open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/888

Can't get FreqIT to send a file back when I netmail to the system (running latest SBBS on Linux as of March 10, 2025). I'm requesting the file with a netmail, with "FR: ALLFILES" as the subject line. My freqit.ini file has a Magic word defined for ALLFILES, and the file exists in the specified location. My logs show the .req file(s) arriving, and then they are immediately deleted and nothing gets sent back. Digitalman suggested I add a logging line to binkit.js to see if the .req is being recognized. I did that and see in my logs that a .req was received, and the next thing that should happen is that the function "handle_freq" is called. But it seems that that function (at line 463 in the current binkit.js) is not working correctly, or at all, because no file gets sent out, and no other error messages are logged. Thank you.

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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/888#note_6763

I have figured this out and will close the issue. Apparently the magic name defined in ../ctrl/freqit.ini (as in [ALLFILES]) must be in lowercase. I had it in all CAPS and when I changed it to lowercase things work as expected. Ugh.

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close https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/888

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On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:06:07 -0700
"Daniel Clough" (VERT) <VERT!Daniel.Clough@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/888#note_6763

I have figured this out and will close the issue. Apparently the
magic name defined in ../ctrl/freqit.ini (as in [ALLFILES]) must be
in lowercase. I had it in all CAPS and when I changed it to
lowercase things work as expected. Ugh.

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That sounds like a bug in itself. I would have thought it'd have to
match exact case or be case insensitive rather than only matching lower
case. That sort of doesn't make sense.
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Re: Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .req files
By: nelgin to All on Thu Mar 13 2025 11:55 pm

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:06:07 -0700
"Daniel Clough" (VERT) <VERT!Daniel.Clough@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/888#note_6763

I have figured this out and will close the issue. Apparently the
magic name defined in ../ctrl/freqit.ini (as in [ALLFILES]) must be
in lowercase. I had it in all CAPS and when I changed it to
lowercase things work as expected. Ugh.

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That sounds like a bug in itself. I would have thought it'd have to
match exact case or be case insensitive rather than only matching lower case. That sort of doesn't make sense.

The code (freqit_common.js) calls wildmatch() for magic names, case-insensitively:
wildmatch(fent.name, match, true)

so it certainly *should* be case-insensitive.
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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/888#note_6764

The way the code's written, it should be case-insensitve.

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Re: Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .req files
By: Digital Man to nelgin on Thu Mar 13 2025 23:05:09

The code (freqit_common.js) calls wildmatch() for magic names, case-insensitively:
wildmatch(fent.name, match, true)

so it certainly *should* be case-insensitive.

So we're back to user error then...figures ;)

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nelgin wrote to All <=-

That sounds like a bug in itself. I would have thought it'd have to
match exact case or be case insensitive rather than only matching lower case. That sort of doesn't make sense.

Especially since most people type magic names in all caps in
advertisements, it would make sense to type the magic name in all caps
in the freqit.ini file.. Mine are in all-caps, I'll need to test it out.



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Re: Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .req files
By: Digital Man to nelgin on Thu Mar 13 2025 11:05 pm

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:06:07 -0700
"Daniel Clough" (VERT) <VERT!Daniel.Clough@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/888#note_6763

I have figured this out and will close the issue. Apparently the
magic name defined in ../ctrl/freqit.ini (as in [ALLFILES]) must be
in lowercase. I had it in all CAPS and when I changed it to
lowercase things work as expected. Ugh.

That sounds like a bug in itself. I would have thought it'd have to
match exact case or be case insensitive rather than only matching lower case. That sort of doesn't make sense.

The code (freqit_common.js) calls wildmatch() for magic names, case-insensitively:
wildmatch(fent.name, match, true)

so it certainly *should* be case-insensitive.

Agreed that it *should* be, but I just tested things again and it most certainly is not. I tested it by changing *ONLY* the case of the header in the freqit.ini file, and repeating the test from a remote system.

Just to be clear what I'm talking about, I'm saying the section header in the freqit.ini file (as in: [ALLFILES]) does not work if it's all caps. When it is lowercase it works as expected.

