Subj : Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
To   : Dan Clough
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Mar 08 2025 20:21:15

  Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page added: howto:freq
  By: Dan Clough to Digital Man on Sat Mar 08 2025 08:31 pm

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-
 >
 >  > I'm re-visiting setting up the FREQ function on my system, and having
 >  > trouble with it.  I've edited the ../sbbs/ctrl/freqit.ini to have a
 >  > "magic word" (ALLFILES) set up to a particular file directory, which is
 >  > pretty straightforward.  So then, from a test system I have (running SBBS
 >  > as a point from my main system), I send a netmail to my main system.
 >  > I've tried various "To:" names, and the subject line is:  FR: ALLFILES .
 >  > The point generates the crash netmail and sends it to my BBS.  I watch
 >  > the logs and I see the connection, and then it receives (two) .req files
 >  > and deletes them both, and..... that's it.  Binkit closes the connection,
 >  > there are no error messages, and nothing else happens.
 >
 >  > Does anyone have FREQ working on their system?  Is there something else
 >  > that needs to be set up?  Not sure what I'm missing here...  Thanks for
 >  > info.
 >
 >  DM> What are the contents of your ctrl/freqit.ini file?
 >
 > ; Global Keys:
 > ; Dirs:       Comma-separated list of BBS directories to allow FREQing from.
 > ; SecureDirs: As with Dirs, but only if it is a secure session.
 > ; MaxFiles:   The max files that can be FREQed in a single request.
 > ;
 > ; Magic words...
 > ; Each section name is a magic word.  Magic sections support the following:
 > ; Dir: REQUIRED.  The file directory to search for the file.
 > ; Secure: Boolean... if true, only available on secure sessions.
 > ; Match: A wildcard to identify the file.  The most recently uploaded match
 > ;        to this will be returned.
 >
 > Dirs=uploads
 > ;SecureDirs=
 > MaxFiles=10
 >
 > [ALLFILES]
 > Dir=uploads
 > Secure=No
 > Match=pal*.zip
 >
 > The "uploads" name is the Internal Code of that file area, which does
 > exist

There's no internal code prefix for the file library in which "uploads" exists?

 > and contains files that match "pal*.zip".

Maybe try a simpler test, just give an exact filename first?

 > Does capitalization/case matter, I wonder?  This is SBBS running on
 > Linux.

It should not be case-sensitive.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

Breaking Bad quote #13:
I got twenty bucks that says he's a beaner. - Hank Schrader
Norco, CA WX: 54.6øF, 60.0% humidity, 2 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
--- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux
 * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

.