Subj : Re: fsxNet File Areas>>>Disappearing Files? To : Avon From : paulie420 Date : Thu Nov 12 2020 04:58 am On 12 Nov 2020, Avon said the following... Av> On 11 Nov 2020 at 08:29p, paulie420 pondered and said... Av> Av> pa> I'm probably just uninformed on how the fsxNet file bases/FTN File Ba Av> pa> work. Av> pa> Av> pa> What happened was I hadn't setup my fsxNet file bases, ever... Av> pa> Av> pa> and I recently didso and Mystic tossed all these wonderful files into Av> pa> fsxNet file bases. ALL versions of mystic, tons of mods and doors and Av> pa> FILES. Av> Av> how did it do this? were these files you manually placed in file base Av> dirsthen ran a mutil function to import them? Av> Av> pa> Av> pa> A day later, they are all gone - replaced with yes, the current nodel Av> pa> and... I can see that they are all the files uploaded YESTERDAY, but. Av> Av> did you run a maint.ini with [PackFileBases] enabled? Av> Av> Av> pa> Av> pa> Is there a way to keep ALL the files forever? Is that not what the po Av> pa> of the fsxNet file bases are supposed to be? Av> Av> Yes they should stay in your bases unless manually removed via Mystic Av> fileeditor options or if you remove the files from the directories Av> concerned. Av> Av> The reason I ask about the [PackFileBases] is that I wonder if this logic Av> checking is holding true in your case and if so Mystic data records are Av> beingwiped etc.? Av> Av> I am suspicious of the files, how they arrived, their Linux permissions Av> andthe way MUTIL *may* be playing a part. Av> Av> Av> pa> Av> pa> Is there a way to keep them until I can scrape what I want to keep on Av> pa> board? Av> pa> Av> pa> I see one setting in the file areas called FileEcho Hub - to not allo Av> pa> pass thru... but I probably just don't understand what this means. Av> Av> That's a red herring. This is a setting to stop you system (acting as a Av> HUB)from tossing incoming files onwards to another echomail node your Av> linked toas exporting files to. So Don't worry about that setting :) Av> Av> pa> Av> pa> For an example, I'd noticed a raspberry pi compile of syncterm and to Av> pa> friend to go grab it because he is having issues with syncterm on a p Av> pa> And of course it wasn't there... Av> pa> Av> pa> So; will someone explain all my issues away??? Thanks kindly. Av> pa> Av> pa> Av> Av> Happy to remote in and take a look if that would help. Av> Av> Email me avon@bbs.nz or drop me a netmail if you need help :) Av> I had setup fsxNet WITHOUT setting the file areas up for the longest time. The .TIC & .ZIP files piled up, until a few days ago when I added the fsxNet file bases and ran ./mutil mailin.ini with FileToss turned on. They all came in, no problem; full fsxNet file bases. The 'did I run PackFileBases' is a tough one, because I do have a 'filesort' ini since I'm actively adding a bunch of files to my file areas. :/ Eek. I *think* I could have run it; sorry, I know this answer sucks. I just told a friend of a file (raspberry pi syncterm) that I had seen in one of the fsxNet file areas, and when I went to get it for him... I noticed all the areas are pretty empty, except for the CURRENT nodelist and other files hatched out like... today/yesterday. Furhtermore; A lot of times when I look at FTN file bases on OTHER bbses, they are all empty - so I wonder if... this happens due to some [error] setup issue... Sure you could remote in, especially if no one has an ah ha moment. My .ini situation is less than ideal - and I'm trying to learn EVERY function and how to implement them correctly, but... it is CLOSE to fubar. |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) .