RE: BINãBY: PistolGrip to odysseus on Sun Dec 03 2000 01:43 amãã > ã > > Secondly, For some reason I can't my File Bases to see the "FILE_ID.DIZ" ã > > and Im stuck having to manually editing the descriptions.. is there an eaã > > way of having these descriptions validated?ã > ã > Synchronet comes pre-configured to import DIZ's automatically. But, you musã > copy PKZIP.EXE and PKUNZIP.EXE into your SBBS\EXEC directory, or they must bã > in your path. Putting them in SBBS\EXEC is recommended.ã > ã > Also, refer to the ADDFILES section of the sysop documentation if you've gotã > lot of files ot upload.ã > ã > PGããAlso, you can only import file_id.diz through the BBS, ADDFILES.EXE will notãimport the file_id.diz from the zip file. You must use the ;UPLOAD or theã;UPLOAD ALL from the transfer menu, when it starts searching, it will display aãline for a short description of the file, and when you press enter, it willãimport the file_id.diz for the extended description. Pistol Grip and myselfãlike to jam something in the enter key to upload files to the database. If youãdo this and there is no file_id.diz in the zip, or the file is not a ZIP file,ãthen you will have the description as "No description given for this file.",ãwhich can be changed in the TEXT.DAT file.ããLiquid Memoryãã---ã þ Synchronet þ WasteLand BBS þ telnet://wasteland.darktech.org ã

RE: Importing FILE_ID.DIZãBY: Liquid Memory to Odysseus on Mon Dec 04 2000 12:30 amãã > > > Secondly, For some reason I can't my File Bases to see the "FILE_ID.DIã > > > and Im stuck having to manually editing the descriptions.. is there anã > > > way of having these descriptions validated?ã > >ã > > Synchronet comes pre-configured to import DIZ's automatically. But, you ã > > copy PKZIP.EXE and PKUNZIP.EXE into your SBBS\EXEC directory, or they musã > > in your path. Putting them in SBBS\EXEC is recommended.ã > >ã > > Also, refer to the ADDFILES section of the sysop documentation if you've ã > > lot of files ot upload.ã > >ã > > PGã > ã > Also, you can only import file_id.diz through the BBS, ADDFILES.EXE will notã > import the file_id.diz from the zip file. ããYes it will (that's what the /Z option is for).ããRobã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

RE: Importing FILE_ID.DIZãBY: Liquid Memory to Odysseus on Mon Dec 04 2000 12:30 amãã > Also, you can only import file_id.diz through the BBS, ADDFILES.EXE will notã > import the file_id.diz from the zip file. You must use the ;UPLOAD or theã > ;UPLOAD ALL from the transfer menu, when it starts searching, it will displaã > line for a short description of the file, and when you press enter, it willã > import the file_id.diz for the extended description. Pistol Grip and myselfã > like to jam something in the enter key to upload files to the database. If ã > do this and there is no file_id.diz in the zip, or the file is not a ZIP filã > then you will have the description as "No description given for this file.",ã > which can be changed in the TEXT.DAT file.ããAddfiles does support importing DIZ's, you just have to use the rightãcombination of command line paramters. Refer to the list below.ããAlso, what I've done in the past is use a program that will scan all files in aãdir and extract the diz into a FILES.BBS file. Then you can just use ADDFILESãwith FILES.BBS. Similar to how you add a CD with FILES.BBS.ããPGã--ãusage: addfiles code [.alt_path] [/opts] ["*user"] +list [desc_off] [size_off]ãã or: addfiles code [.alt_path] [/opts] ["*user"] file "description"ããavailable opts:ãã a import ASCII only (no extended ASCII)ã d delete list after importã e do not import extended descriptionsã f include file date in descriptionsã t include today's date in descriptionsã i include added files in upload statisticsã n do not update information for existing filesã o update upload date only for existing filesã u do not update upload date for existing filesã z check for and import FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDIã k keep original short description (not DIZ)ã s search for files in directory (no file list)ã * use * in place of code for Auto-ADD of FILES.BBSã use *filename to Auto-ADD a different filenameãã---ã þ Synchronet þ WasteLand BBS þ telnet://wasteland.darktech.org ã

RE: Importing FILE_ID.DIZãBY: Liquid Memory to Odysseus on Mon Dec 04 2000 00:30:00ãã > Also, you can only import file_id.diz through the BBS, ADDFILES.EXE will notã > import the file_id.diz from the zip file. You must use the ;UPLOAD or theã > ;UPLOAD ALL from the transfer menu, when it starts searching, it will displaã > line for a short description of the file, and when you press enter, it willããActually, it works here... I use:ããADDFILES * /ftizsnãã Thornyããã---ã þ Synchronet þ Thorny's BBS, Lawrence, Kansasã