Hello, I have a lot of file areas with long file names.ãfor me synchronet is just displaying the 8 char data code when i log intoãftp.ããi'd like to have it show the actual directory name.ãI need that long file name of the directory instead of some truncated listããis there some type of trick i can use so i can get past this limitation?ãright now i have multiple dirs showing up in my listings because the dir codeãis the same after importation.ããcan i use an alias?ããhttps://i.imgur.com/nwWWhpV.pngã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: ftp serverã By: MRO to digital man on Mon Jun 13 2022 11:38 pmãã > Hello, I have a lot of file areas with long file names.ã > for me synchronet is just displaying the 8 char data code when i log intoã > ftp.ã >ã > i'd like to have it show the actual directory name.ã > I need that long file name of the directory instead of some truncated listã >ã > is there some type of trick i can use so i can get past this limitation?ããNot currently.ãã > right now i have multiple dirs showing up in my listings because the dirã > code is the same after importation.ããI can add an additional "virtual directory name" field (per directory) that could be used for that purpose. You'd likely need to do a lot of copy/pasting or typing to get that field populated how you like (for each directory) though. Or would you just prefer an option to just use the already-configured short or long directory name *as* the virtual directory name in place of the internal code (as is done now)?ãã > can i use an alias?ããAliases work for paths from the root directory only (e.g. I have /Synchronet as an alias to my /main/sbbs directory).ã-- ã digital man (rob)ããSling Blade quote #6:ãKarl: he should've had a chance to grow up. He would had fun some time.ãNorco, CA WX: 77.8øF, 53.0% humidity, 7 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: ftp serverã By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jun 14 2022 12:12 pmãã >ã > > is there some type of trick i can use so i can get past this limitation?ã >ã > Not currently.ããi would put that right on the top of the things to do with updating synchronet's file base specs.ããi just imported a bunch of dirs and it made a huge mess because of the dir codes. the filename 8.3 limit prevented a decent importãã > I can add an additional "virtual directory name" field (per directory) thatã > could be used for that purpose. You'd likely need to do a lot ofã > copy/pasting or typing to get that field populated how you like (for eachã > directory) though.ãã>Or would you just prefer an option to just use theã > already-configured short or long directory name *as* the virtual directoryã > name in place of the internal code (as is done now)?ã >ããthis sounds good. people would have more descriptive dir name listings if theyãhave long file names.ããit would also be good to make a virtual dir on the ftp server where itãshows the directory for the users and the sub dirs.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: ftp serverã By: MRO to Digital Man on Tue Jun 14 2022 10:50 pmãã > Re: ftp serverã > By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jun 14 2022 12:12 pmã >ã >ã > > > is there some type of trick i can use so i can get past thisã > > > limitation?ã >ã > > Not currently.ã >ã > i would put that right on the top of the things to do with updatingã > synchronet's file base specs.ã >ã > i just imported a bunch of dirs and it made a huge mess because of the dirã > codes. the filename 8.3 limit prevented a decent importããNo, that'd be the 8-char code suffix limit.ãã > > I can add an additional "virtual directory name" field (per directory)ã > > that could be used for that purpose. You'd likely need to do a lot ofã > > copy/pasting or typing to get that field populated how you like (for eachã > > directory) though.ã >ã > >Or would you just prefer an option to just use theã > > already-configured short or long directory name *as* the virtualã > > directory name in place of the internal code (as is done now)?ã >ã >ã > this sounds good. people would have more descriptive dir name listings ifã > they have long file names.ããLong directory names I think you mean, but yes, I understand.ãã > it would also be good to make a virtual dir on the ftp server where itã > shows the directory for the users and the sub dirs.ããI'm not clear what you're suggesting there.ã-- ã digital man (rob)ããSynchronet "Real Fact" #116:ãSynchronet v1a r5 (for MS-DOS) was released on February 19, 1992ãNorco, CA WX: 68.0øF, 75.0% humidity, 3 mph SSW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: ftp serverã By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jun 14 2022 09:38 pmãã >ã > > it would also be good to make a virtual dir on the ftp server where itã > > shows the directory for the users and the sub dirs.ã >ãããi want to make an alias:ãããbbsfiles c:\bbsfilesããAnd have it show up on the ftp file listings with all the sub dirsããMaybe have attributes for uploading and downloading and other ARS?ããbbsfiles c:\bbsfiles ULs255 DLs50 -Sãsomething similar to this where it allows uploads from s255 but only downloads from s50ã-S = subdirsã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

