Subj : Re: Changing OS
To   : paulie420
From : Richard Vonzel
Date : Sun Aug 20 2023 09:34 am

On 19 Aug 2023, paulie420 said the following...
 
 pa>  RV> My last question was poorly written. I want to move my Mystic BBS set
 pa>  RV> to a MAC OS system. Can I just copy my system to MAC OS and then run 
 pa>  RV> Mystic BBS MAC OS file and will it run?
 pa> 
 pa> MacOS, Windows and Linux all use a different Mystic 'package' because the
 pa> systems run different binary filetypes. You'll have to get the correct
 pa> version of Mystic for MacOS @ mysticbbs.com and install it.
 pa> 
 pa> I believe that you could just copy your current backup to the new system
 pa> and run an UPDATE on your ~/mystic directory... this should just write
 pa> over the old binaries. Don't forget to then run ./mplc -T to convert any
 pa> .mpl files.
 pa> 
 pa> After that, you may run into some other 'issues'. You'll need to check
 pa> PATHS for Message Areas, File Areas & I'd even run thru the prompt
 pa> editor to see if yer calling anything that uses paths there... for
 pa> example, on Windows a Message Base might point to;
 pa> C:\USER\MYSTIC\MSGS\DIRECTORY
 pa> 
 pa> While on MacOs that will be;
 pa> 
 pa> /home/user/mystic/msgs/directory/
 pa> 
 pa> Last, if you've done any custom .MPL scripts and NOT built in OS path
 pa> correction, those might need addressing too - but most mods that are
 pa> released come with this issue built-in and won't need modification....
 pa> 
 pa> Did I miss anything?

Thank you that's what I wanted to know.

Richard.

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