably be good to mention
    either in sysop.txt or ibfs.mps that one should compile the mps after editing it.

    Yes you are right, but because for me is so "obvious" i forgot to mention it
    :) I all ready have done some minor changes, so will also add this in the sysop.txt, thank you.

    I don't _think_ I missed that direction, but once the menu command just caused the screen to re-display, it was my guess for what had happened.

    I don't quite get you, what do you mean? the ibfs.mps takes the search string and, the address, bbs name etc and creates a slightly encrypted message in the designated area. The "hard work" is done by the ibfs.mpy script :)

    :: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Adept on Thursday, August 06, 2020 21:19:41
    I've set it up on Storm BBS, and attempted a test search for "FSXNET", so hopefully my BBS has joined the ranks of searchable BBSs.

    Responding to myself, but wanted to update to say that I've gotten netmail messages back from Another Droid and Storm BBS. It's been no more than 16
    hours or so, so hopefully more BBSs come back with something (I'm assuming "FSXNET" will appear at most Mystic BBSs).

    Though now I'm wondering if I should be running an event every few hours or something, rather than in prelogin, as I assume most people would like
    results on the faster side.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to xqtr on Thursday, August 06, 2020 22:24:04
    My only suggestion so far is that it'd probably be good to mention either in sysop.txt or ibfs.mps that one should compile the mps after editing it.
    I don't _think_ I missed that direction, but once the menu command ju

    I don't quite get you, what do you mean? the ibfs.mps takes the search

    Those two items were related. I ran it without compiling it, so I assume that when I hit the menu key, Mystic attempted to run the script, found nothing,
    and just displayed the menu again.

    It's hard for a script to work when it's not being run. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to xqtr on Thursday, August 06, 2020 20:48:18
    Possible issue with the InterBBS File Search...

    I did a Search for "Motel Kalifornia"...

    Here is what I received. 1st one picked up on "Motel"... But the other searches baffled me....

    Just FYI...
    ====================================================

    From: Lightning BBS
    To: garycrunk
    Subj: IBFS // Report
    Date: 08/06/20 20:21
    Base: NETMAIL

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Inter BBS File Search // v1.0

    Results Report ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Date : 2020/08/06
    Time : 20:21:09
    BBS : Lightning BBS

    String : MOTEL KALIFORNIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Base: BBS Doors
    + File : mm46.zip
    "Murder Motel v4.6"
    ------------------------------------------
    The original MURDER MOTEL! 4.6
    Don't settle for a substitute
    Now supports all BBS's, Fossil drivers
    Base: BBS Doors
    + File : pit417.zip
    THE PIT v4.17 - Online Fantasy Combat Door
    This Door features multiline interactive chat
    and combat. Players battle monsters and other
    players in an arena setting. The game also has
    EGA/VGA graphics with mouse support. A remote
    terminal can be run to see graphics remotely.

    A Classic Door Game from Midas Touch Software.
    Base: LORD IGM's
    + File : LORDF100.ZIP
    LORD Fix V1.0 by G.A.C. Computer Services
    is an IGM utility that fixes a problem with
    many LORD IGMs running on Major BBS Systems.
    LORD Fix allows most IGMs that will only work
    locally, to work correctly remotely. LORD
    Fix is placed in the LORD directory and
    modifies the files read by the IGMs to allow
    them to work correctly. LORD Fix is
    shareware, but it is free to anyone who
    registers Vanadia's Arena of Warriors.
    Base: [fsx] Mystic BBS Utils, Mods etc.
    + File : xq-gophlog.zip
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    -----------------------------------------
    maintain a gopher site and a http site,
    remotely, using Mystic BBS. you write
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    and HTTP site, at the same time.
    MPY // Linux // RPi
    -----------------------------------------
    Base: Spitfire Related
    + File : SFPAGER.ZIP
    SFPAGER v1.0; Simple utility for SPITFIRE to
    turn on and off the pager remotely (or
    locally)
    Base: Wildcat 5 Related
    + File : mtnews5.zip
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    for Mustang Products
    Wildcat! v5.xxx BBS and WIN Servers
    Written entirely using wcCode v5.0!
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    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From apam@21:1/126 to garycrunk on Friday, August 07, 2020 16:20:22
    Here is what I received. 1st one picked up on "Motel"... But the other searches baffled me....

    reMOTELey :)

    Andrew


    --- TitanFTN (Linux/x86_64)
    * Origin: Wunderlust BBS - wunderlust.ddns.net:2023 (21:1/126)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to apam on Friday, August 07, 2020 07:02:06
    reMOTELey :)
    Andrew

    --- Um... Damn... I didn't even think/see that...

