If I want to add the various files I download from elsewhere to the file
areas on the BBS, is it as simple as moving them to the File Areas?

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On 05 Feb 2021 at 04:00p, Barmed pondered and said...

If I want to add the various files I download from elsewhere to the file areas on the BBS, is it as simple as moving them to the File Areas?

within the bbs you can use a mass upload option from the sysop menu once you drop them into the dirs on the HDD

There's also a similar tool in MUTIL :)

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Re: Adding Files to File areas
By: Barmed to All on Fri Feb 05 2021 04:00 pm

If I want to add the various files I download from elsewhere to the file areas on the BBS, is it as simple as moving them to the File Areas?

You can use mutil or a mass upload on the BBS.

You can mass upload files that don't exist in your database if the files are in the directories. If those files have a file_id.diz the descriptions will be imported from them, it's sweet.

If those files don't have a file_id.diz you can import files and descriptions with mutil using Import_FILES.BBS (if you have files.bbs with those files).

Ttyl :-),
Al

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If I want to add the various files I download from elsewhere to the file areas on the BBS, is it as simple as moving them to the File Areas?

After you put them in the appropriate folders you need to log-on to the BBS
and do a sysop upload ("Mass Upload")

You need a menu command like this:

(F1) Mass Upload

Mystic comes prepackaged with this command but I can't remember the generic hotkey for it - look at your file menu in your menu editor first so you'll
know what the hotkey is.

Then after you log in as a sysop & execute that command, Mystic will process your upload and/or import file_id.diz (if applicable.)

(Then the file will appear in your file area)

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On 06 Feb 2021, Avon said the following...

If I want to add the various files I download from elsewhere to the f areas on the BBS, is it as simple as moving them to the File Areas?

within the bbs you can use a mass upload option from the sysop menu once you drop them into the dirs on the HDD

There's also a similar tool in MUTIL :)

Thanks. I was wondering why I wasn't getting any choices to select using mass upload.

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On 05 Feb 2021, Al said the following...

If I want to add the various files I download from elsewhere to the f areas on the BBS, is it as simple as moving them to the File Areas?

You can use mutil or a mass upload on the BBS.

You can mass upload files that don't exist in your database if the files are in

the directories. If those files have a file_id.diz the descriptions will be imported from them, it's sweet.
If those files don't have a file_id.diz you can import files and descriptions with mutil using Import_FILES.BBS (if you have files.bbs
with those files).

Thanks.

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If I want to add the various files I download from elsewhere to the file areas on the BBS, is it as simple as moving them to the File Areas?

My workflow if I'm just adding weekly downloads of mine that I want to add;

scp files from my local laptop to the bbs:
scp ~/Downloads/uploads/* user@bbs.box.com:~/mystic/files/uploads

Then I do a '/U' mass upload in my Uploads file area.

From there I 'V'view and 'M'move them to their correct bases.


If its a bigger job, I use mutil to upload many directories at once... sometimes pulling in 00INDEX files for descriptions. Info on mystic wiki or in mutil.ini... :P



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On 05 Feb 2021, Shitty said the following...

If I want to add the various files I download from elsewhere to the f areas on the BBS, is it as simple as moving them to the File Areas?

After you put them in the appropriate folders you need to log-on to the BBS and do a sysop upload ("Mass Upload")

Got it. So moving the zip files into the temp directories I opened them into while I read the docs just made it slightly more difficult for myself.

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On 06 Feb 2021, paulie420 said the following...

My workflow if I'm just adding weekly downloads of mine that I want to add;

scp files from my local laptop to the bbs:
scp ~/Downloads/uploads/* user@bbs.box.com:~/mystic/files/uploads

Then I do a '/U' mass upload in my Uploads file area.

From there I 'V'view and 'M'move them to their correct bases.

If its a bigger job, I use mutil to upload many directories at once... sometimes pulling in 00INDEX files for descriptions. Info on mystic wiki or in mutil.ini... :P

Do you set those up like automatic events?

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If its a bigger job, I use mutil to upload many directories at once.. sometimes pulling in 00INDEX files for descriptions. Info on mystic w or in mutil.ini... :P

Do you set those up like automatic events?

Not really, Barmed... but like.. I was installing a bunch of old BBS/Shareware/Etc CD-Roms from back in the day, and a lot of the ZIP files didn't have FILE_ID.DIZ for Mystic to automagically import the descriptions... in that case, a lot of old collections used 00INDEX files or FILES.BBS or... a few other formats; these are text files with a big list of all the files in a directory; and you can setup Mystic's mutil tool to import that file and give all the files you added a description.

There is info about doing so on the Mystic Wiki... its sometimes a b**ch to setup, but the option IS there if you're adding TONS of stuff.

Really, I add files kinda in a way that ISN'T automatic... but feels right to me. I get in the zone and go on robot mode, the keypresses become a routine and... I should probably figure out smarter ways to import stuff. BUT it works for me. :P



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On 07 Feb 2021, paulie420 said the following...

Do you set those up like automatic events?

Not really, Barmed... but like.. I was installing a bunch of old BBS/Shareware/Etc CD-Roms from back in the day, and a lot of the ZIP
files didn't have FILE_ID.DIZ for Mystic to automagically import the descriptions... in that case, a lot of old collections used 00INDEX
files or FILES.BBS or... a few other formats; these are text files with
a big list of all the files in a directory; and you can setup Mystic's mutil tool to import that file and give all the files you added a description.

There is info about doing so on the Mystic Wiki... its sometimes a b**ch to setup, but the option IS there if you're adding TONS of stuff.
Really, I add files kinda in a way that ISN'T automatic... but feels
right to me. I get in the zone and go on robot mode, the keypresses
become a routine and... I should probably figure out smarter ways to import stuff. BUT it works for me. :P

I don't anticipate having a lot of files to upload, I just look at automated solutions because I manage to do a LOT of typos. but as I'm only looking at a dozen files, that seems harmless enough.

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