Subj : Re: addfiles error
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Mar 22 2024 13:00:00

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to DIGITAL MAN <=-

 >  > Synchronet version - 3.20
 >  > OS - linux
 >  >
 >  > I am trying to add files from a CD.  When I run addfiles with the
following

 >  > command line:
 >  >
 >  > ./exec/jsexec addfiles area +/path/to/filelist/listname 33 15
 >  >
 >  > I get the following error:
 >  >
 >  > !/path/where/files/are/listname does not exist
 >  >
 >  > So it is looking for the right 'listname' but in the path where the files
 >  > are instead of the path where the filelists are (which is the one I am
 >  > giving it).

 > It looks like you're trying to use the addfiles.exe syntax with addfiles.js,
 > e.g. there's no '+' in any addfiles.js option syntax. See
https://wiki.synchro

 > et/module:addfiles for details.

 DW> I also tried it without the plus and got the exact same error.

 DW> I tried it again just now, without the plus, and still get the
 DW> error.

 DW> ./exec/jsexec addfiles area /path/to/filelist/listname 33 15

 DW> JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/95ae0137d - Execute Synchronet
 DW> JavaScript Module Compiled Mar  1 2024 10:42:22 with GCC 12.2.0

 DW> Loading configuration files from /home/bbs/ctrl
 DW> JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
 DW> JavaScript: Creating runtime: 8388608 bytes

 DW> Reading script from /home/bbs/exec/addfiles.js
 DW> /home/bbs/exec/addfiles.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
 DW> Adding files to Nightowl NOPV-2 ASP Member Submissions
 DW> !/path/to/filearea/listname does not exist
 DW> 0 files added
 DW> /home/bbs/exec/addfiles.js executed in 0.55 seconds

 DW> JavaScript: Destroying context
 DW> JavaScript: Destroying runtime

 DW> It knows enough to pick up the listname but then uses the path
 DW> where the filearea is (the wrong one) instead of the one I am
 DW> giving it (the path on the CD where the listname is).

 DW> FWIW, yesterday when I first had the error I was taking the
 DW> commands I was using directly from that wiki page.  As it
 DW> appeared yesterday, it still had the '+' syntax in the examples
 DW> as I copied and pasted it from the page.

You're using the command line syntax from the 'EXE' version of ADDFILES.  
That page is still there on the Wiki, but there is another 
page/instructions for the 'JS' version of addfiles, which is the one you 
should be using.  Look and read carefully, they are not the same.



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