Subj : Badareas.lst location
To   : Digital Man
From : RickV
Date : Thu Sep 25 2025 06:39:32


Hello Digital!

20 Apr 71 01:55, you wrote to me:

 DM>   Re: Badareas.lst location
 DM>   By: RickV to Digital Man on Wed Sep 24 2025 09:57 pm

 >>
 >> Hello Digital!
 >>
 >> 19 Apr 71 23:13, you wrote to me:
 >>
 >>  DM>   Re: Badareas.lst location
 >>  DM>   By: RickV to All on Wed Sep 24 2025 06:17 pm
 >>
 >>  >> Hello everybody!
 >>  >>
 >>  >> So I have my badareas.lst location defined in echocfg like
 >> this,
 >>  >>
 >>  >> ../Logs/badareas.lst
 >>  >>
 >>  >> But when I go into a message group and want to import the
 >>  >> badareas.lst the location is here,
 >>  >>
 >>  >> ../data/badareas.lst
 >>  >>
 >>  >> Where else is this location defined so I can have them match?
 >>
 >>  DM> The only place that is defined is in your ctrl/sbbsecho.ini
 >> file
 >>  DM> (which can be edited using echocfg) - the default value is
 >>  DM> "../data/badareas.lst", so it looks like you changed it:
 >> BadAreaFile =
 >>  DM> ../data/badareas.lst
 >> Yes I did change it to
 DM> ../logs/badareas.lst, that's where I want it. But
 >> when I try and import the badareas it's shows ../data/badareas.lst,
 >> I then have to change it to where the file is. ../logs. Why is it
 >> not seeing it where I have it set to? Thanks my question.

 DM> Because SCFG doesn't read or write to the sbbsecho.ini file.

 >> Could this be a bug?

 DM> No, operating as designed.
 DM> --
 DM>                                             digital man (rob)

OK, certainly not a big deal. Can I ask why the option to put it in a different directory then?

Thanks,
RickV


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