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   Hello Deon!   
      
   Saturday March 16 2019 11:44, you wrote to All:   
      
    > Howdy,   
      
    > When MBSE tosses incoming files, is there a setting to stop it   
    > creating a symlink? I was going to look through the code, but I   
    > thought I'd ask here too, in case this route provides a quicker answer   
    > ;)   
      
   Why ?   
      
   Symlinks take up next to no spaces on ext4 etc.   
      
      
   In any event we must maintain the dos 8.3 standard just on case,   
   1. Downlinks use a dos based BBS - it is possible.   
   2. When tossing we have to allow for (1.)   
   3. We should consider enforcing the 8.3 max. rule and not up the name size to    
   go to 11   
   chars as that is not compilying with the DOS standard.   
      
      
      
   Now all that said,  even with old versions of Windows and the latest OS    
   versions of dos   
   there is support for extended file names as FAT has been replaced for all.   
      
   The issue is will it break other systems and I suspect that it could.   
      
      
   1. Another possible upgrade is to go through all of the code base creating new    
   coding to   
   support access to the current Data bases where said code is called as required    
   to open,   
   close, read, write etc each DB (file).   
      
   2. Create same again but this time supporting a rdb - MySQL.   
      
   This is one of the reasons for (1) but the obvious is to upgrade any system    
   from flat   
   files to rdb.   
      
   Now with that done we can create a simple (or not) editor to edit/change etc    
   the file   
   descriptions database.   
      
   Next is to be able to produce extra stats during normal ops.   
      
   Make it easier to run multi copies of mbse on more than one platform - I do    
   find it   
   annoying to have to run rsync often to keep them in sync as I also have mbse    
   on a   
   Raspberry Pi3B+ and (at one point) a Mac Pro but will be selling it off on    
   Ebay soo as it   
   is not being used at all.   
   Also a Laptop or two is in the mix as well as my media system which is 24/7    
   just to record   
   on-air programming so it has more than enough space and can also have a    
   instance of mbse   
   the media stuff uses MySql already.   
      
   Hopefully this will start cutting down of systems in 24/7 ops and therefore    
   the Electricity   
   bill.   
      
   The Pi come on does a rsync then shuts down if needed just as a back up system    
   JIC.   
   It does have a 1Tb drive for boot and data etc.   
      
   Vince   
      
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