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  • Correct usage of DELFILES

    From Mindless Automaton@VERT/ELDRITCH to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion on Thu Dec 15 23:55:45 2016
    I have files that are still listing that do not actually exist on the harddrive anymore.

    If I do:

    DELFILES * /OFF

    I get:

    Directory code 'ACTIVEUSESERVICE.JS' not found. (which is the 1st file
    in /sbbs/exec where I am running DELFILES from)

    The wiki does not specify that I need to be in a specific directory when running the command. http://wiki.synchro.net/util:delfiles

    My thought would be to expect it to work similar to ADDFILES, which
    didn't care what folder I run from (ADDFILES - -s)

    Thanks!

    Mindless Automaton
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Mindless Automaton on Fri Dec 16 17:19:27 2016
    Re: Correct usage of DELFILES
    By: Mindless Automaton to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discussion on Thu Dec 15 2016 11:55 pm

    I have files that are still listing that do not actually exist on the harddrive anymore.

    If I do:

    DELFILES * /OFF

    I get:

    Directory code 'ACTIVEUSESERVICE.JS' not found. (which is the 1st file
    in /sbbs/exec where I am running DELFILES from)

    The wiki does not specify that I need to be in a specific directory when running the command. http://wiki.synchro.net/util:delfiles

    My thought would be to expect it to work similar to ADDFILES, which
    didn't care what folder I run from (ADDFILES - -s)

    If you're in a *nix shell (e.g. bash), the '*' will expand to all the files in your current working directory. Not what you want. So use the '-all' argument instead (e.g. "delfiles -all -off") or encluse the '*' in quotes.

    digital man

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