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   From: "Digital Man"    
   Subject: A couple of questions   
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     To: Nightfox   
     Re: A couple of questions   
     By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Mon Apr 08 2024 09:47 pm   
      
    >   Re: A couple of questions   
    >   By: Digital Man to apam on Mon Apr 08 2024 08:16 pm   
    >   
    >  >> 1) How long do files stay "new"?   
    >   
    >  DM> I don't know about DD mods, but normally files are "new" when their   
    >  DM> upload date/time is newer than the user's last logoff time.   
    >   
    > I have my ddfilelister set up as a loadable module.  When doing a new file   
    > scan, I've noticed my file lister is executed for each sub-board, and the   
    > sub-board code is passed in and the scan mode is passed in via argv.  When   
    > doing a new file scan, I've been checking bbs.new_file_time.  It seems I   
    > could set bbs.new_file_time to the current time when it's done, but that   
    > would mean when ddfilelister is executed for the next file directory, it   
    > won't list any new files because bbs.new_file_time would have been set to   
    > the current date/time.   
    >   
    > So, I don't know if it should be ddfilelister's responsibility to update   
    > bbs.new_file_time or not?   
      
   No, it is not your module's responsibility to update bbs.new_file_time.   
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