• Help with file areas

    From Charles Blackburn@1:103/705 to All on Tue Sep 6 19:36:17 2022
    Hi all

    Hopefully this all comes through - my first "posted" message in this group :D

    I need to get some help trying to add a simtel CDROM to the file areas (and adding files in general)

    I have a number of simtel cdroms as isos that I have mounted in the filesystem (linux VM on proxmox for now), i can access them perfectly fine manually
    my issue is, I'm not quite sure how to add them tot he file areas in SCFG so that all the dirs.txt, file_id.diz files etc all get imported.

    Right now i've created a file library, then "import area -> Directory listing", but when i do a "addfiles - -szn" as per the wiki it starts importing but then core dumps on anything that's not a zip file, and then refuses to try and open zip files with some error that's far to fast for me to read.

    The library shows up ok in the bbs itself, but i can't get any files into it.

    I hope that makes sense.

    Any help appreciated. i'm obviously doing something wrong but i can't figure it out.

    Charlie
    Charles Blackburn
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Charles Blackburn on Tue Sep 6 15:42:47 2022
    Re: Help with file areas
    By: Charles Blackburn to All on Tue Sep 06 2022 07:36 pm

    Hi all

    Hopefully this all comes through - my first "posted" message in this group :D

    I need to get some help trying to add a simtel CDROM to the file areas (and adding files in general)

    I have a number of simtel cdroms as isos that I have mounted in the filesystem (linux VM on proxmox for now), i can access them perfectly fine manually
    my issue is, I'm not quite sure how to add them tot he file areas in SCFG so that all the dirs.txt, file_id.diz files etc all get imported.

    Right now i've created a file library, then "import area -> Directory listing", but when i do a "addfiles - -szn" as per the wiki

    In Synchronet v3.19, the addfiles utility program has been replaced by the addfiles.js utility script: https://wiki.synchro.net/module:addfiles which you invoke using 'jsexec addfiles' and has different command-line syntax/options than the old addfiles utility program.

    it starts
    importing but then core dumps on anything that's not a zip file

    If you could provide a GDB-backtrace of one of those core dumps, I could likely resolve that issue pretty easily, even though that program has now been deprecated.

    and then
    refuses to try and open zip files with some error that's far to fast for me to read.

    The library shows up ok in the bbs itself, but i can't get any files into it.

    I hope that makes sense.

    Any help appreciated. i'm obviously doing something wrong but i can't figure it out.

    Try with addfiles.js instead and let me know if you have any troubles.
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  • From Charles Blackburn@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Wed Sep 7 15:53:07 2022
    Re: Help with file areas
    By: Digital Man to Charles Blackburn on Tue Sep 06 2022 15:42:47

    Right now i've created a file library, then "import area -> Directory listing", but when i do a "addfiles - -szn" as per the wiki

    In Synchronet v3.19, the addfiles utility program has been replaced by the addfiles.js utility script: https://wiki.synchro.net/module:addfiles which you invoke using 'jsexec addfiles'
    and has different command-line syntax/options than the old addfiles utility program.


    i'll take a look at that when i get a chance later today hopefully... but ISTR that i tried with addfiles.js too. I was just trying to follow the wiki..


    it starts
    importing but then core dumps on anything that's not a zip file

    If you could provide a GDB-backtrace of one of those core dumps, I could likely resolve that issue pretty easily, even though that program has now been deprecated.

    if i catch it later i will. I have your email so i'll attach it to that. Just have to brush up on my GDB as it's beena few years :D

    charlie
    Charles Blackburn
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  • From Charles Blackburn@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Wed Sep 7 20:39:16 2022
    Re: Help with file areas
    By: Digital Man to Charles Blackburn on Tue Sep 06 2022 15:42:47

    In Synchronet v3.19, the addfiles utility program has been replaced by the addfiles.js utility script: https://wiki.synchro.net/module:addfiles which you
    invoke using 'jsexec addfiles' and has different command-line syntax/options than
    the old addfiles utility program.

    ok update... I guess i was looking at the old wiki entry lmao. i managed to get a bunch of directories imported, now (see other mail) just need to try and get the 000_index.txt and the dirs.txt file (not the same as syncs format as dirs.txt) imported.

    Thanks for the pointers
    Charles Blackburn
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    Aviation related fun @ bbs.thefbo.us
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Charles Blackburn on Wed Sep 7 18:16:08 2022
    Re: Help with file areas
    By: Charles Blackburn to Digital Man on Wed Sep 07 2022 03:53 pm

    Re: Help with file areas
    By: Digital Man to Charles Blackburn on Tue Sep 06 2022 15:42:47

    Right now i've created a file library, then "import area -> Directory listing", but when i do a "addfiles - -szn" as per the wiki

    In Synchronet v3.19, the addfiles utility program has been replaced by the addfiles.js utility script: https://wiki.synchro.net/module:addfiles which you invoke using 'jsexec addfiles'
    and has different command-line syntax/options than the old addfiles utility program.


    i'll take a look at that when i get a chance later today hopefully... but ISTR that i tried with addfiles.js too. I was just trying to follow the wiki..

    There's likely still areas of "the wiki" that only mention addfiles (and not addfiles.js). addfiles.js was newly-introduced in v3.19 where as the addfiles utility (now deprecated) goes back to early 1990's.

    it starts
    importing but then core dumps on anything that's not a zip file

    If you could provide a GDB-backtrace of one of those core dumps, I could likely resolve that issue pretty easily, even though that program has now been deprecated.

    if i catch it later i will. I have your email so i'll attach it to that. Just have to brush up on my GDB as it's beena few years :D

    If you already have the core file, it can be as simple as:
    $ gdb /sbbs/exec/addfiles /path/to/corefile
    Then type 'bt' at the (gdb) prompt and paste the output here.
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  • From Charles Blackburn@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Thu Sep 8 19:56:17 2022
    Re: Help with file areas
    By: Digital Man to Charles Blackburn on Wed Sep 07 2022 18:16:08

    There's likely still areas of "the wiki" that only mention addfiles (and not
    addfiles.js). addfiles.js was newly-introduced in v3.19 where as the addfiles
    utility (now deprecated) goes back to early 1990's.

    it starts
    importing but then core dumps on anything that's not a zip file

    well since i found out the page for addfiles.js i think you can ignore this one :D

    If you could provide a GDB-backtrace of one of those core dumps, I could
    likely resolve that issue pretty easily, even though that program has now
    been deprecated.

    if i catch it later i will. I have your email so i'll attach it to that. Just
    have to brush up on my GDB as it's beena few years :D

    If you already have the core file, it can be as simple as:
    $ gdb /sbbs/exec/addfiles /path/to/corefile
    Then type 'bt' at the (gdb) prompt and paste the output here.

    i'll remember that for next time, but i wouldn't worry too much about it now to be honest.
    Charles Blackburn
    SYSOP - The F.B.O BBS
    Aviation related fun @ bbs.thefbo.us
    DOVE-Net
    Coming soon: FSX-Net, FIDO-Net

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