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     Re: Re: File Request question   
     By: Gamgee to Deuce on Wed Dec 24 2025 02:21 pm   
      
    >  De> Reading the wiki, the oddball way it's describing there, it's important   
    >  De> to note that the .req file is not being created in the outbound dir.   
    >   
    > I believe you, but don't know why that's important here.   
      
   Because wuth the REQ file in the outbound dir, it will get sent twice. ;)   
      
    >  De> The simplest way to do a FREQ is:   
    >  De> echo filenameiwant.foo >> /sbbs/ftn/outbound/0e32000c.req   
    >   
    > That's not super difficult, but not as easy as "FR:filename" in the   
    > subject line of a netmail, IMHO.   
      
   Ah, I had thought you were doing the manual method, not the Synchronet method   
   using SBBSEcho.   
      
    >  De> If you then want to force a callout:   
    >  De> touch /sbbs/ftn/outbound/0e32000c.dlo   
    >  De> (Or run binkit -l 1:3634/12)   
    >   
    > But wouldn't that just create an empty (0 byte) .dlo file which would   
    > not be pointing at the .req file?  Normally a .?lo file is a text   
    > listing of the actual filename/pkt/.?ut to be sent.  In this case the   
    > .dlo file wouldn't have that info.   
      
   Yes, the empty .flo file is a "flow file" that causes a callout as soon as   
   possible.   
      
   Packet files (.?ut) also do no show up in .?lo files since they trigger a   
   callout on their own.   
      
   REQ files are special in that they're transferred during connections but *do   
   not* trigger a callout, so to trigger a callout rather than just wait for the   
   next time you connect, you need to create a file that does trigger a callout.    
   That's what a zero-length .dlo file does.   
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