Re: Re: File System Cleanup?
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Sat Mar 02 2024 07:57 am

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
 >
 >  DM> Create a files.bbs from what source? If you would just be sourcing the
 >  DM> descrioption from the DIZs, you don't need the files.bbs step. --
 >
 > I was thinking of creating a files.bbs file from the existing file
 > listing, then cleaning it up, adding entries where needed... A lot of
 > the messy listings are zines where I wouldn't need the .DIZ file to name
 > the listing. Interesting idea, though. I'm assuming that using the -z
 > option would read a DIZ file and read it into the file listing?

In sbbs v3.19+, addfiles.js replaces addfiles. It has '-diz' option that forces it to always uses the DIZ description, even if a description was provided in the list file:
https://wiki.synchro.net/module:addfiles
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                                            digital man (rob)

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