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  • fsxNet File Areas>>>Disappearing Files?

    From paulie420@21:2/150 to All on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 20:29:57
    I'm probably just uninformed on how the fsxNet file bases/FTN File Bases work.

    What happened was I hadn't setup my fsxNet file bases, ever...

    and I recently didso and Mystic tossed all these wonderful files into the fsxNet file bases. ALL versions of mystic, tons of mods and doors and... FILES.

    A day later, they are all gone - replaced with yes, the current nodelist and... I can see that they are all the files uploaded YESTERDAY, but...

    Is there a way to keep ALL the files forever? Is that not what the point of the fsxNet file bases are supposed to be?

    Is there a way to keep them until I can scrape what I want to keep on my board?

    I see one setting in the file areas called FileEcho Hub - to not allow pass thru... but I probably just don't understand what this means.

    For an example, I'd noticed a raspberry pi compile of syncterm and told a friend to go grab it because he is having issues with syncterm on a pi. And of course it wasn't there...

    So; will someone explain all my issues away??? Thanks kindly.



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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/23 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to paulie420 on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 22:05:24
    Re: fsxNet File Areas>>>Disappearing Files?
    By: paulie420 to All on Wed Nov 11 2020 08:29 pm

    A day later, they are all gone - replaced with yes, the current nodelist and... I can see that they are all the files uploaded YESTERDAY, but...

    They won't show up in a new file scan anymore but they should still be in your filebase, aren't they?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... I came, I saw, I had no idea what was going on, I left.
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.1)
  • From apam@21:1/126 to paulie420 on Thursday, November 12, 2020 16:11:14
    A day later, they are all gone - replaced with yes, the current nodelist and... I can see that they are all the files uploaded YESTERDAY, but...

    Hatched files can have a REPLACE keyword, which is supposed to make them replace obsolete files with new ones, so you don't have 10 million old nodelists etc, just the latest one.

    It sounds as though something is going wrong with your software though,
    the info pack shouldn't replace ALL the files.

    You may be able to configure your software to ignore the REPLACE key
    word, but I wouldn't recommend it.

    It's a bit strange actually.

    Andrew


    --- Talisman v0.3-dev (Linux/x86_64)
    * Origin: Talisman BBS - Experimental BBS (21:1/126)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to paulie420 on Thursday, November 12, 2020 20:55:27
    On 11 Nov 2020 at 08:29p, paulie420 pondered and said...

    I'm probably just uninformed on how the fsxNet file bases/FTN File Bases work.

    will reply over in Mystic echo.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to paulie420 on Thursday, November 12, 2020 01:15:30
    On 11 Nov 2020, 08:29p, paulie420 said the following...

    and I recently didso and Mystic tossed all these wonderful files into the fsxNet file bases. ALL versions of mystic, tons of mods and doors and... FILES.
    A day later, they are all gone - replaced with yes, the current nodelist and...I can see that they are all the files uploaded YESTERDAY, but...
    Is there a way to keep ALL the files forever? Is that not what the point of thefsxNet file bases are supposed to be?

    You should be able to keep them for as long as you wish.

    For an example, I'd noticed a raspberry pi compile of syncterm and told a friend to go grab it because he is having issues with syncterm on a pi. And ofcourse it wasn't there...

    I would take a look at your maintenance .INI file that you're using. There may be something in there that will give you a clue.

    Also, take a look in mystic -cfg, under configuration, file base settings. I always suggest setting the Upload Dupe Scan to current, instead of all. That way, it will allow you to have the same files in multiple file areas without thinking they are duplicates.

    There have also been some bugs introduced into the file processing in the since A46. In the most current pre-alpha:

    ! May have fixed a bug created in A46 with file base indexing. Everyone that
    may experience problems with duplicate file detection should probably run
    file base packer so it can regenerate the index files.

    You may want to check out the most recent pre-alpha and see if that helps.


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/11/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Thursday, November 12, 2020 21:24:02
    On 12 Nov 2020 at 01:15a, Black Panther pondered and said...

    Also, take a look in mystic -cfg, under configuration, file base
    settings. I always suggest setting the Upload Dupe Scan to current, instead of all. That way, it will allow you to have the same files in multiple file areas without thinking they are duplicates.

    This is a good call... this one thing has caught me out before also.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Avon on Thursday, November 12, 2020 01:28:28
    On 12 Nov 2020, 09:24p, Avon said the following...

    Also, take a look in mystic -cfg, under configuration, file base settings. I always suggest setting the Upload Dupe Scan to current,

    This is a good call... this one thing has caught me out before also.

    I know some people want to keep all dupes out of their files, but there are some files that I prefer to have in multiple areas... :)


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/11/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Thursday, November 12, 2020 21:31:49
    On 12 Nov 2020 at 01:28a, Black Panther pondered and said...

    I know some people want to keep all dupes out of their files, but there are some files that I prefer to have in multiple areas... :)

    I hear ya :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Avon on Thursday, November 12, 2020 01:37:24
    On 12 Nov 2020, 09:31p, Avon said the following...

    I hear ya :)

    I wasn't being *that* loud... ;)

    BTW, I hope it's alright. I did mention Agency BBS in one of the animated pause prompts that I made and hatched out.

    (Notice how I brought this back on topic?) ;)


    ---

    Black Panther(RCS)
    aka Dan Richter
    Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    http://github.com/DRPanther
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/11/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Thursday, November 12, 2020 21:39:39
    On 12 Nov 2020 at 01:37a, Black Panther pondered and said...

    BTW, I hope it's alright. I did mention Agency BBS in one of the
    animated pause prompts that I made and hatched out.

    Thank you, very kind of you to do so. I need to check all of this magic out soon. :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)