• Mystic recent files generator

    From Erazmus@21:1/133 to All on Sunday, June 03, 2018 13:01:43
    Hello All,

    Can someone suggest an easy way to generate a list of recent files received
    in the file areas for a Mystic BBS?

    Thanks for any assistance

    Ian

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Erazmus on Sunday, June 03, 2018 13:16:55
    Re: Mystic recent files generator
    By: Erazmus to All on Sun Jun 03 2018 01:01 pm

    Can someone suggest an easy way to generate a list of recent files received in the file areas for a Mystic BBS?

    I believe Black Panther just released an update for thing like that in the last week or so although I haven't had a chance to set it up yet. It's likely in your file areas.

    I need to figure something like that out for Synchronet too.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Bill McGarrity@21:2/141 to Al on Monday, June 04, 2018 00:05:00
    Al wrote to Erazmus on 06-03-18 13:16 <=-

    Re: Mystic recent files generator
    By: Erazmus to All on Sun Jun 03 2018 01:01 pm

    Can someone suggest an easy way to generate a list of recent files received in the file areas for a Mystic BBS?

    I believe Black Panther just released an update for thing like that in
    the last week or so although I haven't had a chance to set it up yet.
    It's likely in your file areas.

    I need to figure something like that out for Synchronet too.

    If you would use htick rather than tickit... it is possible... ;)


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Bill McGarrity on Sunday, June 03, 2018 21:30:20
    Re: Mystic recent files generator
    By: Bill McGarrity to Al on Mon Jun 04 2018 12:05 am

    I need to figure something like that out for Synchronet too.

    If you would use htick rather than tickit... it is possible... ;)

    I like tickit because of it's simplicity. It does need AKA matching when sending out tics for othernets, and new file announcing would be nice. Maybe an anouncement handler can be plugged into the config like the nodelist handler. Remote filefix requests would be good too.. ;)

    I like htick to but it isn't simple, as you know.. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Bill McGarrity@21:2/141 to Al on Monday, June 04, 2018 09:00:00
    Al wrote to Bill McGarrity on 06-03-18 21:30 <=-

    Re: Mystic recent files generator
    By: Bill McGarrity to Al on Mon Jun 04 2018 12:05 am

    I need to figure something like that out for Synchronet too.

    If you would use htick rather than tickit... it is possible... ;)

    I like tickit because of it's simplicity. It does need AKA matching
    when sending out tics for othernets, and new file announcing would be nice. Maybe an anouncement handler can be plugged into the config like
    the nodelist handler. Remote filefix requests would be good too.. ;)

    I like htick to but it isn't simple, as you know.. :)

    In all honesty, I've never tried setting up tickit but htick really isn't as hard as everyone thinks it is. Running Sportnet I needed a program that has filefix. htick does require knowledge to create batch files that will support the things it does but that becomes like 2nd nature once you develop a clear path to your goals. I should create an interface for htick in a windoze enviorement one day. Right now I'm working on understanding javascript and it's uses. I'm trying.. :)


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Bill McGarrity on Monday, June 04, 2018 13:01:49
    Re: Mystic recent files generator
    By: Bill McGarrity to Al on Mon Jun 04 2018 09:00 am

    In all honesty, I've never tried setting up tickit but htick really isn't as hard as everyone thinks it is.

    I have setup and run hpt and htick before so I could do it again but I'm hoping I won't need to. Tickit is already a solution for end nodes. With a few additions it could be a solution for those who want to pass files along also.

    Running Sportnet I needed a program that has filefix. htick does require knowledge to create batch files that will support the things it does but that becomes like 2nd nature once you develop a clear path to your goals.

    One thing I don't see clearly is how to pass netmail addressed to Filefix so nodes can use that to manage their areas.

    I should create an interface for htick in a windoze enviorement one day. Right now I'm working on understanding javascript and it's uses. I'm trying.. :)

    Tickit does create a files.bbs to import files and descriptions. I've wondered about using that file for an announcement as well.

    I've looked at the nodelist_handler.js to see if I could do that as well as copying fidonews and gazette into the G files area when they are updated but it is to complex for me but I keep looking. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Gryphon@21:1/120 to Erazmus on Tuesday, June 05, 2018 10:35:45
    On 06/03/18, Erazmus said the following...

    Hello All,

    Can someone suggest an easy way to generate a list of recent files received in the file areas for a Mystic BBS?


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  • From Erazmus@21:1/133 to Gryphon on Tuesday, June 05, 2018 12:27:11
    On 06/05/18, Gryphon said the following...

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    Thanks! I will try them tonight and report back.

    Ian

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Erazmus on Tuesday, June 05, 2018 19:34:02
    On 06/03/18, Erazmus said the following...

    Can someone suggest an easy way to generate a list of recent files received in the file areas for a Mystic BBS?

    Are you looking for something to announce file received via ftn networks?

    If so, take a look at mtafile. Just modify your incoming script file, to make
    a copy of the .tic files before they get tossed. Then you can run mtafile, it will read all the .tic files, and generate a report. A new version was just hatched out last week, which now sorts the report by file echo name.


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Tuesday, June 05, 2018 19:37:00
    On 06/03/18, Al said the following...

    Can someone suggest an easy way to generate a list of recent files received in the file areas for a Mystic BBS?

    I believe Black Panther just released an update for thing like that in
    the last week or so although I haven't had a chance to set it up yet.
    It's likely in your file areas.

