Subj : Re: File System Cleanup?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Mar 02 2024 01:17 pm

 Re: Re: File System Cleanup?
 By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Sat Mar 02 2024 07:57 am

> -=> Digital Man wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
>
>  DM> Create a files.bbs from what source? If you would just be sourcing the
>  DM> descrioption from the DIZs, you don't need the files.bbs step. --
>
> I was thinking of creating a files.bbs file from the existing file
> listing, then cleaning it up, adding entries where needed... A lot of
> the messy listings are zines where I wouldn't need the .DIZ file to name
> the listing. Interesting idea, though. I'm assuming that using the -z
> option would read a DIZ file and read it into the file listing?

In sbbs v3.19+, addfiles.js replaces addfiles. It has '-diz' option that forces it to always uses the DIZ description, even if a description was provided in the list file:
https://wiki.synchro.net/module:addfiles
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