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    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to garycrunk on Friday, August 07, 2020 16:58:01
    Here is what I received. 1st one picked up on "Motel"... But the other searches baffled me....

    :) it's fine. You got the other results because they contain the word "reMOTELy" ;) For the time being, the search is partial and case insensitive. Also the search, if it has more than one word, it will search for each one, like an OR type of search. So even if one word is matched it will return it as a find.

    Perhaps in a future version i will make it to accept OR,NOT, AND operators, wildcards, case sensitivity etc.

    :: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

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    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to garycrunk on Friday, August 07, 2020 22:37:14
    From: Lightning BBS
    To: garycrunk

    Out of curiosity, where have you received results from? E.g., did any come
    from Storm BBS?

    My test search looked on my BBS, Another Droid, and Lightning BBS. Hopefully eventually there'll be at least dozens of BBSs involved, and xqtr will have
    to start considering how to reduce the volume of responses.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From Immortal@21:1/185 to apam on Friday, August 07, 2020 20:37:34
    On 07 Aug 2020, apam said the following...

    Here is what I received. 1st one picked up on "Motel"... But the othe searches baffled me....

    reMOTELey :)

    LOL its like a word search puzzle. I didn't see it either until you said something.

    Immortal

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Lightning BBS (21:1/185)
  • From apam@21:1/126 to Immortal on Saturday, August 08, 2020 13:32:41
    LOL its like a word search puzzle. I didn't see it either until you said something.

    Hehe. I thought it would be something like that, so sat there and tried
    to figure it out... so yeah, just like a word search puzzle :)

    Andrew


    --- TitanFTN (Linux/x86_64)
    * Origin: Wunderlust BBS - wunderlust.ddns.net:2023 (21:1/126)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to xqtr on Friday, August 07, 2020 22:12:21
    :) it's fine. You got the other results because they contain the word "reMOTELy" ;) For the time being, the search is partial and case

    I know... Apam pointed that out to me... I didnt see it... Now I do... :/

    Perhaps in a future version i will make it to accept OR,NOT, AND operators, wildcards, case sensitivity etc.

    Personaly, I don't think it's necessary... It seems to work just fine. I personally would not change it... If its not broke... Dont fix it..

    Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
    Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
    300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to Adept on Friday, August 07, 2020 22:15:11
    Out of curiosity, where have you received results from? E.g., did any
    come from Storm BBS?
    My test search looked on my BBS, Another Droid, and Lightning BBS.

    I've only received results from Another Droid and Lightening...

    But I've only done 2 searches... Startrek and Motel Kalifornia.

    If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for that
    you know you have and I will let you know the results.

    Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
    Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
    300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to garycrunk on Saturday, August 08, 2020 05:21:46
    If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for
    that you know you have and I will let you know the results.

    May as well go with "fsxnet", as that was my test. I tended to assume that
    any FSXnet BBS would have that in their file areas.

    But perhaps some people don't host the FSXnet files or haven't added those as file bases.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From Al@21:4/106 to Adept on Friday, August 07, 2020 23:59:00
    Hello Adept,

    Out of curiosity, where have you received results from? E.g., did any
    come from Storm BBS?

    My test search looked on my BBS, Another Droid, and Lightning BBS. Hopefully eventually there'll be at least dozens of BBSs involved, and xqtr will have to start considering how to reduce the volume of
    responses.

    There is also the FILEFIND echo in Fidonet and othernets also.

    In that area you can post a query To: Allfix with your search terms on the subject line, /motel /door etc. You need to put "/" before your search term for most bots to perform the search.

