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     Re: Upgrades and cruft...   
     By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sat Feb 07 2026 01:19 pm   
      
    > Every couple of months, I take my BBS offline, download the SBBS_RUN.ZIP   
    > and SBBS_DEV.ZIP files from Vert, and copy over my "live" exec, web and   
    > xtrn folders. Run a jsexec update. Outside of a tweak or two, it works   
    > like a charm.   
    >   
    > This time, all looked good, but then sbbs_ctrl died with no error. Just,   
    > Poof! Tried a couple of times, no go.   
    >   
    > I put my old EXEC directory back, everything worked just fine.   
    >   
    > On a lark, I tried copying the vanilla, newly downloaded EXEC folder   
    > back into my SBBS folder, and it worked.   
    >   
    > I've copied the old SBBS folder from system to system since 2004.   
    > There's been quite a bit of cruft along the way - the old folder has   
    > 1,221 files, the new version has 613!   
      
   It sounds like a DLL/EXE version mismatch. Usually sbbsctrl will at least play   
   some tones if it detects a critical mismatch like that, but it can't always.   
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