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    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to All on Fri Dec 29 09:25:00 2023
    I've been running my BBS out of the same c:\sbbs\ folder since 2005. I'm wondering what the best way of identifying orphan files and cleaning up
    my install would be.



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 29 12:30:20 2023
    Re: SBBS Cleanup
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Fri Dec 29 2023 09:25 am

    I've been running my BBS out of the same c:\sbbs\ folder since 2005. I'm wondering what the best way of identifying orphan files and cleaning up
    my install would be.




    yeah really. there's a lot of .cfg and .ini files that i'm not sure
    how to deal with. would be nice to have a script to clean it up and marry
    them into the current configuration
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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 29 16:52:00 2023
    On 29 Dec 2023, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

    I've been running my BBS out of the same c:\sbbs\ folder since 2005. I'm wondering what the best way of identifying orphan files and cleaning up
    my install would be.

    from the looks of it you might be able to turn on the 'last accessed'
    timestamp in NTFS and just run Sync and see if it gets updated or not
    after a bit.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 29 15:45:00 2023
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

    I've been running my BBS out of the same c:\sbbs\ folder since
    2005. I'm wondering what the best way of identifying orphan files
    and cleaning up my install would be.

    I'd suggest doing a fresh install of the latest development version on a
    "test box". Then just compare the various directory contents of that
    one to your existing old install.

    Also keep in mind that there are many changes to some of the files which
    will be in both installations, such as 'modopts.ini'. Those should
    probably be carefully compared to see if any of the additions in the new
    one are needed (or wanted).



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  • From Digital Man@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 29 16:00:25 2023
    Re: SBBS Cleanup
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Fri Dec 29 2023 09:25 am

    I've been running my BBS out of the same c:\sbbs\ folder since 2005. I'm wondering what the best way of identifying orphan files and cleaning up
    my install would be.

    Just a head's up that this sub isn't intended for Synchronet discussion/support, we have other subs for that.

    That said, the documentation (e.g. https://wiki.synchro.net/history:newcfgfiles) helps to identify what files are orphans.

    I'm conservative about removing old files since that prevents an easy revert to an older version of SBBS, should that be desired.
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