Subj : Exporting and importing file descriptions
To : Diamond Dave
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Dec 15 2024 02:14 pm
Re: Exporting and importing file descriptions
By: Diamond Dave to All on Sun Dec 15 2024 06:34 am
> Hello all!
>
> I'm trying to export file descriptions from an existing installed synchronet
> system and then import them into a newly installed Synchronet system.
>
> I know how to export and import the directory structure, but not the file
> name descriptions themselves.
>
> (And yes, I've looked on the Wiki, couldn't find anything!)
The filelist utility or filelist.js can be used to create a listfile (e..g. FILES.BBS) that contains file descriptions suitable for import into another BBS:
https://wiki.synchro.net/module:filelist
The addfiles utility or addfiles.js can import listfiles into a Synchronet filebase. If all the files have DIZ in them (and those are the descriptions you like/want), then you don't even need the listfile.
That said, if the existing BBS is Synchronet and the new BBS is Synchronet it'd be better to just copy/move the filebase data files (from you sbbs data/dirs diretory) - that way, you'd get *all* the file metadata (uploader, date/time uploaded, download counts, date/time last downloaded, etc.), not just the file descriptions. You just need the old and new directory "internal codes" to be the same.
But then... why not just copy/move the library and directory configuration files (e.g. ctrl/file.cnf, file.ini) from the old BBS to the new one? That way, you know the internal codes (and everthing else) is setup exactly as you had it before.
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