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   -=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-   
      
    DM>   Re: Re: Badareas.lst location   
    DM>   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.   
      
    DM> If a sysop had multiple sbbsecho config files and they all used the   
    DM> default badareas.lst file path (which seems unlikely), then the sysop   
    DM> would not need to type in a new value if/when importing that   
    DM> badareas.lst file into SCFG. I only mentioned the sbbsecho.ini file   
    DM> issue because it means that desired/expected behavior is that the bad   
    DM> area file path is pulled from that file automatically, but there's   
    DM> really no way for SCFG to know what sbbsecho config file path/filename   
    DM> that SBBSecho is *actually* using.   
      
   Okay, understood, thanks.   
      
    > 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?   
      
    DM> Yes.   
      
   Roger that.   
      
    > Or will it always go to ../data ?   
      
    DM> No, the path/filename set in sbbsecho.ini is what SBBSecho (or at least   
    DM> the instance that runs with that config file) will update/write when   
    DM> messages for bad area-tags are received.   
      
   Very good, thank you for the explanation/clarification.   
      
      
      
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