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|    Gamgee to Digital Man    |
|    Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .    |
|    14 Mar 25 20:31:17    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 57490.sync_sys@1:103/705 2c3af75c       REPLY: 57489.sync_sys@1:103/705 2c3ae861       PID: Synchronet 3.20e-Linux master/4f2886fce Mar 08 2025 GCC 14.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.23-Linux master/69f4a097d Mar 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: PALANTIR       CHRS: CP437 2       -=> Digital Man wrote to Dan Clough <=-               > > Just to be clear what I'm talking about, I'm saying the section header in        > > the freqit.ini file (as in: [ALLFILES]) does not work if it's all caps.        > > When it is lowercase it works as expected.        >        > > What I am *NOT* talking about is the file request netmail itself, on the        > > Subject line. That can be written: FR: ALLFILES ... or FR: allfiles ,        > > and either one works fine.        >        > > I welcome someone else trying this test and reporting results.               > DM> I understand. I'm just looking at the code (freqit_common.js) and I see        > DM> that it's using the Sync-JS global "wildmatch" function to do the magic        > DM> name and filename comparisons against the requested name and that        > DM> function (wildmatch, see https://www.synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html for        > DM> details) compares case-insensitively by default (the script author        > DM> would have had to pass "true" as the first argument to wildmatch() for        > DM> it to behave case-sensitively). So the intention of the script is for        > DM> it to be compare case-insensitively. If it's not, it could be a bug in        > DM> wildmatch() or perhaps in the script itself.               > Thank you for the reply, DM. I've looked at those various parts of the        > code, but am not a .js developer and don't know what I'm seeing. I do        > see several references to "fname.tolowercase" in the '../exec/freqit.js        > script and wonder if that is relevant.               DM> If you're using BinkIt, then you're not using freqit.js as BinkIT has        DM> the FreqIT functionality integrated into it. freqit.js is for enabling        DM> Synchronet file request service (responding to file requests) when        DM> *not* using BinkIT (e.g. using BinkD instead).              Ahhhh, yes indeed. I knew that but had forgotten. Okay, so *if* there        is a bug it may be in binkit.js or perhaps freqit_common.js. All I know        for sure is that it only works with lowercase for me, and for now at        least, that's OK. :-) Thanks again DM.                            ... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.       --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52        þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL        * 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: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 256 1124 467/888       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400 8912 5054/30 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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