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   Vince Coen to Rj Clay   
   The var/ticqueue directory?   
   02 Dec 17 12:37:03   
   
   Hello Rj!   
      
   Saturday December 02 2017 04:58, you wrote to me:   
      
    > Hi Vince!   
      
    > Vince Coen wrote to Rj Clay:   
    VC>> Hello Rj!   
    VC>>   
    VC>> Friday December 01 2017 08:44, you wrote to All:   
    VC>>   
    VC>>  > All,   
    VC>>   
    VC>>  >    What is the prupose of the var/ticqueue directory and does   
    VC>> it ever   
    VC>>  > get cleaned up? When I orignally went to bring up a backup of   
    VC>> my   
    VC>>  > MbseBBS system on a new system, I found files there going back   
    VC>> some 10   
    VC>>  > years.  'Course, most of those older ones would have been under   
    VC>> v0.97,   
    VC>>  > IIRC, as I didn't upgrade the install to a newer version until   
    VC>> I had   
    VC>>  > it running again...   
    VC>>   
    VC>>   
    VC>> Hold all of the active .tic files so if empty you should have no   
    VC>> o/p when running mbout sta  (apart from the headings and version   
    VC>> info.   
      
    >    So inactive .tic files would be ones that have already been sent,   
    > and at least in more recent versions get automatically cleaed up?   
    > (That was one of concerns as lots of tiny files can really jump up   
    > inode usage...)   
      
   The nightly script clears these and files/mail that has been sent out from the   
   outbound directories etc but after the files / mail have been sent there is a   
   clean up hence when running mbout sta after a poll anything that was on hold    
   is   
   no longer shown.   
      
   As you are restoring an OLD back up the various directories that I discused in   
   a previous email should be cleared if not only for the fact that any nodes set   
   up in the system will need to be verified if you still need them (assuming    
   they   
   are still around and you are acting as a down/up link for them.   
      
    VC>> So if restoring from an old back up suggest you delete them   
      
    >   That, I've done.   
      
      
    VC>> and likewise   
    VC>> the contents of var/bso/outbound*  but keep the directories.   
    VC>>   
    VC>> outbound* = outbound.001 , .002, .003 and .004 your own zone will   
    VC>> be just outbound without any number after.   
    VC>>   
    VC>> Oh, you could also have other nets here as well so delete the   
    VC>> contents.   
      
    >    Hmmm...  I don't think I've really checked all of those, so I'll be   
    > reviewing their contents.   
      
   As said above you will need to check your settings for up/down links and   
   reset/delete/update them, file and mail areas you are connected to may also   
   need changing, your aka's may also need to be changed.   
      
   If you are going to use mbse over a previous BBS then you may well also want    
   to   
   adopt all of the various bbs file areas into mbse using mbfile.   
      
    > Jame   
      
      
    >     Greetings, Rj Clay   
    >     email: admftn@ftn.rocasa.net   
      
   That should keep you occupied for an hour or so.   
      
   Vince   
      
   --- Mageia Linux v5.1/Mbse v1.0.7.4/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715   
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