Hello everyone...

This is probably going to be a really stupid question, and I will apologize ahead of time for this...

I am running Mystic BBS on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ under Ubuntu MATE.

I would like to Add Several CD-ROMs (Not on the CD, but in a directory in the files folder).

Is there an Easier/faster way to do this rather than Add every file area manually? I know how to mutil add files.bbs to the BBS. It's a LOT of
Folders to add into Mystic File Areas...

Is there a faster way to add these Folders / File Areas without having to manually input the folders 1 by 1??? Call me lazy, but there is almost 200 folders for 1 CD only... <Sigh>

Thanks for reading...

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.11 (Raspberry Pi)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:2/105)

<garycrunk> wrote:

Hello everyone...

This is probably going to be a really stupid question, and I will apologize ahead of time for this...

I am running Mystic BBS on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ under Ubuntu MATE.

I would like to Add Several CD-ROMs (Not on the CD, but in a directory in the files folder).

Is there an Easier/faster way to do this rather than Add every file area manually? I know how to mutil add files.bbs to the BBS. It's a LOT of Folders to add into Mystic File Areas...

Is there a faster way to add these Folders / File Areas without having to manually input the folders 1 by 1??? Call me lazy, but there is almost 200 folders for 1 CD only... <Sigh>

Thanks for reading...

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.11 (Raspberry Pi)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:2/105)

I'm curious about this as well. I didn't see an option to mass import
multiple directories so I added mine manually one by one. I would add more
but it's too time consuming and I'm lazy.

Another question I had meant to ask was if there is a way to mass import file_id.diz's from files that are imported using the files.bbs importer? A
lot of mine have really short and useless descriptions, it would be nice to
be able to update them. I see that I can import the diz one file at a time
but is there a way to do all files at once?

--- Mystic BBS/NNTP v1.12 A31 (Linux)
* Origin: Lightning BBS -- lightningbbs.com:2400 (21:1/185)

On 01/18/17, Immortal said the following...

I'm curious about this as well. I didn't see an option to mass import multiple directories so I added mine manually one by one. I would add more but it's too time consuming and I'm lazy.

I'm not sure about being able to mass import the directories, unless it was possible to generate some type of text file, similar to the filebone.na. With that, you could import each directory as it would with separate file echos.

Another question I had meant to ask was if there is a way to mass import file_id.diz's from files that are imported using the files.bbs importer?
A lot of mine have really short and useless descriptions, it would be
nice to be able to update them. I see that I can import the diz one
file at a time but is there a way to do all files at once?

There is an option in the mutil.ini for MassUpload. I haven't tried it yet,
but is shows the option of importing the file_id.diz files.

What I did, was just copy the files into the directory, and used the /U
command from within Mystic to upload them all. That way it imported the
file_id as they were added.


Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - castlero.duckdns.org (21:1/186)

I know you can do a Mass Import using a section of the Mutil.ini. You can create a small copy of MUTIL ... Call it FileID.ini. In there, use only the [MassUpload] part.

You first have to create the File Areas, and make sure the folder and all
files are there before you Mutil fileid.ini .

So check out the full Mutil.ini file for Mass Upload. Remember, if the file does not have a FileID.DIZ inside the zip, it will put "No Description"
there. I also have another version of the Mutil.ini called Filesbbs.ini
where I can update the Files Database based on the Files.bbs inside each folder.

Just check out the sections in Mutil.ini . It will explain what to do. Just do not have both MassUpload and Files.bbs section in the .ini . It may cause problems.

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.11 (Raspberry Pi)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:2/105)

Hi Gary,

I had the same unpleasant experience when adding a few hundreds directories, all by hand :(

It was during the first days/weeks of Mystic setup and I really
knew nothing at all regarding internal structures.

Mass import will do the job but file groups & areas have to be defined
first as you clearly stated.

Now, some weeks later, it's a bit different and I discovered that file groups/bases records are easily generated by external programs (either MPL or python or anything else). Depending on your OS and your
knowledge of programming, I may give you some tracks to follow, or even write for you the small code that will do the job.

How's that sound ?

Fabian

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (OSX)
* Origin: BackToTheRoots BBS (21:2/106)

On 01/18/17, Immortal pondered and said...

