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|    Digital Man to kk4qbn    |
|    file.ini issues    |
|    30 Jan 25 11:39:22    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 57289.sync_sys@1:103/705 2c01eb33       REPLY: 57288.sync_sys@1:103/705 2c018a81       PID: Synchronet 3.20c-Linux master/aa258686f Jan 25 2025 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Linux master/a8d818585 Jan 28 2025 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.105        Re: file.ini issues        By: kk4qbn to Digital Man on Thu Jan 30 2025 07:46 am               > Re: file.ini issues        > By: Digital Man to kk4qbn on Wed Jan 29 2025 16:51:42        >        > DM> Yeah, I'm curious what the corrupted/bad/truncated file.ini file        > DM> looks/looked like. The files are human readable, so you can use        > DM> standard text tools like diff if you wish. If it was caused by a bug in        > DM> SCFG, it would be triggered by making a change to any file        > DM> options/areas and saving        >        > I copied my file.ini over to file.bak, went into scfg and changed a file        > area name in my first file area, its hard for me to make heads or tails out        > of anything with diff, but the old file.bak filesize is 858674 and the new        > file.ini is 964001.              Use a tool like diff to compare them?               > dunno if that tells you anything but it seems like a        > fairly large difference for a 1 word change in the file area.              New fields have been added, so that's like all that is.               > But, I am not seeing the same issue I had so hopefully it was just a 1 off        > issue. sometimes shit just happens :-)              File system issue maybe? Are you low on disk space?       --         digital man (rob)              Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #63:       POP3 = Post Office Protocol version 3       Norco, CA WX: 53.4øF, 71.0% humidity, 2 mph NW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 103/13 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 153/757 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 154/30 110 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/110 114       SEEN-BY: 229/206 317 400 426 428 470 550 700 705 240/1120 5832 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 5006 291/111 292/8125 301/1 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 467/888 633/267       SEEN-BY: 633/280 281 384 410 418 420 2744 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400       SEEN-BY: 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 280/464 633/280 229/426           |
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