Hello, I have a lot of file areas with long file names.
for me synchronet is just displaying the 8 char data code when i log into ftp.
i'd like to have it show the actual directory name.
I need that long file name of the directory instead of some truncated list
is there some type of trick i can use so i can get past this limitation?
right now i have multiple dirs showing up in my listings because the dir code is the same after importation.
can i use an alias?
is there some type of trick i can use so i can get past this limitation?
Not currently.
I can add an additional "virtual directory name" field (per directory) that could be used for that purpose. You'd likely need to do a lot of copy/pasting or typing to get that field populated how you like (for each directory) though.
Or would you just prefer an option to just use the
already-configured short or long directory name *as* the virtual directory name in place of the internal code (as is done now)?
it would also be good to make a virtual dir on the ftp server where it shows the directory for the users and the sub dirs.
MRO wrote to Digital Man <=-
Re: ftp server
i just imported a bunch of dirs and it made a huge mess because
of the dir codes. the filename 8.3 limit prevented a decent
import
Re: ftp server
By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jun 14 2022 09:38 pm
it would also be good to make a virtual dir on the ftp server where it shows the directory for the users and the sub dirs.
i want to make an alias:
bbsfiles c:\bbsfiles
And have it show up on the ftp file listings with all the sub dirs
Maybe have attributes for uploading and downloading and other ARS?
bbsfiles c:\bbsfiles ULs255 DLs50 -S
something similar to this where it allows uploads from s255 but only downloads from s50
-S = subdirs
Instead, just create a "bbsfiles" file library in SCFG with the parent directory of "c:\bbsfiles" and then set "Access to Sub-directories" to "Yes". That will automatically make all the sub-directories of c:\bbsfiles
i have to manually add all file areas or do an importand manually change each dir code so i can have a unique code. when i do this, on the ftp server people just see descriptions they cant understand.
Re: ftp server
By: MRO to Digital Man on Thu Jun 16 2022 05:37 am
i have to manually add all file areas or do an importand manually change each dir code so i can have a unique code. when i do this, on the ftp server people just see descriptions they cant understand.
And 2 days ago I committed that change you requested to allow the sysop (you) to use each dir's long or short name as the virtual sub-directory name instead of the code suffix. Did you not notice?
Re: ftp server
By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Jun 16 2022 09:32 am
Re: ftp server
By: MRO to Digital Man on Thu Jun 16 2022 05:37 am
i have to manually add all file areas or do an importand manually change each dir code so i can have a unique code. when i do this, on the ftp server people just see descriptions they cant understand.
And 2 days ago I committed that change you requested to allow the sysop (you) to use each dir's long or short name as the virtual sub-directory name instead of the code suffix. Did you not notice?
that's good. i saw it but i didnt really read it. i work 2 jobs, so didn't have time to really look into it. I was just talking about the problems i was having when i first posted.
Yeah, that "Access to Sub-directories" option is experimental and I don't think anyone is really using it. I just noticed that the virtual sub-directory name is not initialized/set when using that method, so that's something that broke since the v3.19b release. I'll play with that option some more with lots of similarly named sub-directories > 8 chars in length and see how best to make that work well.
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