Subj : QWK Network Issues
To   : dogbreath
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jan 01 2023 16:59:05

  Re: QWK Network Issues
  By: dogbreath to All on Sun Jan 01 2023 07:18 pm

 > I am still having a hard time setting up a QWK network.

As a node or as a hub?

 > What are the correct pack and unpack commands?


 > According to the documentation it should be:
 > %!pkzip %f %s
 > %!pkunzip -o %f %g %s

That must be old/outdated documentation you're referring to (?).

In Synchronet v3.19+, ZIP file creation and extraaction support is built, so those can be blank. See https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dove-net for an example QWKnet node configuration.

 > But there does not seem to be a copy of pkzip in any folders....I even tried
 > downloading an old 204 ver and putting it in the c:\sbbs\exec folder with
 > the zip.exe and unzip.exe.
 >
 > I also found another pack and unpack commandline:
 > %@zip -jD %f %s
 > %@unzip -Coj %f %s -d %g

Those are valid examples for Synchronet v3.18 and earlier, using Info-Zip (instead of PKZip), but like I said, with v3.19 and later, you don't need either.

 > As my friend and I struggled with getting this setup last winter thru
 > firewalls and port forwarding etc....decided to setup 2 win10 boxes locally.
 >
 > I have 2x BBS's setup on seperate boxes one as a hub(BBS1) and one as a
 > node(BBS2)
 >
 > Still having issues.....
 > When I do a Force callout from BBS2 to BBS1 I get the following message in
 > the terminal event screen on BBS2:
 > QNET Upload of C:\sbbs\data\DTOM.REP failed: Error: STOR DTOM.REP failed:
 > 553 Invalid directory.
 > QNET Call-out to: DTOM returned 1
 >
 > and the following in the FTP server log on BBS1:
 > <bbs2> !attempted to upload to invalid directory

Is "DTOM" the QWK-ID of "BBS2"? If not, then correct that.

 > I feel like it has to be something silly....just pulling my hair out (whats
 > left of it)....Any help would be much appreciated. ;)

Sounds like an incorrect QWK-ID setting.
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