What I am *NOT* talking about is the file request netmail itself, on the Subject line. That can be written: FR: ALLFILES ... or FR: allfiles , and either one works fine.

I welcome someone else trying this test and reporting results.

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Re: Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .req files
By: nelgin to Digital Man on Fri Mar 14 2025 03:22 am

Re: Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .req files
By: Digital Man to nelgin on Thu Mar 13 2025 23:05:09

The code (freqit_common.js) calls wildmatch() for magic names, case-insensitively:
wildmatch(fent.name, match, true)

so it certainly *should* be case-insensitive.

So we're back to user error then...figures ;)

No, we're not. Don't be a d-bag.

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Re: Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .req files
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Fri Mar 14 2025 02:19 pm

Re: Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .req files
By: Digital Man to nelgin on Thu Mar 13 2025 11:05 pm

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:06:07 -0700
"Daniel Clough" (VERT) <VERT!Daniel.Clough@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/888#note_6763

I have figured this out and will close the issue. Apparently the magic name defined in ../ctrl/freqit.ini (as in [ALLFILES]) must be in lowercase. I had it in all CAPS and when I changed it to lowercase things work as expected. Ugh.

That sounds like a bug in itself. I would have thought it'd have to match exact case or be case insensitive rather than only matching lower case. That sort of doesn't make sense.

The code (freqit_common.js) calls wildmatch() for magic names, case-insensitively:
wildmatch(fent.name, match, true)

so it certainly *should* be case-insensitive.

Agreed that it *should* be, but I just tested things again and it most certainly is not. I tested it by changing *ONLY* the case of the header in the freqit.ini file, and repeating the test from a remote system.

Just to be clear what I'm talking about, I'm saying the section header in the freqit.ini file (as in: [ALLFILES]) does not work if it's all caps.
When it is lowercase it works as expected.

What I am *NOT* talking about is the file request netmail itself, on the Subject line. That can be written: FR: ALLFILES ... or FR: allfiles , and either one works fine.

I welcome someone else trying this test and reporting results.

I understand. I'm just looking at the code (freqit_common.js) and I see that it's using the Sync-JS global "wildmatch" function to do the magic name and filename comparisons against the requested name and that function (wildmatch, see https://www.synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html for details) compares case-insensitively by default (the script author would have had to pass "true" as the first argument to wildmatch() for it to behave case-sensitively). So the intention of the script is for it to be compare case-insensitively. If it's not, it could be a bug in wildmatch() or perhaps in the script itself.
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Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

I have figured this out and will close the issue. Apparently the magic name defined in ../ctrl/freqit.ini (as in [ALLFILES]) must be in lowercase. I had it in all CAPS and when I changed it to lowercase things work as expected. Ugh.

The code (freqit_common.js) calls wildmatch() for magic names, case-insensitively:
wildmatch(fent.name, match, true)

so it certainly *should* be case-insensitive.

Agreed that it *should* be, but I just tested things again and it most certainly is not. I tested it by changing *ONLY* the case of the header in the freqit.ini file, and repeating the test from a remote system.

Just to be clear what I'm talking about, I'm saying the section header in the freqit.ini file (as in: [ALLFILES]) does not work if it's all caps.
When it is lowercase it works as expected.

What I am *NOT* talking about is the file request netmail itself, on the Subject line. That can be written: FR: ALLFILES ... or FR: allfiles , and either one works fine.

I welcome someone else trying this test and reporting results.

I understand. I'm just looking at the code (freqit_common.js) and I see that it's using the Sync-JS global "wildmatch" function to do the magic name and filename comparisons against the requested name and that
function (wildmatch, see https://www.synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html for details) compares case-insensitively by default (the script author
would have had to pass "true" as the first argument to wildmatch() for
it to behave case-sensitively). So the intention of the script is for
it to be compare case-insensitively. If it's not, it could be a bug in wildmatch() or perhaps in the script itself.

