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  • mods/text/answer.msg not being read instead sbbs loads text/answer.msg

    From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Sun Apr 27 10:47:45 2025
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918

    According to https://wiki.synchro.net/dir:mods mods/text should take precedence when a file exists in both text/ and mods/text/ however answer.msg is being read from text/ with the mods/text/ version being ignored.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sun Apr 27 18:01:26 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7152

    Works for me:
    ```
    /sbbs/mods/text $ ll
    total 4
    -rwxrwxrwx 1 sbbs sbbs 16 Apr 27 17:59 answer.msg
    ```
    And connecting:
    ```
    Synchronet BBS for Win32 Version 3.21 Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell
    This answer.msg

    Enter User Name or Number or 'New' or 'Guest'
    Login:
    ```
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Apr 28 13:47:10 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7155

    Do you just have one answer.msg in that test, or do you have one in /sbbs/text/ too?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Apr 28 14:08:30 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7156

    In that test, I still have the sbbs/text/answer.msg too.
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Apr 28 14:26:18 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7157

    Were the files different, so that you can see which one was loaded?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Apr 28 14:26:57 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7158

    Yes.
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Apr 28 14:35:54 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7159

    Could there be any difference between Windows & Linux?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Apr 28 14:58:55 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7160

    I tested this feature on both Windows and Linux. Maybe you're not running the latest and greatest code/build?
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Apr 29 16:19:29 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7162

    Last code update and recompile was on Sunday 27th, should I update again?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Apr 29 21:26:55 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7163

    No, that has the Feature in it. Is this on Windows or Linux?
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wed Apr 30 13:23:05 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7165

    Linux
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wed Apr 30 13:43:56 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7166

    And you're creating the file as all lowercase "answer.msg"? in the sbbs/mods/text directory, all lowercase? What if you create sbbs/mods/text/answer.asc or answer.ans instead - any difference?

    What answer.* files exist in your sbbs/text directory?

    I don't really have any theories. Hopefully someone else can chime in with "it works" or "it doesn't work" for them as well.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wed Apr 30 13:56:39 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7167

    Other follow-up questions: Do other files in your mods directory work as expected? What about the mods/text/menu directory - if you create a file there, does it take precedence over the sbbs/text/menu directory?

    You have SCFG->System->Advanced->Mods Directory set to "../mods/" (the default)?
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat May 3 16:11:07 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7182

    [sbbs@lr08 text]$ pwd
    /opt/sbbs/mods/text
    [sbbs@lr08 text]$ ll
    total 24
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 sbbs sbbs 8 May 4 00:09 answer.ans
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 sbbs sbbs 8 May 4 00:09 answer.asc
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 sbbs sbbs 8 May 4 00:09 answer.msg
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 sbbs sbbs 502 Apr 27 16:26 answer.msg.OLD
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 sbbs sbbs 579 Aug 19 2021 magnum.ans
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 sbbs sbbs 545 Mar 8 2021 magnum.asc

    No difference - still loads the version in /sbbs/text/
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat May 3 16:12:42 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7183

    I dont have a /mods/text/menu/ directory - I wasn't planning on changing menu files yet. Is this required to use /mods/text/ only?

    Re Mods directory - yes set to ../mods/ (the default)
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat May 3 16:16:11 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7184

    I asked you what answer.* files exist in your sbbs/text directory. You pasted a directly listing from your mods/text directory.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat May 3 16:16:58 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7185

    No. But it might be a good experiment (to create the mods/text/menu directory and create a file there to see if it works).
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat May 3 16:20:55 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7186

    Oops sorry.

    [sbbs@lr08 text]$ pwd
    /opt/sbbs/text
    [sbbs@lr08 text]$ ll |grep answer
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 sbbs sbbs 489 Apr 27 16:44 answer.msg
    -rw-r--r--. 1 sbbs sbbs 489 Apr 27 14:25 answer.msg.ORIG
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  • From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sat May 3 16:22:13 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918#note_7187

    Ah - now I've created a /sbbs/mods/text/menu/ it now displays the file in /sbbs/mods/text/
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Sat May 3 16:51:02 2025
    close https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/918
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