Subj : Changing a file tic area to passthru
To : Vince Coen
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Sun Mar 05 2017 08:58 pm
Hello Vince!
05 Mar 17 12:42, you wrote to all:
VC> According to the docs for File tic area set up .4 setting 0 will mark
VC> area as passthru only BUT it will not accept zero, at least on an
VC> existing area.
I don't think Michiel ever truly implemented passthru areas. I looked back at
the mbsetup code, and it doesn't appear that it ever allowed changing an
existing area to BBS area 0.
VC> Want to do so on Daily nodelists that I have no use for (cannot see
VC> the point of them) but need to get them for downlinks.
Set the area to only keep 1 file. That should minimize the amount of space
consumed on your system.
