Hi all,
New Synchronet sysop here, have a question about an error message I'm seeing. I installed the 3.16c (win32) version and have it configured for basic operation. I decided to upgrade to the latest Dev version (3.17a?) by following the upgrade instructions on the Synchronet Wiki. I've done it twice now and was very careful to follow all steps, and the error I'm seeing shows up each time I get it upgraded. Specifically it happens when you go to the File Transfer section, and then do a "/*" command to List Libraries. On 3.16 it works as expected but on my 3.17 attempts I get the "file not found" error. On the VERT BBS the same thing happens... I did check two other 3.17's, both running on Linux, and one had the problem and one worked properly. So, I've seen it on both Win/Linux versions, on 3.17, but never on 3.16. One other interesting thing - even on the ones showing the problem, if you do the "J" command to show all available areas/libraries, it works normally. Any ideas on this? Possible bug or what? Thanks for any info!

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Hi all,
New Synchronet sysop here, have a question about an error message I'm seeing. I installed the 3.16c (win32) version and have it configured for basic operation. I decided to upgrade to the latest Dev version (3.17a?) by following the upgrade instructions on the Synchronet Wiki. I've done it twice now and was very careful to follow all steps, and the error I'm seeing shows up each time I get it upgraded. Specifically it happens when you go to the File Transfer section, and then do a "/*" command to List Libraries. On 3.16 it works as expected but on my 3.17 attempts I get the "file not found" error. On the VERT BBS the same thing happens... I did check two other 3.17's, both running on Linux, and one had the problem and one worked properly. So, I've seen it on both Win/Linux versions, on 3.17, but never on 3.16. One other interesting thing - even on the ones showing the problem, if you do the "J" command to show all available areas/libraries, it works normally. Any ideas on this? Possible bug or what? Thanks for any info!

I run SBBS 3.17a on both Slackware Linux 14.2 on my x86_64 PC as well as Rasbian 2.14 (Debian 9.5 Armv7.1) on my Raspberry Pi, both installs successfully display the File Areas with the /* command ... the only Command Shell that I know of that supports the /* hotkey is Synchronet Classic, perhaps there is something in your copy that is not up-to-date??

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On 2018 Nov 07 21:51:50, you wrote to All:

Libraries. On 3.16 it works as expected but on my 3.17 attempts I get the "file not found" error. On the VERT BBS the same thing happens... I did

FWIW: this error is

File not found.

/sbbs/text/menu/libs.asc

i see it here on my recently updated 3.17...

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Re: "File not found" error message
By: Dan Clough to All on Wed Nov 07 2018 09:51 pm

to the File Transfer section, and then do a "/*" command to List Libraries. On 3.16 it works as expected but on my 3.17 attempts I get the "file not found" error. On the VERT BBS the same thing happens...

It was a bug introduced on Oct-26-2018. Now fixed. Thanks for detailed bug report!


digital man

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On 2018 Nov 08 12:14:50, you wrote to Dan Clough:

to the File Transfer section, and then do a "/*" command to List
Libraries. On 3.16 it works as expected but on my 3.17 attempts I get
the "file not found" error. On the VERT BBS the same thing happens...

It was a bug introduced on Oct-26-2018. Now fixed. Thanks for detailed
bug report!

fix confirmed :)

the one about the virtual '/' in the FTP seems to be fixed, too... at least my update was able to pull the sbbs_run file this time ;)

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Libraries. On 3.16 it works as expected but on my 3.17 attempts I get th "file not found" error. On the VERT BBS the same thing happens... I did

FWIW: this error is

File not found.

/sbbs/text/menu/libs.asc

i see it here on my recently updated 3.17...

Yes, that's the error. What's a little strange is that the Wiki says
that file is optional and is "displayed instead of dynamically generated
list". It does not exist on my 3.16 system and yet it works properly.
The Wiki page also says it's displayed by "execfile.cpp", so I'm
thinking there is an error in the 3.17 version of that source code.

Thoughts? Is there a fix?


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Re: "File not found" error message
By: Dan Clough to All on Wed Nov 07 2018 09:51 pm

to the File Transfer section, and then do a "/*" command to List Libraries. On 3.16 it works as expected but on my 3.17 attempts I get the "file not found" error. On the VERT BBS the same thing happens...

It was a bug introduced on Oct-26-2018. Now fixed. Thanks for detailed bug >report!
digital man

Very cool! Thanks for the fast fix! Time to upgrade... :-)


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Re: "File not found" error me
By: Dan Clough to MARK LEWIS on Thu Nov 08 2018 17:13:00

The Wiki page also says it's displayed by "execfile.cpp", so I'm
thinking there is an error in the 3.17 version of that source code.

Thoughts? Is there a fix?

yes, the fix is already in the latest code and works as advertised...


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Re: "File not found" error me
By: Dan Clough to MARK LEWIS on Thu Nov 08 2018 17:13:00

The Wiki page also says it's displayed by "execfile.cpp", so I'm
thinking there is an error in the 3.17 version of that source code.

Thoughts? Is there a fix?

yes, the fix is already in the latest code and works as advertised...

Yep, I saw that from DM, and have just completed the upgrade, working
well. Thanks for the reply.


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