Is there a faster way to add these Folders / File Areas without having t manually input the folders 1 by 1??? Call me lazy, but there is almost folders for 1 CD only... <Sigh>
Gary Crunk

I'm curious about this as well. I didn't see an option to mass import multiple directories so I added mine manually one by one. I would add more but it's too time consuming and I'm lazy.

Will confirm the answer and come back to you both... but I think it's a yes
on both counts... just been a while since I did it.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
* Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (21:1/101)

I would like to Add Several CD-ROMs (Not on the CD, but in a directory
in the files folder).

Is there an Easier/faster way to do this rather than Add every file area manually? I know how to mutil add files.bbs to the BBS. It's a LOT of Folders to add into Mystic File Areas...

When I added CD's I made a filebone.na file for each CD and the used mutil to import/create the directories for me. You can make changes in the import filebone stanza in mutil.ini to reflect the specific access and group
settings you require.
Then once the areas are created just do a mass upload and your set.

Cheers
Lloyd

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
* Origin: (21:1/103)

You first have to create the File Areas, and make sure the folder and all files are there before you Mutil fileid.ini .
So check out the full Mutil.ini file for Mass Upload. Remember, if the file does not have a FileID.DIZ inside the zip, it will put "No

Not sure which version of Mystic your using but there's a sysop menu option in the file area for Mass Upload (/U). I made sure I created all the file areas and folders, and I copy the files I want to upload into their respective folders. Then when I use the Mass Upload option it searches all the folders. If the FileID exists inside the zip it adds the description and everything automatically. Otherwise it will ask me for information. Its really easy to use.

Dave

/**Dave's BBS telnet://davesbbs.com
* @version 2.0 fsxNet: 21:1/140
* GatorNet: 57:57/38
**/

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Raspberry Pi)
* Origin: fsxNet: Daves BBS (21:1/140)

Sure. Any help you can show would be helpful...

Gary

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.11 (Raspberry Pi)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:2/105)

I saw and thought of doing that. My only problem with that... I don't know what the structure of the filebone.na would look like...

I could set up the "File Area" in Mystic. Then using mutil maint.ini to process the Filebone then use MassUpload. The only problem I have now is
what the Filebone file content/structure would look like.... Can you show me an example???

Many Thanks

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.11 (Raspberry Pi)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:2/105)

I'll do my best. What OS are you using ? What kind of groups/areas setup do
you have in mind for each CD ?

Fabian

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³Û²±° BackToTheRoots BBS / Fabian °±²Û³
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (OSX)
* Origin: BackToTheRoots BBS (21:2/106)

On 01/19/17, garycrunk said the following...

I saw and thought of doing that. My only problem with that... I don't know what the structure of the filebone.na would look like...

The basics of the filebone format is file_echo and description. Here is what the fsxNet filebone looks like:

FSX_NODE Weekly Nodelists (fsxNet, etc.)
FSX_INFO Weekly Infopacks (fsxNet, etc.)
FSX_MYST Mystic BBS Software
FSX_MUTL Mystic BBS Utils, Mods etc.

Cut<---

The FSX_NODE is the echo name associated with that group. This is followed by 'whitespace', which is just spaces in the text file. Then it contains the description of the file echo.

If copying the directory format of a CD onto the hard drive, you might have groups like:

CD1 OS/2 Utilities
CD1 BBS Door Games
CD1 Graphics Programs

The file echo name just needs to be unique on your system. You could even
call it something like crbbs-cd1. The description is whatever the basic grouping is for that directory.

I hope this helps you out.


Dan Richter
aka Black Panther
Sysop - Castle Rock BBS

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - castlero.duckdns.org (21:1/186)

Many thanks...
I am running Mystic BBS 1.11 on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, Ubuntu Mate O/S.

I have several CD's that I wanted to add... like "so much modem madness", Simtel for MS-DOS... that sort of thing..

I can manually set up the "File Group". It's the "File Areas" (Folders) that
I am needing the thing to auto create. I know I will have to set up in the Filebone thing all of the directories that are on a particular CD, thats no problem... Just don't know how to do that...

I also know that once I run the Fidobone thing, I need to go in and
MassUpload or include files.bbs within the Mutil.ini. I've done that with my existing directories from my old BBS....

Many thanks...

