Subj : Re: Retro DOS
To : Jcurtis
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed May 21 2025 02:04 pm
Re: Re: Retro DOS
By: Jcurtis to DIGITAL MAN on Tue May 20 2025 11:25 pm
> > Use &W from the terminal server (default command shell) to save your
> > message pointers before you download the QWK packet via FTP.
>
> FTP get VERT.QWK updates my pointers without any extra steps. Works
> good. I don't need to login via telnet.
>
> No doubt &W is useful in some way unknown to me.
If you're *also* logged into the terminal server (e.g. via Telnet) at the same time as the FTP server and you make changes to your scan pointers/config on the terminal server, those changes are saved and re-used (e.g. for FTP-downloaded QWK packets) unless you either log-off the terminal server or use the &W command to write your new-scan config/ptrs to disk.
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digital man (rob)
