Hi Janis!

01 October 2004, Janis Kracht wrote to Andrey Geyko:

 >> Is classical areafix (without regexps) possible in BBBS?

 JK> Yes, it is possible - but probably not a good idea :) :)  BBBS use
 JK> REGEXP (regular expressions) and the areafix manages both the File
 JK> Echos and the Message Echos.. so if you do not use the BBBS keywords
 JK> (file and echo), and if you do not use regexp ^ (starts with) and $
 JK> (ends with), you will be connected to many areas you don't really
 JK> want!

Heh, and what about forward requests from your links? AFAIR they all use
classic technology. Or you your links don't use forward requests?

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 JK> So in the example above, the only file echo you should be connected to
 JK> is NODELIST (the Zone 1 nodelist) and not INODELST, or NODEDIFF, or
 JK> XOFCELIST.

Thanks, I know what REGEXP are. Once, when I use perl scripts for creating
config files, I was to use them.

 JK> Without the keywords file and echo, bbbs will connect you to all the
 JK> areas with those letters in them, whether they are file echos or msg.
 JK> echos.

Thanks, When I was connecting to echos, I forgot about ".", AFAIK
it's regexp meta symbol, substituting "all".

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Thanks, I have an old netmail with this help page.

 JK> If anyone wants a file that explains regexp, just let me know and I'll
 JK> send it to you :)

I found such a file in perl documentation, and in just tosser package.

   Best Regards. Andrey

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