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

--- Mystic BBS v1.11 (Raspberry Pi)
* Origin: Another F-ing BBS (21:2/105)

I can manually set up the "File Group". It's the "File Areas" (Folders) that I am needing the thing to auto create. I know I will have to set
up in the Filebone thing all of the directories that are on a particular

I never tried that filebone format thing so I can't help you with that. But with autocreation of file areas, if you need to, there I can surely provide some assistance. If you give my a formatted file of file areas, one per file group, following your CD directories I could quickly write a small
program that will get your existing groups and areas and add what is
need to you can then mass upload files automatically. Something like one text file per CD if one CD per file group, with one named area per ligne like :

simtel.txt
BBS tools
Gfx
Utilities

and the absolute file path for each CD root (or each directory, doesn't matter), that would be pretty easy.

Maybe even the occasion to write a generic tool for everyone that has the
same problem (including me :)

If you want to try this, please email me some samples of existing
groups/areas and one or two text lists following the above concept/idea and I'll see what I can possibly do (fabian@lucchi.me). A small mps script would
be fine, fast and convenient for each Mystic install (linux, MacOS and
Windows)

Fabian

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³Û²±° BackToTheRoots BBS / Fabian °±²Û³
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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (OSX)
* Origin: BackToTheRoots BBS (21:2/106)

On 01/18/17, Immortal said the following...

I am running Mystic BBS on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ under Ubuntu MATE.
I would like to Add Several CD-ROMs (Not on the CD, but in a directory i Is there an Easier/faster way to do this rather than Add every file area manually? I know how to mutil add files.bbs to the BBS. It's a LOT of Folders to add into Mystic File Areas...

Maybe I can help explain an easier/faster why by telling you how I've added
102 CD's or iSO images to Mystic bbs by importing a fido style NA file. You can do it fairly easy by using the old school CDRom Door control files that where made to work with the shareware CD format from 20 years ago. Examples..

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Night Owl 25 CD,20,no25cbob.lst,OK,P:,*
Night Owl 24 CD,20,no24cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 23 CD,20,no23cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 22 CD,20,no22cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 21 CD,20,no21cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 20 CD,20,no20cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 19 CD,20,no19cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 18 CD,20,no18cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 17 CD,20,no17cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 16 CD,20,no16cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 15 CD,20,no15cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl 13 CD,20,no13cbob.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl Games ][,20,nogames2.lst,RO,C:,*
Night Owl Best BBS,20,nobbsbob.lst,OK,M:,*
Cream of the Crop 9,20,cream9.lst,RO,C:,*
Cream of the Crop 10,20,cream10.lst,RO,C:,*
Cream of the Crop 10a,20,cream10a.lst,RO,C:,*
So Much Modem Madness,20,smmodem.lst,OK,L:,*
So Much Windows & OS/2,20,smwinos2.lst,RO,C:,*
So Much Shareware 4,20,smsw4.lst,RO,C:,*
SW Vault-Diamond CD,20,vltdiam.lst,RO,C:,*
SW Vault-Sapphire CD,20,vltsahir.lst,RO,C:,*
SW Vault-Games 2 CD,20,vltgames.lst,RO,C:,*
SW Vault-Ruby CD,20,vltruby.lst,RO,C:,*
SW Vault-Windows 2,20,vltwin2.lst,RO,C:,*
SW Vault-Platinum,20,platinum.lst,RO,C:,*
TOOLKIT FOR DOOM,20,tkdoom.lst,OK,G:,*
GamesNet-Quake_CD,20,G_Quake.lst,RO,D:,* GamesNet-Updates_CD,20,G_Update.lst,RO,D:,*
ForBidden Subjects! I,20,forbid1.lst,OK,I:,*
ELiTE GARTIS Apps # 29,20,gratis28.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE GARTIS Apps # 30,20,gratis30.lst,RO,F:,business.lck
ELiTE GRATIS Games # 31,20,gratis31.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Apps CD # 01,20,apps01.lst,OK,F:,business.lck
ELiTE Apps CD # 54,20,apps54.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Apps CD # 55,20,apps55.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Apps CD # 56,20,apps56.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Apps CD # 57,20,apps57.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Apps CD # 58,20,apps58.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Apps CD # 59,20,apps59.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Apps CD # 60,20,apps60.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Misc CD # 1,20,elite1.lst,OK,J:,business.lck
ELiTE Misc CD # 2,20,elite2.lst,OK,K:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 1,20,elite1a.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 2,20,elite2a.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 3,20,elite3.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 4,20,elite4.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 5,20,elite5.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 7,20,elite7.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 82,20,elite82.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 85,20,elite85.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 89,20,elite89.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 90,20,elite90.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 91,20,elite91.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 92,20,elite92.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 93,20,elite93.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 94,20,elite94.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 95,20,elite95.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 96,20,elite96.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 97,20,elite97.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 98,20,elite98.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 99,20,elite99.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 100,20,elite100.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 101,20,elite101.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 102,20,elite102.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 103,20,elite103.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 104,20,elite104.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 105,20,elite105.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 106,20,elite106.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 107,20,elite107.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 108,20,elite108.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 109,20,elite109.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 110,20,elite110.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 111,20,elite111.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 112,20,elite112.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 113,20,elite113.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 114,20,elite114.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 115,20,elite115.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 116,20,elite116.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 117,20,elite117.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 118,20,elite118.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 119,20,elite119.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 120,20,elite120.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 121,20,elite121.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 122,20,elite122.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 123,20,elite123.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 124,20,elite124.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Games CD # 125,20,elite125.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
ELiTE Adult CD # 1,20,Adult1.lst,RO,D:,business.lck
Requested Files,30,reqbob.lst,OK,C:,reqst.lck
CDMX2 Business,30,business.lst,OK,C:,business.lck

