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Can anyone help me connect fileareas to a FTN?

I've imported a .na file to create the areas. I've also modified tickit.ini like this:

[FSXNET_FSX_NODE]
Dir=fsxnet_fsx_node
Links=21:3/100

And I've created events for tickit.js and tickfix.js

I just don't know the last steps to hook it up. Something needs to call those events, but even then if I run the files manually nothing is happening.
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Re: File Areas on FTN
By: Michael Long to alt.bbs.synchronet on Tue Oct 20 2020 06:41 am

Can anyone help me connect fileareas to a FTN?
I've imported a .na file to create the areas. I've also modified tickit.ini like this:

[FSXNET_FSX_NODE]
Dir=fsxnet_fsx_node
Links

I used tickitcfg.js which runs some menus to create that .ini file for you.

And I've created events for tickit.js and tickfix.js

I only needed to make one timed event for Tickit. BinkD seems to also call TickIt automatically when there is something to process. This seems to work for incoming files at least. I haven't tried sending any files out.

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And I've created events for tickit.js and tickfix.js

I just don't know the last steps to hook it up. Something needs to call those ents, but even then if I run the files manually nothing is happening.

Not positive, but I think you have to receive the files from your hub
before the events will run?


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Re: File Areas on FTN
By: Dumas Walker to MICHAEL LONG on Wed Oct 21 2020 03:10 pm

I'm making progress...tickit now moves the files into the proper dirs in the /data dir. The problem I have now is the files don't show on the BBS...it still shows 0 under the file area. Is there a step I am missing?

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Re: File Areas on FTN
By: mlong to Dumas Walker on Thu Oct 22 2020 12:39:58

Re: File Areas on FTN
By: Dumas Walker to MICHAEL LONG on Wed Oct 21 2020 03:10 pm

I'm making progress...tickit now moves the files into the proper dirs in the /data dir. The problem I have now is the files don't show on the BBS...it still shows 0 under the file area. Is there a step I am missing?

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Its fixed, I ran init-ticket.js and then restarted synchronet and ran tickit.js manually and now it seems to call addfiles OK

Thanks for the help

digitalman - the wiki http://wiki.synchro.net/module:tickit could use a little info about init-ticket.js

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Re: File Areas on FTN
By: mlong to Gallaxial on Thu Oct 22 2020 09:59 pm

Its fixed, I ran init-ticket.js and then restarted synchronet and ran tickit.js manually and now it seems to call addfiles OK

Thanks for the help

digitalman - the wiki http://wiki.synchro.net/module:tickit could use a little info about init-ticket.js

init-tickit.js isn't normally needed or used.
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Re: File Areas on FTN
By: Digital Man to mlong on Thu Oct 22 2020 10:38 pm

init-tickit.js isn't normally needed or used.

Ok what is the preferred way to the add the hundreds of fido filebone areas? I know you can manually enter each one into tickit.ini or use the tickitcfg to enter each one individually, but I couldn't find any other way to add them all automatically?

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I'm making progress...tickit now moves the files into the proper dirs in the /d
ta dir. The problem I have now is the files don't show on the BBS...it still sh
ws 0 under the file area. Is there a step I am missing?

tickit or tickfix (one or the other) are supposed to call a utility that
adds the files it tosses to the file listings for the area that you toss
into. I think that utility is called addfiles, maybe? It works here
without me having to include any extra command line parms for the events.

However, I think you do need to make sure to have the file echo set up in tickit.ini so that it is tossing to a file area Dir="name in SCFG" and not a file area path for it to work. Example:

[NODELIST]
Dir=NODELIST
Links=1:2/3

[NODEDIFF]
Path=/sbbs/dirs/NODELIST
Links=1:2/3

I think in this example the NODELIST files will get added to the file
listings for that directory, while the NODEDIFF may not.


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Re: File Areas on FTN
By: mlong to Digital Man on Fri Oct 23 2020 09:37 am

Re: File Areas on FTN
By: Digital Man to mlong on Thu Oct 22 2020 10:38 pm

init-tickit.js isn't normally needed or used.

Ok what is the preferred way to the add the hundreds of fido filebone areas?

I guess I'll let those that actually use TickIT answer that, as I don't.

I know you can manually enter each one into tickit.ini or use the tickitcfg to enter each one individually, but I couldn't find any other way to add them all automatically?

The init-tickit.js doesn't really do it automatically as it requires/reads the init-tickit.ini which doesn't necessarily have all the fido filebone areas in it.

If I were using TickIT, and I guess at some point I should, just as a test, I would import the filebone list (e.g. filegate.zxx) into a new library in SCFG->File Areas and then I'd either export the directories to the tickit.ini (e.g. using exportcfg.js) or perhaps come up with something more automated where each area doesn't actually have to be listed in the tickit.ini file if it just uses the default settings.
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