Subj : Re: addfiles error
To : Dumas Walker
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Mar 22 2024 01:00 pm
-=> Dumas Walker wrote to DIGITAL MAN <=-
> > Synchronet version - 3.20
> > OS - linux
> >
> > I am trying to add files from a CD. When I run addfiles with the
following
> > command line:
> >
> > ./exec/jsexec addfiles area +/path/to/filelist/listname 33 15
> >
> > I get the following error:
> >
> > !/path/where/files/are/listname does not exist
> >
> > So it is looking for the right 'listname' but in the path where the files
> > are instead of the path where the filelists are (which is the one I am
> > giving it).
> It looks like you're trying to use the addfiles.exe syntax with addfiles.js,
> e.g. there's no '+' in any addfiles.js option syntax. See
https://wiki.synchro
> et/module:addfiles for details.
DW> I also tried it without the plus and got the exact same error.
DW> I tried it again just now, without the plus, and still get the
DW> error.
DW> ./exec/jsexec addfiles area /path/to/filelist/listname 33 15
DW> JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/95ae0137d - Execute Synchronet
DW> JavaScript Module Compiled Mar 1 2024 10:42:22 with GCC 12.2.0
DW> Loading configuration files from /home/bbs/ctrl
DW> JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
DW> JavaScript: Creating runtime: 8388608 bytes
DW> Reading script from /home/bbs/exec/addfiles.js
DW> /home/bbs/exec/addfiles.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
DW> Adding files to Nightowl NOPV-2 ASP Member Submissions
DW> !/path/to/filearea/listname does not exist
DW> 0 files added
DW> /home/bbs/exec/addfiles.js executed in 0.55 seconds
DW> JavaScript: Destroying context
DW> JavaScript: Destroying runtime
DW> It knows enough to pick up the listname but then uses the path
DW> where the filearea is (the wrong one) instead of the one I am
DW> giving it (the path on the CD where the listname is).
DW> FWIW, yesterday when I first had the error I was taking the
DW> commands I was using directly from that wiki page. As it
DW> appeared yesterday, it still had the '+' syntax in the examples
DW> as I copied and pasted it from the page.
You're using the command line syntax from the 'EXE' version of ADDFILES.
That page is still there on the Wiki, but there is another
page/instructions for the 'JS' version of addfiles, which is the one you
should be using. Look and read carefully, they are not the same.
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