    Thanks for the plug. ;)

    I need to figure something like that out for Synchronet too.

    mtafile should work with Synchronet as well. The only thing that you may have to do to run it, is create a subdirectory from where you run it, called
    /logs, so it can create the log file. It only reads the .tic files for the information, so it's not really BBS specific.

    I guess I could make the log file directory a command line parameter, so that it could be placed anywhere...


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    Sysop - Castle Rock BBS (RCS)
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    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    The sparrows are flying again....

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Wednesday, June 06, 2018 01:07:35
    Re: Re: Mystic recent files generator
    By: Black Panther to Al on Tue Jun 05 2018 07:37 pm

    Thanks for the plug. ;)

    No worries.. :)

    mtafile should work with Synchronet as well. The only thing that you may have to do to run it, is create a subdirectory from where you run it, called /logs, so it can create the log file. It only reads the .tic files for the information, so it's not really BBS specific.

    So if I just copy the incoming tics to a directory with mtafile and run it it's create a text file I can import?

    I guess I could make the log file directory a command line parameter, so that it could be placed anywhere...

    Could do but I'll just create a logs directory. Thanks!

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Wednesday, June 06, 2018 18:31:35
    On 06/06/18, Al said the following...

    mtafile should work with Synchronet as well. The only thing that you have to do to run it, is create a subdirectory from where you run it, called /logs, so it can create the log file. It only reads the .tic f for the information, so it's not really BBS specific.

    So if I just copy the incoming tics to a directory with mtafile and run
    it it's create a text file I can import?

    Yup. I just changed in incoming mail script to copy them into an announce sub-directory, before letting Mystic import them.

    Then you just run mtafile with the location of the .tic files, and your BBS name.

    ./mtafile echomail/in/announce Castle Rock BBS

    It will create a text file in the directory that you run it in, called final.txt. It will even add a header and/or footer to the output file if they exist in the directory. They need to be called header.txt and footer.txt.


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    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    The sparrows are flying again....

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  • From Erazmus@21:1/133 to Black Panther on Friday, June 08, 2018 13:40:56
    On 06/05/18, Black Panther said the following...

    Are you looking for something to announce file received via ftn networks?

    If so, take a look at mtafile. Just modify your incoming script file, to make a copy of the .tic files before they get tossed. Then you can run mtafile, it will read all the .tic files, and generate a report. A new version was just hatched out last week, which now sorts the report by
    file echo name.

    Dan,

    Is there any chance you could compile and release a 32-bit Linux version? The linux version posted is 64-bit only and therefore doesn't run on my BBS machine.

    Thanks :)

    Ian

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Erazmus on Saturday, June 09, 2018 17:29:33
    On 06/08/18, Erazmus said the following...

    If so, take a look at mtafile. Just modify your incoming script file, make a copy of the .tic files before they get tossed. Then you can ru

    Is there any chance you could compile and release a 32-bit Linux
    version? The linux version posted is 64-bit only and therefore doesn't
    run on my BBS machine.

    I'll work on that tomorrow. I've got to try to get Lazarus set up for cross-compiling, as I don't have a 32-bit system running at the moment.


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    Black Panther
    a.k.a. Dan Richter
    Sysop - Castle Rock BBS (RCS)
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    The sparrows are flying again....

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  • From Erazmus@21:1/133 to Black Panther on Saturday, June 09, 2018 17:19:21
    On 06/09/18, Black Panther said the following...

    I'll work on that tomorrow. I've got to try to get Lazarus set up for cross-compiling, as I don't have a 32-bit system running at the moment.

    Let me know if I can help in any way. I really should move to a 64-bit
    system, but lazy :)

    Ian

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Erazmus on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 17:22:30
    On 06/08/18, Erazmus said the following...

    If so, take a look at mtafile. Just modify your incoming script file, make a copy of the .tic files before they get tossed. Then you can ru mtafile, it will read all the .tic files, and generate a report. A ne version was just hatched out last week, which now sorts the report by file echo name.

    Is there any chance you could compile and release a 32-bit Linux
    version? The linux version posted is 64-bit only and therefore doesn't
    run on my BBS machine.

    Sorry for the delay, but I just released a Linux 32bit version of MTAFile. I was having some issues getting the cross-compile to work right...


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    Black Panther
    a.k.a. Dan Richter
    Sysop - Castle Rock BBS (RCS)
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    The sparrows are flying again....

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  • From Erazmus@21:1/133 to Black Panther on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 22:16:57
    On 07/11/18, Black Panther said the following...

    Sorry for the delay, but I just released a Linux 32bit version of
    MTAFile. I was having some issues getting the cross-compile to work right...

    Thanks! I'll try to get to testing it this weekend. Muchly appreciated.

    Ian

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Erazmus on Thursday, July 12, 2018 17:41:51
    On 07/11/18, Erazmus said the following...

    Sorry for the delay, but I just released a Linux 32bit version of MTAFile. I was having some issues getting the cross-compile to work right...

    Thanks! I'll try to get to testing it this weekend. Muchly appreciated.

    Keep me posted as to how it works for you. I don't have a 32bit system to
    test it on, but it runs fine on the 64bit systems. :)


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    Black Panther
    a.k.a. Dan Richter
    Sysop - Castle Rock BBS (RCS)
    telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
    http://www.castlerockbbs.com
    The sparrows are flying again....

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)