Subj : FileBase - Add to batch downloads?
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jan 26 2022 05:07 pm

  Re: FileBase - Add to batch downloads?
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Wed Jan 26 2022 03:37 pm

 >   Re: FileBase - Add to batch downloads?
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed Jan 26 2022 01:59 pm
 >
 >  DM> No, there isn't a per-base "add to batch download queue" method (yes, I
 >  DM> could add one pretty easily). However, the batch lists are now just
 >  DM> .ini files (for details, see
 >  DM> https://wiki.synchro.net/history:newfilebase#batches), so
 >  DM> adding/removing files to the queue from a JS module should be pretty
 >  DM> trivial. I'm pretty sure you know the File class has methods for
 >  DM> dealing with .ini files.
 >
 > It looks like the bbs.batch_add_list() function (which has been around since
 > version 3.10) is able to add files to the user's batch download list, and it
 > seems the file format it expects is just one filename per line.  Are you
 > recommending to no longer use bbs.batch_add_list() but to write an ini file
 > instead?

Correct. If you want to add files fast, open the appropriate file (as mentioned in that wiki article) and add the file details.

Or you can wait and I'll add a FileBase() method to do that for you, but it won't exist in v3.19b. Opening and updating the .ini file will work for v3.19b and future versions.
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