would this command line work properly to add files only in one group with the specified uploader name?

/sbbs/exec/addfiles fido-* -sz -x "File Distribution"

thanks...

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Re: addfiles and default upload user
By: waldo kitty to All on Sun Sep 30 2018 12:04 pm

would this command line work properly to add files only in one group with the specified uploader name?

/sbbs/exec/addfiles fido-* -sz -x "File Distribution"

What's the "fido-*" supposed to do? Since '*' is expanded to filenames by the typic Unix shell, that's probably not what you mean to do.

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Re: addfiles and default upload user
By: waldo kitty to All on Sun Sep 30 2018 12:04 pm

would this command line work properly to add files only in one group with the specified uploader name?

/sbbs/exec/addfiles fido-* -sz -x "File Distribution"

The -s parameter will cause addfiles to search the directory for files in that directory that are not in the filebase. Usefull along with -z to get the file description from the diz if there is one.

addfiles - -sz -x "File Distribution" will search all directories for files not in your database and import them with the file_id.diz description (if there is one) with the uploader name set to File Distribution. Without -sz only files in a files.bbs will be imported with descriptions from the files.bbs. -z can be used also when importing from files.bbs.

I normaly use the file area internal code if I just want to import in a certain directory.

addfiles fido-nodelist -id -x "-> ADDFILES <-"

The -i parameter will include the upload in your statistics and -d will delete the files.bbs after the import is done.

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Re: addfiles and default upload user
By: Digital Man to waldo kitty on Sun Sep 30 2018 15:48:47

/sbbs/exec/addfiles fido-* -sz -x "File Distribution"

What's the "fido-*" supposed to do? Since '*' is expanded to filenames by the typic Unix shell, that's probably not what you mean to do.

i forgot about shell expansion... what i wanted to do was for addfiles to scan only the areas that start with "fido-"... that way i don't have to figure out how to manually process some 250+ areas...

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Re: addfiles and default upload user
By: waldo kitty to Digital Man on Sun Sep 30 2018 07:46 pm

Re: addfiles and default upload user
By: Digital Man to waldo kitty on Sun Sep 30 2018 15:48:47

/sbbs/exec/addfiles fido-* -sz -x "File Distribution"

What's the "fido-*" supposed to do? Since '*' is expanded to filenames by the typic Unix shell, that's probably not what you mean to do.

i forgot about shell expansion... what i wanted to do was for addfiles to scan only the areas that start with "fido-"... that way i don't have to figure out how to manually process some 250+ areas...

If all of the areas in the same file library, then you can use "-l <lib>", where <lib> is the library's short name.

digital man

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On 2018 Sep 30 17:21:20, you wrote to waldo kitty:

i forgot about shell expansion... what i wanted to do was for addfiles
to scan only the areas that start with "fido-"... that way i don't have
to figure out how to manually process some 250+ areas...

If all of the areas in the same file library, then you can use "-l
<lib>", where <lib> is the library's short name.

is library the same as group?

i have the default file areas and i added a new group, File Distribution Network (internal code FDIST-), for the areas i get via the filegate file distribution network...

eg:
DAILYLIST Directory
Long Name ADM: Daily Fidonet Nodelist
Short Name DAILYLIST
Internal Code FDIST-DAILYLIS
Transfer File Path ../data/dirs/fdist-dailylis/

i've been using "addfiles fdist-dailylis blahblah" to work on only that one area... i think you are saying that if i use

-l fdist-

that only those areas will be handled...

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Re: addfiles and default upload user
By: mark lewis to Digital Man on Mon Oct 01 2018 06:11 am

On 2018 Sep 30 17:21:20, you wrote to waldo kitty:

i forgot about shell expansion... what i wanted to do was for addfiles
to scan only the areas that start with "fido-"... that way i don't have
to figure out how to manually process some 250+ areas...

If all of the areas in the same file library, then you can use "-l <lib>", where <lib> is the library's short name.

is library the same as group?

