Subj : Areas.bbs question
To   : RickV
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Sep 22 2025 10:00:35

  Re: Areas.bbs question
  By: RickV to All on Mon Sep 22 2025 08:21 am

 > Hello everybody!
 >
 > I'm getting this error when echosbbs runs. I would like not to need the
 > areas.bbs file and have the settings set as displayed below. What is set
 > wrong, I don't want to use or need that file.
 >
 > 2025-09-22 07:35:56 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such
 > file or directory
 > 2025-09-22 07:36:36 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such
 > file or directory
 > 2025-09-22 08:04:46 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such
 > file or directory
 > 2025-09-22 08:20:44 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such
 > file or directory
 >
 > "Automatically Add New Subs to Area List     No
 > and
 > Allow Nodes to Add Areas from Area List     No"

Nothing is set wrong. Just create a 0-length data/areas.bbs file and that log message won't be displayed.
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