Hi Stephen,

Stephen Walsh wrote to Michiel Broek:
SW> Hello Michiel.
SW> 
SW> 04 Jun 07 20:17, you wrote to me:
SW> 
SW>  SW>> 1: How do I edit file descriptions on files that have been bulk
SW>  SW>> imported with mbfile?
SW> 
SW>  MB> You can't, there is no editor for that so you must make sure that the
SW>  MB> files.bbs has all you need.
SW> 
SW> Sh*t! I have a lot of files to import! Can I edit the files.bs by hand and 

SW> have mbse see the new description?

You can edit it before import. If the files have a FILE_ID.DIZ inside, you
can also import with adopt. That command adds the files one by one and needs
a dummy description on the commandline, that will be overruled by the
file_id.diz. With a simple script you can add a whole lot at once.

SW> 
SW>  SW>>      1: Amiga             2: Linux
SW>  SW>>      3: Ham radio         3: General
SW>  SW>>
SW>  SW>> Then under the above you would have the actual file area's
SW>  SW>>
SW>  SW>>      1: Amiga - general         2: Amiga - Internet apps
SW>  SW>> etc.. etc
SW> 
SW>  MB> That's still (and long already) on the todo list.
SW> 
SW> It would be nice to see it!At the moment I'm having to do file area's 
SW> like:
SW> 
SW> 1: Amiga: Utils
SW> 2: Amiga: Patches
SW> etc..

Works ok, but you miss the groups selection that would be nice. The idea is
there, but the programming not.

SW> 
SW> 
SW> Btw: any change of an option to use long file names for the files, instead 

SW> of
SW> the DOS 8.3 way of thinking? A lot of my files are longer than 8.3 (ie: 
SW> Linux/Amiga files).

It should just be a display thing, the files can be imported with their long
names. But currently the bbs shows the 8.3 names.


SW> 
SW>  SW>> I will most likely have a few bugs reports by next week. (I think
SW>  SW>> the nodelist diff program has an issue under freebsd. Have to test
SW>  SW>> it further)
SW> 
SW>  MB> I hope not but it could be.
SW> 
SW>  MB> If that's the case then send me the diff and nodelist with the
SW>  MB> bugdescription.
SW> 
SW> I'll let you know. I downloaded a new full zone3 nodelist, so I could get 
SW> the
SW> system backup on freebsd (was linux). I will have some news after 
SW> saturday,
SW> when the diff gets here.

It should not matter, but there have been issues with makenl programs and
mbdiff as well. If the Linux system had used an older version then it could
have gone wrong. Just wait until the next diff to see what happens.



    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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