It's the same "idea" as a message group, but they're called "file libraries" everywhere in Synchronet.

i have the default file areas and i added a new group,

New library.

File Distribution Network (internal code FDIST-),

I think you mean "internal code prefix" there.

for the areas i get via the filegate file distribution network...

eg:
DAILYLIST Directory
Long Name ADM: Daily Fidonet Nodelist
Short Name DAILYLIST
Internal Code FDIST-DAILYLIS
Transfer File Path ../data/dirs/fdist-dailylis/

i've been using "addfiles fdist-dailylis blahblah" to work on only that one area... i think you are saying that if i use

-l fdist-

that only those areas will be handled...

If "fdist-" is the short name of the file library.

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On 2018 Sep 30 17:21:20, you wrote to waldo kitty:

i forgot about shell expansion... what i wanted to do was for addfiles
to scan only the areas that start with "fido-"... that way i don't have
to figure out how to manually process some 250+ areas...

If all of the areas in the same file library, then you can use "-l
<lib>", where <lib> is the library's short name.

apparently i'm still doing something wrong...

File Dist Net Library

Long Name: File Distribution Network
Short Name: File Dist Net
Internal Code Prefix: FDIST-

none of the following command lines results in only this one library with 356+ areas defined being processed...

$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l fdist- -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l FDIST- -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l File Dist Net -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l "File Dist Net" -sz -x "File Distribution"

you can see i've tried using the library's internal code prefix as well as the short name...

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Re: addfiles and default upload user
By: mark lewis to Digital Man on Sat Oct 06 2018 01:25 pm

On 2018 Sep 30 17:21:20, you wrote to waldo kitty:

i forgot about shell expansion... what i wanted to do was for addfiles
to scan only the areas that start with "fido-"... that way i don't have
to figure out how to manually process some 250+ areas...

If all of the areas in the same file library, then you can use "-l <lib>", where <lib> is the library's short name.

apparently i'm still doing something wrong...

File Dist Net Library

Long Name: File Distribution Network
Short Name: File Dist Net
Internal Code Prefix: FDIST-

none of the following command lines results in only this one library with 356+ areas defined being processed...

$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l fdist- -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l FDIST- -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l File Dist Net -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l "File Dist Net" -sz -x "File Distribution"

Only the last one looks correct.

digital man

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On 2018 Oct 06 14:10:44, you wrote to me:

none of the following command lines results in only this one library
with 356+ areas defined being processed...

$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l fdist- -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l FDIST- -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l File Dist Net -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l "File Dist Net" -sz -x "File Distribution"

Only the last one looks correct.

it wasn't working... then i realized the CODE was missing so ran it as the following which worked a treat...

$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles - -l "File Dist Net" -sz -x "File Distribution"

ya gotta have that '-' right after "addfiles"...

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Re: addfiles and default upload user
By: mark lewis to Digital Man on Sat Oct 06 2018 05:28 pm

On 2018 Oct 06 14:10:44, you wrote to me:

none of the following command lines results in only this one library
with 356+ areas defined being processed...

$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l fdist- -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l FDIST- -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l File Dist Net -sz -x "File Distribution"
$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles -l "File Dist Net" -sz -x "File Distribution"

Only the last one looks correct.

it wasn't working... then i realized the CODE was missing so ran it as the following which worked a treat...

$ /sbbs/exec/addfiles - -l "File Dist Net" -sz -x "File Distribution"

ya gotta have that '-' right after "addfiles"...

Yup, I apologize for the horrible command-line syntax. It's one of the oldest SBBS utilities and its age shows.

digital man

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Yup, I apologize for the horrible command-line syntax. It's one of the oldest SBBS utilities and its age shows.

digital man

No offense, brah, I've been running SBBS since v200g and asking you questions since ..and all I can say is ... you're the oldest commandline utility still running ... but yer not showing yer age :-P

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