Subj : update issue with 320d
To   : MRO
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Sep 13 2025 14:45:04

  Re: update issue with 320d
  By: MRO to All on Sat Sep 13 2025 11:27 am

 > So i have datastream bbs which runs on another  drive "e:\"
 >
 > I decided to update today from 3.19c.
 > i have the sbbsnode and sbbsctrl variables set correctly and i keep
 > getting it detected as a new bbs install and the wizard ran during the setup
 > and the scfg wizard runs and starts with new settings.
 >
 > do i need to run update.js or something so i dont get a fresh install
 > overwritten on my current bbs?

v3.20 uses different configuration files than v3.19:
https://wiki.synchro.net/history:newcfgfiles

So yes, you need to run 'jsexec update'.

 > yep that was it. maybe you should put that in the installer.

The sbbs-win32 installer is not to be used for upgrading - that's stated pretty clearly in the instructions for the installer.
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