open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/202

I want to use filelist to generate a "News files" bulletin

I think the addition of these two functionalities can be useful:

1) Use -hdr with -new XX show the header of another directories that do not have newest files:

```
Main Nets Files: 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Doors Kits Files: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main DOS Games Files: 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main BBS Files: 41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIMPRO29.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem Pro (PAMPA) V2.9 [1/1] A new full BImodem.com-comp
BIMPRO31.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.1: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
BIMPRO33.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.3: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
BIMPRO35.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.5: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
BIMPRO36.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.6: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
BIMPRO40.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v4.0: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
llist129.zip 07/01/21 LiSTADO OFiCiAL DE BBS's DE LA REPUBLiCA ARGENTiNA. 27 May
llist143.zip 07/01/21 24 Oct. 1998 143
locol109.zip 07/01/21 24 Abr. 109 1996 El LoCo
PAMPA35.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.5: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
PAMPA41A.ARJ 13/01/21 PAMPA v4.1a. (C) Ariel Lipzig A new BImodem-compatible pro

Main Assembler Files: 152 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main DOS Graficos Files: 160 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main DOS Sonido Files: 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Sunrise DOORS Files: 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Fidonet Files: 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fido_Stu.ff. 14/01/21 Fido_Stuff.zip

Main Win Varios Files: 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main WG Warez Files: 852 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Basurero de archivos Files: 146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

```

I wish that those areas did not show them. Maybe add another opt line "show only headers for areas with news files"

Should be:

```
Main BBS Files: 41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIMPRO29.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem Pro (PAMPA) V2.9 [1/1] A new full BImodem.com-comp
BIMPRO31.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.1: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
BIMPRO33.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.3: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
BIMPRO35.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.5: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
BIMPRO36.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.6: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
BIMPRO40.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v4.0: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
llist129.zip 07/01/21 LiSTADO OFiCiAL DE BBS's DE LA REPUBLiCA ARGENTiNA. 27 May
llist143.zip 07/01/21 24 Oct. 1998 143
locol109.zip 07/01/21 24 Abr. 109 1996 El LoCo
PAMPA35.ZIP 13/01/21 BImodem PRO (PAMPA) v3.5: A new full BImodem.com-compatibl
PAMPA41A.ARJ 13/01/21 PAMPA v4.1a. (C) Ariel Lipzig A new BImodem-compatible pro

Main Fidonet Files: 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fido_Stu.ff. 14/01/21 Fido_Stuff.zip

```

2) Set the ARS level access that run filelist, example:

-ars "LEVEL 10"

then, this show the areas that have permision for LEVEL 10 or less.

This helps to avoid having to put a large list of "-not" included areas

thanks!

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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/202#note_1300

In Synchronet v3.19, there will be a JavaScript filelist utility script either in addition to or instead-of the old "filelist" utility. Enhancements such as this will be much easier to make to the JavaScript utility script.

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Rob Swindell wrote to GitLab note in main/sbbs <=-

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/202#note_1300

In Synchronet v3.19, there will be a JavaScript filelist utility script either in addition to or instead-of the old "filelist" utility. Enhancements such as this will be much easier to make to the JavaScript utility script.

<snark>

I'd rather see TEXT.DAT re-written in JSON. Or XML. Or EBCDIC. Can we put
this to a vote? :)

</snark>



... Dear Esteemed Colleagues (And Steve);
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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/202#note_2016

The filelist.js -hdr option already works as you have described here.

The second request is not feasible (You can't use ARS to define a user). I think another potential solution would be to allow jsexec to "run as" a user number, then just specify the number with the security settings you want.

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close https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/202

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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/202#note_2017

Yes, run as can be good feature You can run script with differents security context

this only lists these libraries that user have access:
```
jsexec -u ragnarok filelist.js
jsexec -u 1 filelist.js
```
Also, another approcach can be set the ARS for script ex:
```
jsexec -ars "LEVEL 40" fielist.js
```
This should show only libraries level 40 has access to.

I don't know if it can be useful for other modules, but it can be useful for filelist.js

Saludos!

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