Hello All!

Nothing is happening when I run this command, it does "think" for a while, but the old messages are still there.
No errors.

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D:\FTN\HPT>sqpack -c config *
sqpack/w64-mvcdll 1.9 2023-02-24
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Tried with "*" - same thing.

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EchoArea FIDOSOFT.HUSKY D:\FTN\Base\Echos\fidosoft.husky -d "General discussion on Husky Software" -g E -b squish -dupecheck del -dupehistory 14 -p 365 1:129/14
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Does anyone have a clue?

Thanks.

Alex

--- GoldED+/W64-MSVC 1.1.5-b20250409
* Origin: Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes! Dump Trump! (1:129/14.1)

Hi Alex.

31 May 25 12:52:06, you wrote to All:

Nothing is happening when I run this command, it does "think" for a
while, but the old messages are still there. No errors.

================================

D:\FTN\HPT>> sqpack -c config *

sqpack/w64-mvcdll 1.9 2023-02-24
================================

Tried with "*" - same thing.

================================
EchoArea FIDOSOFT.HUSKY D:\FTN\Base\Echos\fidosoft.husky -d "General discussion on Husky Software" -g E -b squish -dupecheck del
-dupehistory 14 -p 365 1:129/14
================================

Does anyone have a clue?

If you run tparser, what does it say for that echoarea?

-- cut --
Purging enabled (option "-pack") max (-$m): 9999 msgs purge (-p): 365 days dupeHistory 1100
Options: noTinySB noKillSB noKeepUnread noKillRead noHide noKill noManual pause link noMandatory noDebug noDOSFile pack noCCoff noKeepSB autoAreaPause SBkeepAll
-- cut --

'Tommi

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On 31 May 2025, Alex Galiyev said the following...

Nothing is happening when I run this command, it does "think" for a
while, but the old messages are still there.
No errors.

================================
D:\FTN\HPT>sqpack -c config *
sqpack/w64-mvcdll 1.9 2023-02-24
================================

Try putting the * in quotation marks:
sqpack -c config "*"


Jay

... Old computers make great boat anchors

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Northern Realms (1:229/664)

Hello Tommi!

Saturday May 31 2025 21:05, you wrote to me:

If you run tparser, what does it say for that echoarea?

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FIDOSOFT.HUSKY
Description: General discussion on Husky Software

D:\FTN\Base\Echos\fidosoft.husky Squish Use AKA: 1:129/14.1

DOS Style File (8+3) off (-nodosfile)
Level read (-lr): 0
Level write (-lw): 0
Group - E
Purging enabled (option "-pack") max (-$m): 0 msgs purge (-p): 365 days dupeHistory 14
Options: noTinySB noKillSB noKeepUnread noKillRead noHide noKill noManual pause link noMandatory noDebug noDOSFile pack
noCCoff noKeepSB autoAreaPause noSBkeepAll
Default subscribing option:
DupeCheck: delete
tooOld: 0 days (disabled)
tooNew: 0 days (disabled)
ScanMode: normal
Links:
1:129/14 level 0, read/write/rescan, defLink off, mand. off.
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Alex

--- GoldED+/W64-MSVC 1.1.5-b20250409
* Origin: Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes! Dump Trump! (1:129/14.1)

Hello Jay!

Saturday May 31 2025 15:04, you wrote to me:

Try putting the * in quotation marks:
sqpack -c config "*"

Already tried, please read my original message.

Alex

--- GoldED+/W64-MSVC 1.1.5-b20250409
* Origin: Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes! Dump Trump! (1:129/14.1)

Hi Alex.

31 May 25 15:08:38, you wrote to me:

Purging enabled (option "-pack") max (-$m): 0 msgs purge (-p): 365
days dupeHistory 14

Should work then...

I don't know which one of these squish dates it uses :

=== Cut ===
DateWritten : 2025-05-31 15:04:34 (78915ABFh)
DateArrived : 2025-05-31 22:09:04 (B1225ABFh)
=== Cut ===

You could try maximum logging.

In here it seems to work:

=== Cut ===
---------- Sun 01 Jun 2025, sqpack/w64-mvcdll 1.9 2023-02-24
1 07:27:16 Start
C 07:27:16 Purge area binkd (squish)
D 07:27:16 old msg: 12; new msg: 10
D 07:27:16 old size: 21094; new size: 17268
=== Cut ===

However, I don't use sqpack in my main nodes, it always renumbers the msgbase. And that is not good when reading with jam/smapinntpd.

'Tommi

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Hi Alex.

01 Jun 25 07:31:58, I wrote to you:

I don't know which one of these squish dates it uses :

=== Cut ===
DateWritten : 2025-05-31 15:04:34 (78915ABFh)
DateArrived : 2025-05-31 22:09:04 (B1225ABFh)
=== Cut ===

Perhaps the "DateArrived". I %rescanned from the boss, set -p 30, but it doesn't purge.

=== Cut ===
sqpack/w64-mvcdll 1.9 2023-02-24
1 07:45:29 Start
C 07:45:29 Purge area fidosoft.husky (squish)
D 07:45:29 old msg: 91; new msg: 91
D 07:45:29 old size: 133461; new size: 133461
E 07:45:29 Total old msg: 91; new msg: 91
E 07:45:29 Total old size: 133461; new size: 133461
1 07:45:29 End
=== Cut ===

'Tommi

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Hello Tommi!

Sunday June 01 2025 07:46, you wrote to me:

Perhaps the "DateArrived". I %rescanned from the boss, set -p 30, but
it doesn't purge.

That's a good catch! Because I rescanned the messages from my uplink just recently, so it definitely uses the message arrival date, instead of the written date.

This seems like a bug, should I report it on github, will anyone care there? =)

Alex

--- GoldED+/W64-MSVC 1.1.5-b20250409
* Origin: Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes! Dump Trump! (1:129/14.1)

01 Jun 25 01:08, Alex Galiyev wrote to Tommi Koivula:

Perhaps the "DateArrived". I %rescanned from the boss, set -p 30,
but it doesn't purge.

That's a good catch! Because I rescanned the messages from my uplink
just recently, so it definitely uses the message arrival date, instead
of the written date.

This seems like a bug, should I report it on github, will anyone care there? =)

You may try. :)

I requested an option not to renumber messages when packing, but there are not many husky maintainers left when Michael Dukelsky left. :(

'Tommi

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Hi Alex.

01 Jun 25 01:08:46, you wrote to me:

Perhaps the "DateArrived". I %rescanned from the boss, set -p
30, but it doesn't purge.

That's a good catch!

I just made a quick change:

=== Cut ===
484c484
< DosDate_to_TmDate((SCOMBO *)&(xmsg.date_arrived), &tmTime);
-+-

DosDate_to_TmDate((SCOMBO *)&(xmsg.date_written), &tmTime);

=== Cut ===

Please test if you wish: https://www.fidonet.fi/pub/sqpack.exe

Works here so far. No warranty. ;)

'Tommi

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Hello Tommi!

Sunday June 01 2025 09:24, you wrote to me:

Please test if you wish: https://www.fidonet.fi/pub/sqpack.exe
Works here so far. No warranty. ;)

The binary became 214Kb larger, no thanks. =)

Alex

--- GoldED+/W64-MSVC 1.1.5-b20250409
* Origin: Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes! Dump Trump! (1:129/14.1)

On 1.6.2025 20.26, Alex Galiyev wrote:

Please test if you wish: https://www.fidonet.fi/pub/sqpack.exe
Works here so far. No warranty. ;)

The binary became 214Kb larger, no thanks. =)

Then do compile your own binary.

'Tommi

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