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   Hello Nightfox!   
      
   20 Mar 71 08:29, you wrote to me:   
      
    Ni>   Re: Migrate question   
    Ni>   By: RickV to All on Thu Sep 04 2025 10:19 am   
      
    Ri>> After reviewing the wiki on migrating Synchronet, I removed and   
    Ri>> did a fresh install on my Linux Mint VM. After the install I set   
    Ri>> it up slightly with scfg. I then copied my data, ctrl, node*,   
    Ri>> text, mods,and xtrn directories. After that when I ran scfg   
    Ri>> again, nothing was updated, everything was the way it was before   
    Ri>> I copied the directories. Am I missing something, why is   
    Ri>> Synchronet not reading the newer files?   
      
    Ni> What do you mean about setting it up "slightly"?   
    Ni> I migrated my Synchronet BBS from Windows to Linux a few years ago   
    Ni> (also with Linux Mint), and I actually found it fairly smooth.  I   
    Ni> didn't do any pre-setup with SCFG; I simply copied my Synchronet   
    Ni> directory tree over to my Linux setup.  I made sure I set the needed   
    Ni> environment variables (I set SBBSROOT, SBBSCTRL, and SBBSEXEC), and   
    Ni> Synchronet was able to find its configuration & everything. In SCFG, I   
    Ni> just had to change the command lines for the doors & such (for   
    Ni> instance, not running .bat files & such), changed paths to ensure they   
    Ni> were correct, etc.   
      
    Ni> Nightfox   
      
   Did you already have a install of SBBS on your Linux? If you did, did you just   
   copy your Windows SBBS directory over to and on top of the Linux setup?   
      
   Thanks,   
   RickV   
      
      
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