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|    Message 331 of 1,110    |
|    Bob Brisco to Vince Coen    |
|    *** SELFDELETING ALLFIX *******    |
|    04 Oct 03 20:00:49    |
      Vince Coen wrote in a message to Bob Brisco:               VC> Hello Bob!               VC> 23 Sep 03 02:54, you wrote to ALL:               BB> Note the file Spec. When I picked the area the Dir was NOT filled        BB> in for me, so I figured i would use *.* and ALLFIX woukd use the right        BB> paths. NOT! ALLFix Hatched my entire ALLFIX Dir and DELETED itself!!               BB> Let me know if some else can Duplacate this BUG.               VC> Setting allfix to hatch all files in its own directory is a little        VC> bit suicidal. When setting up the paths you must create a        VC> specific empty directory for the inbound files. Allfix hatching        VC> all files in the defined inbound area is not a bug (well not on        VC> part of allfix).                                   What I had at the time was:                     Tag !_FILES_FOR_POINT_200       Spec *.*°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°       Desc /GET       Days SMTWTFS       Repl       Mgic       Always No       Copy No                                          I changed it to:              Tag !_FILES_FOR_POINT_200       Spec C:\BBS\HATCH.DIR\POINT.200\*.*       Desc /GET       Days SMTWTFS       Repl       Mgic       Always No       Copy No                     after ALLFIX did that. I thoight ALLFIX would use the Path from the area.              Not it says Spec, NOT Path & Spec              Just pointing out a problem.                            ---        * Origin: (1:229/650.100)    |
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