SMMODEM.LST
SO MUCH MODEM MADNESS:dirx.lst:OUT:\CDS\SMMODEM:D:
DIR01:ANSI:Ansi Graphics
DIR02:ARCHIVE:Files Compression
DIR03:BBS1:BBS Utilities 'A-L'
DIR04:BBS2:BBS Utilities 'M-Z'
DIR05:BBSDOOR1:BBS Doors 'A-L'
DIR06:BBSDOOR2:BBS Doors 'M-Z'
DIR07:BBSLISTS:BBS Listings
DIR08:BBSPROG:BBS Programs
DIR09:COMM:Communications
DIR10:DESQVIEW:Desqview Help/Utils
DIR11:GTPOWER:GT Power BBS & Utils
DIR12:HAM:HAM Radio
DIR13:MAXIMUS:MAXIMUS BBS & Utils
DIR14:MODEM:MODEM & Utils
DIR15:NETMAIL:NETMAIL Help & Utils
DIR16:NETWORK:NETWORK Help & Utils
DIR17:OFFLINE:Offline Mail Readers
DIR18:OPUS:OPUS BBS & Utils
DIR19:OS2:OS/2 Communications
DIR20:PCBOARD:PCBOARD BBS Utils
DIR21:PROG:Misc. Programming
DIR22:PROTOCOL:Protocol Add-Ons
DIR23:QMODEM:Qmodem &QmPro Utils
DIR24:RAQBBS:RAQ BBS & Utils
DIR25:RBBS:RBBS & Utils
DIR26:RENEGADE:RENEGADE BBS & Utils
DIR27:RIP:RIP Graphics & Utils
DIR28:RIPDOOR:RIP Doors & Games
DIR29:SPITFIRE:SpiteFire BBS & Utils
DIR30:TAGBBS:Tag BBS & Utils
DIR31:TELEGARD:TeleGard BBS & Utils
DIR32:TELIX:Telix & Telix Utils
DIR33:TRIBBS:TriBBS & Utils
DIR34:UTILS:Misc. Utilities
DIR35:VIRUS:Virus Prevention
DIR36:WAFFLE:Waffle BBS & Utils
DIR37:WILDCAT:Wildcat BBS & Utils
DIR38:WINDOWS:Windows CommunicationsSO MUCH MODEM

