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to: POINDEXTER FORTRAN
from: DIGITAL MAN
date: 2020-11-16 00:42:00
subject: Moving message and file l

  Re: Moving message and file locations
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Nov 15 2020 07:26 am

 > I'm working on moving my BBS from Windows to Linux, and in the process
 > I'd like to move my messages and files areas out of /sbbs/data into
 > their own directories to make backing up and restoring a little
 > easier.
 >
 > Would it be possible to change the file locations in the .cnf files
 > using search and replace with a text editor, or would that break
 > things?

You can't edit the .cnf files directly, but you could export to subs.txt, edit
the subs.txt file with a text editor, and then re-import that file into SCFG.
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