Hey folks.. I just found a VERY irritating problem with Mystic..

It's confused on reading control codes in ?LO files.. it's deleting files
it's not supposed to be deleting after sending

I used an extrernal hatch utility from MBSE BBS that generates correct
control codes.. but when mystic reads the ?LO file it doesn't translate the codes properly

^/path/to/file.zip - ^ is the control code to delete upon send

@/path/to/file.zip - @ is the control code to send but not delete but mystic isn't reading this code and it's deleting the file

Probably a simple code fix.. It's VERY annoying when you are trying to
automate everything with software that wasn't designed for full automation

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* Origin: internal dimension ÷ idbbs.dlinkddns.com ÷ port 59 (21:1/178)

@/path/to/file.zip - @ is the control code to send but not delete but

The @ symbol for not deleting is not standard (it's optional), the
standard way is to have no symbol. Still mystic shouldn't be deleting
files when it encounters a symbol it doesn't understand.

http://ftsc.org/docs/old/fts-5005.001

Andrew

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The @ symbol for not deleting is not standard (it's optional), the standard way is to have no symbol. Still mystic shouldn't be deleting files when it encounters a symbol it doesn't understand.

Yea.. standard or not lol.. @ != ^ .. so guess even my automation will still need some human interaction until I can write a bash script to scan the ?LO files and remove the @ symbol

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Raspberry Pi)
* Origin: internal dimension ÷ idbbs.dlinkddns.com ÷ port 59 (21:1/178)

Yea.. standard or not lol.. @ != ^ .. so guess even my automation will still need some human interaction until I can write a bash script to
scan the ?LO files and remove the @ symbol

And talking to myself again.. I just had a brain fart on this subject.. going to try something.. there _MIGHT_ be a setting that will allow me to change
it.. MBSE BBS DOES have a sh*t ton of configuration options

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On 11/26/16, Night Stalker pondered and said...

And talking to myself again.. I just had a brain fart on this subject..

Nah you didn't you're just debugging as you go - it's all good around here :)

Best, Paul

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