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<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
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<META name="copyright" lang="en" content="Copyright Michiel Broek">
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<META name="description" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS Manual">
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<TITLE>MBSE BBS Programs - mbfile - File database maintenance program.</TITLE>
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<h5>Last update 22-Oct-2001</h5>
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<H1>mbfile - File database maintenance program.</H1>
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<H3>Synopsys.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbfile</strong> [commands] <options></code>
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<H3>Description.</H3>
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<strong>mbfile</strong>
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is the filedatabase maintenance program for mbsebbs. In order to run mbfile you
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must have started <strong>mbsed</strong>,
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this is the deamon which controls all bbs activities.
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The main purpose of <strong>mbfile</strong>
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to do automatic maintenance on the downloadable files on the bbs, such as
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removing or moving old files, checking the database and packing the database.
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The best way to do the maintenance is to run <strong>mbfile</strong>
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from the crontab. example:
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<P><pre>
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30 05 * * * export MBSE_ROOT=/opt/mbse; /opt/mbse/bin/mbfile kill pack check index -quiet
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<H3>Environment.</H3>
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In order to run the bbs you need to set one global environment variable
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<strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong>
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This variable must point to the root of the bbs directoy structure. The
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main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong>
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must exist in the subdirectory ~/etc.
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<H3>Commands.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbfile</strong> check</code>
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Check the database integrity. All files in the filedatabase must exist on
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disk and all files on disk must exist in the filedatabase. There are some
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exceptions, files.bbs, files.bak, 00index, index*.html, header, readme and
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files that start with a dot.
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Of all files the date and time is checked, the size and the crc
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value of the file. If there is something wrong, the error is corrected or the
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file is removed. If the area is a CD-rom area, the check that files on disk
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must exist in the filedatabase is skipped.
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<code><strong>mbfile</strong> index</code>
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Create fast filerequest index for the <strong>mbcico</strong> filerequest
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processor.
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<code><strong>mbfile</strong> kill</code>
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Delete or move files in areas that have the <strong>download age</strong>
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set or the <strong>filedate age</strong> set. A setting of 0 is ignored.
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Areas on CD-rom are always skipped.
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If the Move to Area option is set the files are moved to the given area. The
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upload date and download date are reset to the current date and time.
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So if you set in the destination area aging of 14 days, files will stay
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there for 14 days after the move. This is good for automatic "last chance" areas.
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<code><strong>mbfile</strong> list</code>
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List all defined file areas, the number of files, the total size of the files
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and the primary group.
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<code><strong>mbfile</strong> pack</code>
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This command will actualy remove the records of files that are marked for
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deletion. If the file is still on disk, it will be removed also. So when
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you delete files with mbsetup, they are still in your database and on disk
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until you run <strong>mbfile pack</strong>.
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<H3>Options.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbfile</strong> [command] -quiet</code>
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Quiet mode, no screen output. Use this switch if you run <strong>mbfile</strong> from the crontab.
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