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|    Vincent Coen to Alan Ianson    |
|    REPLACE keyword - continued    |
|    21 Nov 20 19:02:25    |
      REPLY: 1:153/757 5fb86ba2       MSGID: 2:250/1@fidonet 5fb96530       CHRS: UTF-8 2       TZUTC: 0000       TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.7.17 (GNU/Linux-x86_64)       Hello Alan!              Friday November 20 2020 17:17, you wrote to me:               > Hello Vincent,               VC>> It is a bug that if a file comes in for tic processing that has a        VC>> REPLACE keyword without any files matching the keyword then mbse        VC>> will delete the incoming file after processing (i.e., downlinks        VC>> and any magic processing.               > I don't think it is generally. I have a point that was down for a time        > and each week there was a new nodelist that replaced the old one and        > MBSE removed undelivered tics that were associated with replaced        > nodelists for that point.               > That's a good thing at least in this case.              Quite, but the scenario I mentioned is a more important problem but in a       limited manner.              The solution is simple if it applies to any one by going to the correct file       directory (bbs) running touch on an old file name.extention i.e., touch       nodelist.z11              Then import it in to the system for the specific file area.              Then double check that the file files.bbs is created or updated with the file       added.                     Just a pain to remember.                     Vincent              --- Mageia Linux v7.1 X64/Mbse v1.0.7.17/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 25/0 21 90/1 105/81 114/705 120/340 123/120       SEEN-BY: 123/131 226/30 227/114 229/101 275 424 426 452 550 664 1016       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 250/0 1 2 4 5 8 32 261/38 263/0       SEEN-BY: 292/854 298/25 305/3 317/3 322/757 342/200 633/280       PATH: 250/1 8 317/3 229/426           |
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