1. Forum
  2. FidoNet
  3. ALT-BBS-SYNCHRONET

  • Hosting FTN FTP with Sync

    From Dumas Walker@1:396/4 to All on Thursday, March 27, 2025 22:48:00
    From: "Dumas Walker" <[email protected]-8kl-this>

    To: NICHOLAS BOEL
    This is pretty much laid out correctly, already. When you get to the "place a test file into that directory" part, you would have to run a script that would
    move the packets/bundles around to the proper folders and then run 'addfiles' either specifically for that/those file areas, or just run it full and it will
    scan every directory for files that need to be added.

    Once the node downloads and removes the datasets, I am guessing the file database would still think they are there?

    While I don't think packet naming conventions have any kind of node informatio
    as far as who it's for, mail bundles can be the node's address in hex format. So your script would have to specifically move the proper named bundles to the
    correct folders for your links. The scripting part can get a bit involved if you have a lot of links.. but that's about it.

    I think I have this part covered.

    With the rise of binkp and the ease of use of it, FTP links got less and less until I finally only had a few links left and convinced and/or helped them setup a binkp mailer so I could ditch the whole process. ;)

    It may be a fool's errand then but something I am curious about.


    * SLMR 2.1a * Isn't this where....
    ---
    ■ Synchronet ■ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTP --- Synchronet 3.20e-Linux NewsLink 1.2
    * Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net
    --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2
    * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4)
  • From Accession@1:396/4 to All on Friday, March 28, 2025 02:00:36
    From: "Accession" <[email protected]-11va-this>

    To: Dumas Walker
    Hey Dumas!

    On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:48:00 -0500, you wrote:

    Once the node downloads and removes the datasets, I am guessing the file database would still think they are there?

    Ah, yeah, good call. Mail bundles should definitely be deleted after they are downloaded, otherwise they would just keep downloading them, and trying to toss dupes. In that case, delfiles would be your go-to there.

    It may be a fool's errand then but something I am curious about.

    It's not foolish, even if in the end it's only for your own enjoyment and/or learning. I wish I could do that with programming. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    .... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604
    * Origin: _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (723:1/1)
    ￭ Synchronet ￭ _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)
    --- Synchronet 3.20e-Linux NewsLink 1.2
    * Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net
    --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2
    * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4)