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От : Rob Swindell 1:103/705 08 мар 24 12:13:17
К : Vitaliy Aksyonov 08 мар 24 23:14:01
Тема : Re: Synchronet config change
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Re: Re: Synchronet config change
By: Vitaliy Aksyonov to Rob Swindell on Thu Mar 07 2024 05:35 pm
> Hello Rob.
>
> 07 Mar 24 10:46, you wrote to me:
>
> >> Hello Rob.
> >>
> >> 06 Mar 24 12:05, you wrote to me:
> >>
> >> RS> I`m attempting a reply using GoldEd+ here.
> >>
> >> RS> One thing I noticed, the SBBS config points to the parent of
> >> the
> >> RS> Synchronet "control" directory rather than the ctrl directory
> >> itself
> >> RS> (which is normally represnted by the SBBSCTRL environment
> >> variable).
> >> RS> The control directory is not hard-coded to be "ctrl" anywhere,
> >> thought
> >> RS> that is the default/stock configuration that most sysops keep.
> >> I would
> >> RS> recommend that the GoldEd+ config file point to the path of
> >> the
> >> RS> Synchronet "control" directory and not its parent directory.
> >> Or read
> >> RS> this from the SBBSCRL env var.
> >>
> >> Currently you may use three different options for Synchronet
> >> AreaFile:
> >>
> >> 1) Path to Synchronet root. And then Golded would assume that
> >> config is is ctrl directory. 2) Path to Synchronet control
> >> directory. 3) Path to msgs.ini itself.
>
> RS> Only methods 2 and 3 there would be valid. There`s no real "Synchronet
> RS> root".
>
> I`m inclining to rework it and use only method 3, but read main.ini first,
> then mail.ini.
>
> >> And also GoldEd assumes that message bases located on the same
> >> level as control directory in "data/subs" directory.
>
> RS> That would be incorrect. Each message base can actually be located
> RS> anywhere (that`s what `data_dir` is used for - but it`s it`s blank,
> RS> then data/subs can be assumed, but the location of the `data`
> RS> directory is also configurable in the [dir] section of main.ini).
>
> You`re right. It does use data_dir if it`s available in message base config.
> I forgot to mention that. Only if it`s empty - it uses data/subs. I`ll
> rework this too.
>
> >> I didn`t invent that logic. Just added parsing ini in addition to
> >> cnf file.
> >>
> >> I`m happy to change the way it configured. But I`m not an expert in
> >> Synchronet design. Could you please describe how it may be
> >> configured?
>
> RS> SBBSCTRL (env var or other method of discovery) points to Synchronet
> RS> "control" directory (which could be named/located anywhere), where you
> RS> can find main.ini which in turn defines the relative path (from the
> RS> "control" directory) to the "data" directory.
>
> RS> Then parsing msgs.ini, each message area (sub) can have its own
> RS> "data_dir" defined (where to find the message base files themselves) -
> RS> if the data_dir isn`t defined, then the "subs" sub-directory of the
> RS> configured "data" directory is where the message base files are
> RS> expected to be found.
>
> Env var is not a good idea. Better to use path to main.ini. Am I right that
> all ini files shall be within control directory?
The SBBSCTRL env var is a method of locating the main.ini file to
begin with. that`s how most Synchronet utilities find it. Otherwise, you`ll
need store a path to it somewhere else (e.g. in a golded.cfg file, like
you do now).
> I used that file for reference when worked on this change. Thanks.
>
> Wait for the next patch which will make it even better. BTW, I found one
> issue in my change which will make it fail to read message bases in windows.
> That will be fixed too.
Nice! I only tested on Linux so far.
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