    I don't currently have a bot that will reply to those queries but Allfix, BBBS and MBSE_BBS does have the ability to do that and there are likely more that I don't know of.

    That echo has been up and running since the mid '90's at least.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    --- GoldED+/LNX
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Al on Saturday, August 08, 2020 18:45:26
    There is also the FILEFIND echo in Fidonet and othernets also.

    Interesting! I was unaware of this, and evidently it's been around since 1991.

    Now if only there were (maybe there is, but my 2 minutes of searching didn't come across it) a guide for setting up such a thing on Mystic BBS so I didn't particularly have to figure it out. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Adept on Saturday, August 08, 2020 12:04:07
    Re: Re: InterBBS File Search
    By: Adept to Al on Sat Aug 08 2020 06:45 pm

    There is also the FILEFIND echo in Fidonet and othernets also.

    Interesting! I was unaware of this, and evidently it's been around since 1991.

    Yep, I've found many a file in there over the years.

    Now if only there were (maybe there is, but my 2 minutes of searching didn't come across it) a guide for setting up such a thing on Mystic BBS so I didn't particularly have to figure it out. :)

    There is none that I know of. I wonder if this new app xqtr is working on can be made to do that along with what it is already doing?

    I don't know but that would be sweet..

    Ttyl :-),
    Al
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.1)
  • From garycrunk@21:4/126 to Adept on Saturday, August 08, 2020 13:24:33
    All I received back was from Lightening and Another Droid BBS's....
    Nothing from yours.

    Gary Crunk - Another F-ing BBS : anotherbbs.dynu.net Port 23
    Quazar BBS Door Game Server: quazarbbs.dynu.net Port 2525
    300 F-ing Baud BBS: 300baud.dynu.net Port 2524

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:4/126)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to garycrunk on Sunday, August 09, 2020 02:44:59
    All I received back was from Lightening and Another Droid BBS's.... Nothing from yours.

    Well, huh.

    I haven't had any data sent to my FSX_DAT before (that I was aware of), so maybe it's something set up on my side? I don't have any good idea on what
    the cause would be.

    I looked at the IBFS logs, and saw that it had processed one message in
    FSX_DAT when I did my test FSXNET search, but otherwise it hasn't seen any messages.

    Is there some setup thing that I might've missed, that you're aware of?

    I suppose I should just read xqtr's code and stop being lazy on figuring out what it's doing, and get some ideas on what it's not doing, but... being
    lazy. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Adept on Sunday, August 09, 2020 03:09:08
    I suppose I should just read xqtr's code and stop being lazy on figuring out what it's doing, and get some ideas on what it's not doing, but... being lazy. :)

    So I did a quick read through the code, and realized that it's sending just fine, and looking where I'd expect the code to look for messages.

    But I don't really know how data gets to my FSX_DAT message base when it
    comes from another BBS. I was expecting it to just be another echomail
    message, or maybe a netmail message, but neither are arriving -- nothing in a different FSXnet base, either, so far as I can tell.

    So I feel like I'm missing something, but don't have the knowledge base to
    have a good idea on what I'm missing.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to xqtr on Sunday, August 09, 2020 20:45:04
    On 01 Aug 2020 at 02:15p, xqtr pondered and said...

    You will find the mod at Another Droid BBS as xq-ibfs.zip and also at all

    I apologise, I'm just hatching this now. Have been quiet in BBS for a few
    weeks and will be for a few more due to work and family, but will get this
    done now. Sorry Xqtr.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/05/28 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to Avon on Monday, August 10, 2020 18:56:07
    I apologise, I'm just hatching this now. Have been quiet in BBS for a few weeks and will be for a few more due to work and family, but will get
    this done now. Sorry Xqtr.

    No problem :) We all have been quiet lately and this IBFS mod, was something i had in my "drawer" for months now and always i was postpone it, because of other issues.

    Things are getting crazy, globally so it's normal for all of to be out of our "comfort zone" or our routine. :)

    :: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to xqtr on Thursday, March 25, 2021 16:39:16
    On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

    I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sound nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of well, it'd be downright amazing.

