I'm having a bit of a problem doing addfiles in a directory. I downloaded a Nigh Owl disc image and extracted into data/dirs. When I run the addfiles program for the directory I'm in, I get this error:

sbbs@Linuxbox:/sbbs/data/dirs/nopv23/001A$ /sbbs/exec/jsexec addfiles -diz NOPV23_001A clear

JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/1b6d5846a - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Nov 15 2024 10:12 with GCC 11.4.0

Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 167772160 bytes

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/addfiles.js
/sbbs/exec/addfiles.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
!Directory 'NOPV23_001A' does not exist in configuration
0 files added
/sbbs/exec/addfiles.js executed in 0.01 seconds

JavaScript: Destroying context
JavaScript: Destroying runtime

What is the goofy thing that I am doing wrong?
nopv23_001A is the internal code.

Thanks guys!

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Re: Addfiles problem
By: Grease to All on Thu Nov 21 2024 10:51 pm

I'm having a bit of a problem doing addfiles in a directory. I downloaded a Nigh Owl disc image and extracted into data/dirs. When I run the addfiles program for the directory I'm in, I get this error:

sbbs@Linuxbox:/sbbs/data/dirs/nopv23/001A$ /sbbs/exec/jsexec addfiles -diz NOPV23_001A clear

What does "clear" do in this context?

JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/1b6d5846a - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Nov 15 2024 10:12 with GCC 11.4.0

Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 167772160 bytes

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/addfiles.js
/sbbs/exec/addfiles.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
!Directory 'NOPV23_001A' does not exist in configuration
0 files added
/sbbs/exec/addfiles.js executed in 0.01 seconds

JavaScript: Destroying context
JavaScript: Destroying runtime

What is the goofy thing that I am doing wrong?
nopv23_001A is the internal code.

So, normally you wouldn't extract a CD-ROM archive into data/dirs. That could possibly overwrite important files in that directory (though, not likely). So that's unusual. Instead, I like to put all my CD-ROMs into a common parent directory, e.g.:
$ ll /cdrom/
total 60
drwxrwxrwx 19 rswindell rswindell 4096 Mar 27 2021 asp0696
drwxr-xrwx 16 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 cica95
drwxr-xr-x 65 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 cyberxpo
drwxr-xrwx 66 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 mm94
drwxr-xr-x 61 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 nopv13
...

And then within that directory, you'll have each CD's directory hierarchy:

$ ll /cdrom/nopv13/
total 344
drwxr-xr-x 2 sbbs sbbs 4096 Mar 30 2021 001A
drwxr-xr-x 2 sbbs sbbs 4096 Jan 28 2011 002A
drwxr-xr-x 2 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 003A
...

And then each CD is best created as a *library* in SCFG->File Areas. You can import a directory list or scan the directory to create the directories within the library in SCFG.

And *then* you can use 'addfiles -lib=<name>' to import all the files and descriptions (either from file lists or DIZ) for each directory within that library (CD).
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Re: Addfiles problem
By: Digital Man to Grease on Fri Nov 22 2024 12:32:43

And *then* you can use 'addfiles -lib=<name>' to import all the files and descriptions (either from file lists or DIZ) for each directory within that library (CD).

I remember someone saying they were going to write a wiki with better details in this process :)

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Re: Addfiles problem
By: Grease to All on Thu Nov 21 2024 10:51 pm

sbbs@Linuxbox:/sbbs/data/dirs/nopv23/001A$ /sbbs/exec/jsexec addfiles -diz NOPV23_001A clear

What does "clear" do in this context?

Weird. I don't know. I think it's from terminal. It's not there when I ran the program. I use clear to clear the screen after I run a program in terminal. So, it's just something that was there when I copied and pasted.

So, normally you wouldn't extract a CD-ROM archive into data/dirs. That could possibly overwrite important files in that directory (though, not likely). So that's unusual. Instead, I like to put all my CD-ROMs into
a common parent directory, e.g.:
$ ll /cdrom/
total 60
drwxrwxrwx 19 rswindell rswindell 4096 Mar 27 2021 asp0696
drwxr-xrwx 16 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 cica95
drwxr-xr-x 65 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 cyberxpo
drwxr-xrwx 66 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 mm94
drwxr-xr-x 61 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 nopv13
...

I just thought since I have a large hard drive, just put it there. All the other
files are there. I guess I can move it there.
Quick question you aren't using actual cd? Correct? You just copy them into a directory like /home/sbbs/cdrom/ ?

And then within that directory, you'll have each CD's directory
hierarchy:

$ ll /cdrom/nopv13/
total 344
drwxr-xr-x 2 sbbs sbbs 4096 Mar 30 2021 001A
drwxr-xr-x 2 sbbs sbbs 4096 Jan 28 2011 002A
drwxr-xr-x 2 sbbs sbbs 4096 Feb 16 2005 003A
...

That's what I have in /home/sbbs/sbbs/data/dirs/nopv23

And then each CD is best created as a *library* in SCFG->File Areas.
You can import a directory list or scan the directory to create the directories within the library in SCFG.

I did that. For some reason, it can't find the FILES.BBS when it's there plain as day. So I just inputted them by directory.

And *then* you can use 'addfiles -lib=<name>' to import all the files
and descriptions (either from file lists or DIZ) for each directory
within that library (CD).

so I would do /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/jsexec/addfiles -lib=nopv23 -diz?
or ----------------------------------------------> -lib=001A -diz?


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Re: Re: Addfiles problem
By: Grease to Digital Man on Fri Nov 22 2024 08:20 pm

I just thought since I have a large hard drive, just put it there. All the other
files are there.

I'm guessing that you mean you made your file storage directories in data/dirs/* (sub-directories of data/dirs). That's not the same as extracting a CD archive into data/dirs which would create *files* in data/dirs and (most likely) create sub-directories and files in those sub-directories of data/dirs. If you created a sub-directory off of data/dirs (say, for example, data/dirs/nopv23) and extracted the archive there, that would be better.

I guess I can move it there.
Quick question you aren't using actual cd? Correct? You just copy them into a directory like /home/sbbs/cdrom/ ?

Correct.
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Re: Re: Addfiles problem
By: Grease to Digital Man on Fri Nov 22 2024 08:20 pm

That's what I have in /home/sbbs/sbbs/data/dirs/nopv23

Okay, then I stand corrected. That fine, just a long path. :-)

And then each CD is best created as a *library* in SCFG->File Areas. You can import a directory list or scan the directory to create the directories within the library in SCFG.

I did that. For some reason, it can't find the FILES.BBS when it's there plain as day. So I just inputted them by directory.

Inputted what by directory?

And *then* you can use 'addfiles -lib=<name>' to import all the files and descriptions (either from file lists or DIZ) for each directory within that library (CD).

so I would do /home/sbbs/sbbs/exec/jsexec/addfiles -lib=nopv23 -diz?
or ----------------------------------------------> -lib=001A -diz?

The argument to the "-lib" option is the name of the file library, so whatever you set in SCFG->File Areas for the library's short name. "001A" is most likelly a directory name or internal code and not a library name.
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