Subj : Re: File Echos, HTick, FwdFile Question
To   : Janis Kracht
From : Eric Renfro
Date : Wed Sep 09 2015 01:04 am

 Re: Re: File Echos, HTick, FwdFile Question
 By: Janis Kracht to Eric Renfro on Tue Sep 08 2015 05:24 pm

JK> Hi Eric,

>>> The format used in filegate.zxx is the same format that has always
>>> been used for File Echos. Htick should import fine if I'm
>>> understanding what your asking here <g>

>>So, I finally got Htick setup to handle FileEcho forward requests. It
>> lacks th ability to %LIST them in the listing, but it does send the
>>requester an acknowledgement netmail to say it's been forwarded when
>> it's validated for the uplink.

>> The problem is, the htick doesn't understand the filegate.zxx format,
>> so when

JK> It's no different than Filebone.na.

JK> Did you try renaming the file from filegate.zxx to filebone.na?

JK> That's BBBS makes me do <g>

>> With that said.. Would it be reasonable to request that the
>>filegate.zxx be published in the same format as echomail.na files, so
>>that automation could be

JK> No, because there is more information in the three fields following the
JK> tagname.

JK> Try renaming the file to filebone.na, a lot of authors used that filename
JK> hardcoded in their apps.

Well, it's not hard coded at all. It's actually very specifically configured to
use a filename, full path and all, in example:

filefixFwdFile /sbbs/data/filegate.na

It's just seeming to not parse the filebone file itself. Seems to use the same
echomail.na file format for fileechos as well without any distinguishing
differences in the format. heh. I'll bring it up in the husky tools forums and
see what they say about it. It's obvious it wasn't designed for it.

Is there a publication of the filebone document format that I could use for
reference?

Thanks,

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