Subj : Re: Badareas.lst location
To   : Digital Man
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Sep 25 2025 13:51:07

-=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

 DM>   Re: Re: Badareas.lst location
 DM>   By: Gamgee to RickV on Thu Sep 25 2025 09:19 am

 > Digitalman - seems like this is a bug to me.  The function in SCFG is
 > not reading the defined location of 'badareas.lst' and seems hard-wired
 > to ../data/badareas.lst .

 DM> That's just the default value in the input dialog; typing a different
 DM> value overrides the default.

Okay, understood.

 DM> Yes in theory, SCFG could read the sbbsecho.ini file to find whatever
 DM> path/filename the sysop chose to name that file. However, a sysop can
 DM> create/use multiple sbbsecho configuration files (they don't have to be
 DM> ctrl/sbbsecho.ini), so SCFG wouldn't magically know how to find any
 DM> other non-default SBBSecho config files.

That seems a pretty niche use-case - I'd guess that VERY few sysops are 
using multiple sbbsecho.ini files.  If somebody *was*, then yes I could 
see how they might need to type in a new value in the input dialog to 
import that badareas.lst into SCFG.  But for the other 99% ...?  To be 
fair - I see ZERO reason to change it from the default location anyway.

I guess my question then is - does the location specified in 
sbbsecho.ini for the badareas.lst file actually make that file get 
created/updated in the location specified?  Or will it always go to 
.../data ?

 DM> If you think it's a bug, file a bug report.

I don't have the issue myself, and use the default location for 
badareas.lst ... was just conversing with the OP.  I will let him worry 
about a bug report, if he desires.  :-)  Thanks.


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