Thank you for the reply, DM. I've looked at those various parts of the
code, but am not a .js developer and don't know what I'm seeing. I do
see several references to "fname.tolowercase" in the '../exec/freqit.js
script and wonder if that is relevant.

At this point it doesn't matter so much to me, as it's working as long
as I keep the Magic names in lowercase in the config file. I'm OK with
that, it just isn't intuitive and I thought it should work the other
way.

I'd still like to see somebody else test this and confirm what I'm
seeing, but... ;-)



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Re: Re: FreqIt doesn't respond to incoming .req files
By: Dan Clough to Digital Man on Fri Mar 14 2025 07:45 pm

Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-

I have figured this out and will close the issue. Apparently the magic name defined in ../ctrl/freqit.ini (as in [ALLFILES]) must be in lowercase. I had it in all CAPS and when I changed it to lowercase things work as expected. Ugh.

The code (freqit_common.js) calls wildmatch() for magic names, case-insensitively:
wildmatch(fent.name, match, true)

so it certainly *should* be case-insensitive.

Agreed that it *should* be, but I just tested things again and it most certainly is not. I tested it by changing *ONLY* the case of the header in the freqit.ini file, and repeating the test from a remote system.

Just to be clear what I'm talking about, I'm saying the section header in the freqit.ini file (as in: [ALLFILES]) does not work if it's all caps. When it is lowercase it works as expected.

What I am *NOT* talking about is the file request netmail itself, on the Subject line. That can be written: FR: ALLFILES ... or FR: allfiles , and either one works fine.

I welcome someone else trying this test and reporting results.

I understand. I'm just looking at the code (freqit_common.js) and I see that it's using the Sync-JS global "wildmatch" function to do the magic name and filename comparisons against the requested name and that function (wildmatch, see https://www.synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html for details) compares case-insensitively by default (the script author would have had to pass "true" as the first argument to wildmatch() for it to behave case-sensitively). So the intention of the script is for it to be compare case-insensitively. If it's not, it could be a bug in wildmatch() or perhaps in the script itself.

Thank you for the reply, DM. I've looked at those various parts of the code, but am not a .js developer and don't know what I'm seeing. I do
see several references to "fname.tolowercase" in the '../exec/freqit.js script and wonder if that is relevant.

If you're using BinkIt, then you're not using freqit.js as BinkIT has the FreqIT functionality integrated into it. freqit.js is for enabling Synchronet file request service (responding to file requests) when *not* using BinkIT (e.g. using BinkD instead).
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Digital Man wrote to Dan Clough <=-

Just to be clear what I'm talking about, I'm saying the section header in the freqit.ini file (as in: [ALLFILES]) does not work if it's all caps. When it is lowercase it works as expected.

What I am *NOT* talking about is the file request netmail itself, on the Subject line. That can be written: FR: ALLFILES ... or FR: allfiles , and either one works fine.

I welcome someone else trying this test and reporting results.

I understand. I'm just looking at the code (freqit_common.js) and I see that it's using the Sync-JS global "wildmatch" function to do the magic name and filename comparisons against the requested name and that function (wildmatch, see https://www.synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html for details) compares case-insensitively by default (the script author would have had to pass "true" as the first argument to wildmatch() for it to behave case-sensitively). So the intention of the script is for it to be compare case-insensitively. If it's not, it could be a bug in wildmatch() or perhaps in the script itself.

Thank you for the reply, DM. I've looked at those various parts of the code, but am not a .js developer and don't know what I'm seeing. I do
see several references to "fname.tolowercase" in the '../exec/freqit.js script and wonder if that is relevant.

If you're using BinkIt, then you're not using freqit.js as BinkIT has
the FreqIT functionality integrated into it. freqit.js is for enabling Synchronet file request service (responding to file requests) when
*not* using BinkIT (e.g. using BinkD instead).

Ahhhh, yes indeed. I knew that but had forgotten. Okay, so *if* there
is a bug it may be in binkit.js or perhaps freqit_common.js. All I know
for sure is that it only works with lowercase for me, and for now at
least, that's OK. :-) Thanks again DM.



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