    My original idea came, when i was looking for an old DOS file and
    couldn't find it. I thought that it would be somewhere in a BBS, but to look for it, you should have to connect to each one of them.

    So with this script you can make the query in one BBS and search all the connected BBS ;) It's not something that anyone will use everyday, but it's a proof o concept that BBSes can interconnect in many ways. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)


    Hi, i would love to check it out. is there a weblink to download it? i have like 65 gigs of downloads on my BBS i am hosting.

    also is there a BBS that i have to subscribe to for it to work?

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

    telnet --<{bbs.hive32.com:23333}>--

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Hive32 (21:4/129)
  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to xqtr on Thursday, March 25, 2021 16:44:47
    On 02 Aug 2020, xqtr said the following...

    I'm only beginning to wrap my mind around the concept, but that sound nifty. I'm not sure how many use cases it'd be good for, but some of well, it'd be downright amazing.

    My original idea came, when i was looking for an old DOS file and
    couldn't find it. I thought that it would be somewhere in a BBS, but to look for it, you should have to connect to each one of them.

    So with this script you can make the query in one BBS and search all the connected BBS ;) It's not something that anyone will use everyday, but it's a proof o concept that BBSes can interconnect in many ways. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)

    You know what would also be interesting is using P2P VPN connections between BBSs to share resources, and files and such. it would be kind of interesting.

    Thanks
    - Gamecube Buddy

    telnet --<{bbs.hive32.com:23333}>--

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Hive32 (21:4/129)
  • From xqtr@21:1/111 to gcubebuddy on Friday, March 26, 2021 17:27:52
    Hi, i would love to check it out. is there a weblink to download it? i havelike 65 gigs of downloads on my BBS i am hosting.

    You can find the mod in all FSX, DORE, SCI net BBSes... what's made for the BBSes, stays to the BBSes ;)

    also is there a BBS that i have to subscribe to for it to work?

    You have to be subscribed to an echonet. All search queries are made via echomail. The thing is, that for other BBSes to reply, they must be on the same echonet, you are sending the queries. For the time being FSXNet is the best choice to get more replies and queries, via its FSX_DAT area. The instructions are in the mod archive.

    :: XQTR :: Another Droid BBS :: andr01d.zapto.org:9999 :: xqtr@gmx.com

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/11/23 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Another Droid BBS # andr01d.zapto.org:9999 (21:1/111)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to garycrunk on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 05:03:40
    If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for
    that you know you have and I will let you know the results.

    Well, huh, that was a message from long-ago for some reason.

    But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running just
    made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

    I think the concept is super neat, but haven't wanted to put the effort in to figure out what was messed up with my setup.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From Ratz@21:2/114 to Adept on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 13:03:05
    If you want me to test it, give me an idea of a file I can search for that you know you have and I will let you know the results.

    Well, huh, that was a message from long-ago for some reason.

    But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running just made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

    Yeah, Gary hasn't been heard from in a l o n g time..



    |08-- ()|06_.-.|07 |08-% |10Freeside BBS |08%-|15
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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/03/16 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Freeside BBS - freeside.bbs.io:23 (21:2/114)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Ratz on Wednesday, September 01, 2021 03:48:00
    But I'll keep it in mind. I gave up on the concept, since it running made my BBS crash, rather than do anything useful.

    Yeah, Gary hasn't been heard from in a l o n g time..

    Yep. Occurred to me shortly after that it was a message from a year and a few weeks ago, not a few weeks ago.

    Anyway, nice when people stick around for a long while, and sad when it's not quite like that.

    I am kind of wondering how long this instance of me BBSing compares with how long I did it as a kid.

    I'm definitely already passing some milestones on total amount of days, but
    at the same time, I am nowhere close on amount of hours.

    Though, having said that, I wasn't thinking about how I just drew a daily calendar, so maybe it's a wee bit closer than I was thinking.

    Anyway, hopefully eventually I'll spend a few more hours trying to figure out InterBBS File Search. Still a neat concept, still something I like existing.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)