MRO wrote to Digital Man <=-ãã MR> Re: ftp serverãã MR> i just imported a bunch of dirs and it made a huge mess becauseã MR> of the dir codes. the filename 8.3 limit prevented a decentã MR> importããSounds like very poor planning on your part. Non-existant planning, ãeven.ããã... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.ã--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Re: ftp serverã By: MRO to Digital Man on Wed Jun 15 2022 06:42 amãã > Re: ftp serverã > By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jun 14 2022 09:38 pmã >ã >ã > > > it would also be good to make a virtual dir on the ftp server where itã > > > shows the directory for the users and the sub dirs.ã >ã >ã >ã > i want to make an alias:ã >ã >ã > bbsfiles c:\bbsfilesã >ã > And have it show up on the ftp file listings with all the sub dirsã >ã > Maybe have attributes for uploading and downloading and other ARS?ã >ã > bbsfiles c:\bbsfiles ULs255 DLs50 -Sã > something similar to this where it allows uploads from s255 but onlyã > downloads from s50ã > -S = subdirsããInstead, just create a "bbsfiles" file library in SCFG with the parent directory of "c:\bbsfiles" and then set "Access to Sub-directories" to "Yes". That will automatically make all the sub-directories of c:\bbsfiles file areas in that library. No alias needed.ã-- ã digital man (rob)ããSling Blade quote #9:ãDoyle Hargraves: Morris here is a modern-day poet, kinda like in olden times.ãNorco, CA WX: 64.3øF, 89.0% humidity, 2 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: ftp serverã By: Digital Man to MRO on Wed Jun 15 2022 08:57 amãã >ã > Instead, just create a "bbsfiles" file library in SCFG with the parentã > directory of "c:\bbsfiles" and then set "Access to Sub-directories" toã > "Yes". That will automatically make all the sub-directories of c:\bbsfilesãããi did that but then i ran into the dir code issues.ãi have many file areas and the prefix is usually bbs.xxx whatever soãi run out of space with the dir code limitations.ããi know i requested this feature years ago, but it's still something i prefer not to use. i just run into issues because of usage of the short dir code.ããi have to manually add all file areas or do an importand manually change each dir code so i can have a unique code. when i do this, on the ftp server people just see descriptions they cant understand.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: ftp serverã By: MRO to Digital Man on Thu Jun 16 2022 05:37 amãã > i have to manually add all file areas or do an importand manually changeã > each dir code so i can have a unique code. when i do this, on the ftpã > server people just see descriptions they cant understand.ããAnd 2 days ago I committed that change you requested to allow the sysop (you) to use each dir's long or short name as the virtual sub-directory name instead of the code suffix. Did you not notice?ã-- ã digital man (rob)ããRush quote #62:ãHe's a restless young romantic, wants to run the big machine .. New World ManãNorco, CA WX: 68.4øF, 82.0% humidity, 3 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: ftp serverã By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Jun 16 2022 09:32 amãã > Re: ftp serverã > By: MRO to Digital Man on Thu Jun 16 2022 05:37 amã >ã > > i have to manually add all file areas or do an importand manually changeã > > each dir code so i can have a unique code. when i do this, on the ftpã > > server people just see descriptions they cant understand.ã >ã > And 2 days ago I committed that change you requested to allow the sysopã > (you) to use each dir's long or short name as the virtual sub-directory nameã > instead of the code suffix. Did you not notice?ããthat's good. i saw it but i didnt really read it. i work 2 jobs, so didn't have time to really look into it. I was just talking about the problems i was having when i first posted.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: ftp serverã By: MRO to Digital Man on Thu Jun 16 2022 04:17 pmãã > Re: ftp serverã > By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Jun 16 2022 09:32 amã >ã > > Re: ftp serverã > > By: MRO to Digital Man on Thu Jun 16 2022 05:37 amã >ã > > > i have to manually add all file areas or do an importand manuallyã > > > change each dir code so i can have a unique code. when i do this, onã > > > the ftp server people just see descriptions they cant understand.ã >ã > > And 2 days ago I committed that change you requested to allow the sysopã > > (you) to use each dir's long or short name as the virtual sub-directoryã > > name instead of the code suffix. Did you not notice?ã >ã > that's good. i saw it but i didnt really read it. i work 2 jobs, so didn'tã > have time to really look into it. I was just talking about the problems iã > was having when i first posted.ããYeah, that "Access to Sub-directories" option is experimental and I don't think anyone is really using it. I just noticed that the virtual sub-directory name is not initialized/set when using that method, so that's something that broke since the v3.19b release. I'll play with that option some more with lots of similarly named sub-directories > 8 chars in length and see how best to make that work well.ã-- ã digital man (rob)ããSling Blade quote #25:ãKarl: they seen fit to put me in here and here I've been a great long while.ãNorco, CA WX: 86.3øF, 44.0% humidity, 9 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: ftp serverã By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Jun 16 2022 02:50 pmãã > Yeah, that "Access to Sub-directories" option is experimental and I don'tã > think anyone is really using it. I just noticed that the virtualã > sub-directory name is not initialized/set when using that method, so that'sã > something that broke since the v3.19b release. I'll play with that optionã > some more with lots of similarly named sub-directories > 8 chars in lengthã > and see how best to make that work well.ããIt works, and it works well. I haven't tested it against greater than 8 character directory names; that will be tested tomorrow when I import some really long directories.ãã Brian Klauss <-> Ford Prefectã 42bytes a Synchronet BBS =========> 42bytes.netãã---ã þ Synchronet þ 42bytes - 42bytes.net - Don't Panic!ã