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     Re: Exporting and importing file descriptions   
     By: Diamond Dave to All on Sun Dec 15 2024 06:34 am   
      
    > Hello all!   
    >   
    > I'm trying to export file descriptions from an existing installed synchronet   
    > system and then import them into a newly installed Synchronet system.   
    >   
    > I know how to export and import the directory structure, but not the file   
    > name descriptions themselves.   
    >   
    > (And yes, I've looked on the Wiki, couldn't find anything!)   
      
   The filelist utility or filelist.js can be used to create a listfile (e..g.   
   FILES.BBS) that contains file descriptions suitable for import into another   
   BBS:   
   https://wiki.synchro.net/module:filelist   
      
   The addfiles utility or addfiles.js can import listfiles into a Synchronet   
   filebase. If all the files have DIZ in them (and those are the descriptions   
   you like/want), then you don't even need the listfile.   
      
   That said, if the existing BBS is Synchronet and the new BBS is Synchronet   
   it'd be better to just copy/move the filebase data files (from you sbbs   
   data/dirs diretory) - that way, you'd get *all* the file metadata (uploader,   
   date/time uploaded, download counts, date/time last downloaded, etc.), not   
   just the file descriptions. You just need the old and new directory "internal   
   codes" to be the same.   
      
   But then... why not just copy/move the library and directory configuration   
   files (e.g. ctrl/file.cnf, file.ini) from the old BBS to the new one? That   
   way, you know the internal codes (and everthing else) is setup exactly as you   
   had it before.   
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