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Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all the files? If not is there a way to get hem to re build?


Thanks
RickV


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Re: Messagebase question
By: RickV to All on Tue Sep 02 2025 01:18 pm

Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all the files? If not is there a way to get hem to re build?

Yes, if you run "scfg -a".
https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg#command-line
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Re: Messagebase question
By: Digital Man to RickV on Tue Sep 02 2025 04:05 pm

Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all the If not is there a way to get hem to re build?

Yes, if you run "scfg -a". https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg#command-line

So I tried this and it did not create new message base files.

RickV

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Re: Messagebase question
By: Richard Vonzel to Digital Man on Mon Oct 13 2025 11:44 am

Re: Messagebase question
By: Digital Man to RickV on Tue Sep 02 2025 04:05 pm

Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all the If not is there a way to get hem to re build?

Yes, if you run "scfg -a". https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg#command-line

So I tried this and it did not create new message base files.

Use the -f option too (i.e. 'scfg -a -f'):

-f force save of configuration files
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Re: Messagebase question
By: Richard Vonzel to Digital Man on Mon Oct 13 2025 11:44 am

Re: Messagebase question
By: Digital Man to RickV on Tue Sep 02 2025 04:05 pm

Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all t If not is there a way to get hem to re build?

Yes, if you run "scfg -a". https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg#command-line

So I tried this and it did not create new message base files.

just restore a backup or dump some files in from a new install.
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22 May 71 11:58, you wrote to Richard Vonzel:

Re: Messagebase question
By: Richard Vonzel to Digital Man on Mon Oct 13 2025 11:44 am

Re: Messagebase question
By: Digital Man to RickV on Tue Sep 02 2025 04:05 pm

Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you

delete all t

If not is there a way to get hem to re build?

Yes, if you run "scfg -a".
https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg#command-line

So I tried this and it did not create new message base files.

just restore a backup or dump some files in from a new install.
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In this case no that won't work. I was have some trouble with miss configuration, so I deleted all the message areas and files, and re created the areas. The re built the files with scfg -f -a, worked great. Then just sent rescans to my feeds to re capture all the messages. BOOM! back up.

RickV


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Re: Messagebase question
By: RickV to MRO on Tue Oct 14 2025 11:18 am

files.

just restore a backup or dump some files in from a new install.
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In this case no that won't work. I was have some trouble
with miss configuration, so I deleted all the message areas
and files, and re created the areas. The re built the files
with scfg -f -a, worked great. Then just sent rescans to my
feeds to re capture all the messages. BOOM! back up.

scfg creates rolling backups in that directory.
make sure you write a script to do weekly backups and upload it to some external source so you wont end up like a stupid sysop who 'lost everything
in a crash'.
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