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  • 3.20b upgrade question

    From xbit@1:103/705 to All on Wed Jan 8 05:26:56 2025
    Hi team Sync,

    After following the readme.txt file and running jsexec update i get a pop-up when running synchronet that asks for the main.ini location. When changing the popup to the correct drive i get an error loading the config error and sync exits.

    https://x-bit.org/x_error.jpg

    Any ideas? I'm sure i'm doing or did something that will merit a slaping ;)

    Thanks all,

    xbit (rob)

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to xbit on Wed Jan 8 11:39:27 2025
    Re: 3.20b upgrade question
    By: xbit to All on Wed Jan 08 2025 05:26 am

    Hi team Sync,

    After following the readme.txt file and running jsexec update i get a pop-up when running synchronet that asks for the main.ini location. When changing the popup to the correct drive i get an error loading the config error and sync exits.

    https://x-bit.org/x_error.jpg

    Any ideas? I'm sure i'm doing or did something that will merit a slaping ;)

    Either set your SBBSCTRL environment variable to the correct location of your Synchronet ctrl directory ("d:\sbbs\ctrl") or enter the path to the ctrl directory (not the filename) when prompted.

    sbbsctrl.exe was supposed to strip off the "main.ini" part if you provided it in the prompt, but that logic is broken I see.
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  • From xbit@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Wed Jan 8 14:37:53 2025
    Re: 3.20b upgrade question
    By: Digital Man to xbit on Wed Jan 08 2025 11:39 am

    pop-up when running synchronet that asks for the main.ini location. When
    changing the popup to the correct drive i get an error loading the config
    error and sync exits.

    Either set your SBBSCTRL environment variable to the correct location of your Synchronet ctrl directory ("d:\sbbs\ctrl") or enter the path to the ctrl directory (not the filename) when prompted.

    Got it working. I have SBBSCTRL set in the env but I'll dbl check. Removing the file name did the trick. Thanks DM.

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    ■ Synchronet ■ Do it @ the X: Sync: X-BIT.ORG <-> Spitfire: X-BIT.ORG:2323
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)