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     Re: Re: Badareas.lst location   
     By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Thu Sep 25 2025 01:51 pm   
      
    >  DM> Yes in theory, SCFG could read the sbbsecho.ini file to find whatever   
    >  DM> path/filename the sysop chose to name that file. However, a sysop can   
    >  DM> create/use multiple sbbsecho configuration files (they don't have to be   
    >  DM> ctrl/sbbsecho.ini), so SCFG wouldn't magically know how to find any   
    >  DM> other non-default SBBSecho config files.   
    >   
    > That seems a pretty niche use-case - I'd guess that VERY few sysops are   
    > using multiple sbbsecho.ini files.  If somebody *was*, then yes I could   
    > see how they might need to type in a new value in the input dialog to   
    > import that badareas.lst into SCFG.  But for the other 99% ...?  To be   
    > fair - I see ZERO reason to change it from the default location anyway.   
      
   If a sysop had multiple sbbsecho config files and they all used the default   
   badareas.lst file path (which seems unlikely), then the sysop would not need   
   to type in a new value if/when importing that badareas.lst file into SCFG. I   
   only mentioned the sbbsecho.ini file issue because it means that   
   desired/expected behavior is that the bad area file path is pulled from that   
   file automatically, but there's really no way for SCFG to know what sbbsecho   
   config file path/filename that SBBSecho is *actually* using.   
      
      
    > I guess my question then is - does the location specified in   
    > sbbsecho.ini for the badareas.lst file actually make that file get   
    > created/updated in the location specified?   
      
   Yes.   
      
    > Or will it always go to ../data ?   
      
   No, the path/filename set in sbbsecho.ini is what SBBSecho (or at least the   
   instance that runs with that config file) will update/write when messages for   
   bad area-tags are received.   
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