You can convert this list to a fido style NA and import it with multi.ini
;SO MUCH MODEM MADNESS SMMODEM.INI
ANSI Ansi Graphics
ARCHIVE Files Compression
BBS1 BBS Utilities 'A-L'
BBS2 BBS Utilities 'M-Z'
BBSDOOR1 BBS Doors 'A-L'
BBSDOOR2 BBS Doors 'M-Z'
BBSLISTS BBS Listings
BBSPROG BBS Programs
COMM Communications
DESQVIEW Desqview Help/Utils
GTPOWER GT Power BBS & Utils
HAM HAM Radio
MAXIMUS MAXIMUS BBS & Utils
MODEM MODEM & Utils
NETMAIL NETMAIL Help & Utils
NETWORK NETWORK Help & Utils
OFFLINE Offline Mail Readers
OPUS OPUS BBS & Utils
OS2 OS/2 Communications
PCBOARD PCBOARD BBS Utils
PROG Misc. Programming
PROTOCOL Protocol Add-Ons
QMODEM Qmodem &QmPro Utils
RAQBBS RAQ BBS & Utils
RBBS RBBS & Utils
RENEGADE RENEGADE BBS & Utils
RIP RIP Graphics & Utils
RIPDOOR RIP Doors & Games
SPITFIRE SpiteFire BBS & Utils
TAGBBS Tag BBS & Utils
TELEGARD TeleGard BBS & Utils
TELIX Telix & Telix Utils
TRIBBS TriBBS & Utils
UTILS Misc. Utilities
VIRUS Virus Prevention
WAFFLE Waffle BBS & Utils
WILDCAT Wildcat BBS & Utils
WINDOWS Windows Communications

The Mystic Multi.ini would look something like this...in the import stanza. [General]
; list of functions to perform on startup
Import_FILEBONE.NA = true
[Import_FILEBONE.NA]
; filename of filebone.na
filename = smmoden.na
; root directory to create file paths under. when a new filebone echo
; is found, mUtil will create a file using "root_dir" + areatag. So
; for example if root is "c:\mystic\filebase\" and the areatag is
; MYSTICBBS it will create "c:\mystic\filebase\MYSTICBBS". This root
; directory MUST exist.

root_dir = /home/mystic/cdr/smmodem/
; convert tags to lower case for filebase base filename/dir 1=yes
lowercase_filename = 0
; Default values when creating a new file base
dispfile = flphhdr
template = ansiflst
acs_list = s10(z1|z4)
acs_ftp = s20
acs_download = s20
acs_upload = s20
acs_hatch = s20
acs_sysop = s255
; true/false type values 0=false 1=true (newscan 2=forced)
free_files = 1
show_uploader = 1
new_scan = 1
; ========================================================================== Then all you worked need to do after they where created is edit the path to show the correct DIR where the actually file exist. Then MASS upload them.

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On 01/18/17, Immortal pondered and said...

Another question I had meant to ask was if there is a way to mass import file_id.diz's from files that are imported using the files.bbs importer?
A lot of mine have really short and useless descriptions, it would be
nice to be able to update them. I see that I can import the diz one
file at a time but is there a way to do all files at once?

Yes, assuming you have the file bases created and the files already on your
HDD in their respective file directories.

I would go and reset each file base to wipe the current data associated with each. Then I would run the [MassUpload] stanza that exists in mutil.ini ... probably better to save that section as a separate .ini file. This function will search all dirs for files not imported and use the .diz files within
each file if it can find them and you have import_fileid = 1 in your
settings.

You would also want to set ignore = files.bbs if there's one in each dir.

Best, Paul

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Many thanks for the info...
I've since done some research since I posted the message and I've developed
how to do it...
It's very very very similar to what you described here. Thank you very much for the info.
I've done like you've said here and Walah... I can import full CD contents
with little effort now...

I appreciate very much your assitance.

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

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I saw and thought of doing that. My only problem with that... I don't know what the structure of the filebone.na would look like...

Here is a snippet of a .na file I made for night owl 20 CD.

AREA 055A 0 ! Windows: A - I
AREA 056A 0 ! Windows: J - S
AREA 057A 0 ! Windows: T - Z
AREA 058A 0 ! Windows: Games
AREA 059A 0 ! Windows: NT / 95
AREA 060A 0 ! Word Processing


This makes all the file areas with the data file and directories names of the left column, this should correspond with your actual directories aswell and
the far right column is the actual base name as you would see it.
Leave the middle two columns as is and it all works a treat. I am pretty sure
I googled .na file format and this was the example I got back.

Hope this helps and I haven't confused you, I'm not real flash at explaining things :^)
Cheers
Lloyd

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Many thanks. I actually did google filebone.na and went to the Mystic Wiki
and they had the structure layout there, so I just copied that and went from there...

Many thanks for your assistance, it is appreciated!

Gary Crunk
Another F-ing BBS
anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

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