Subj : A couple of questions
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Apr 09 2024 11:53:04

  Re: A couple of questions
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Tue Apr 09 2024 11:15 am

 >   Re: A couple of questions
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Tue Apr 09 2024 10:53 am
 >
 >  DM> No, it is not your module's responsibility to update bbs.new_file_time.
 >
 > With ddfilelister set up as a loadable module, it seems bbs.new_file_time
 > isn't being updated when I do a new file scan.  As a test, I tried setting
 > my new file scan pointer back to January 1, 2024 (to make sure it was at an
 > earlier time), and did a couple of new file scans in my current directory.
 > ddfilelister prints bbs.new_file_time, and both times, it showed the January
 > 1, 2024 date I had set and listed the same files.

That sounds like correct behavior to me. The new file date/time is set during logon (by sbbs) only. The user normally has the option to adjust it (the &P command in the default shell).

i.e. in Synchronet (like WWIV before it), if you perform successive "new file scans" during the same "call" (logon), you'll see the same new files (unless any new files were uploaded during the call, and then you'd see them too).  Synchronet has always worked this way:
https://synchro.net/docs/user.html#NewFileScan
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