<HTML> <HEAD> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO 8859-1"> <META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek"> <META name="copyright" lang="en" content="Copyright Michiel Broek"> <META name="description" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS Manual"> <META name="keywords" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS, MBSE, BBS, manual, fido, fidonet, gateway, tosser, mail, tic, mailer"> <TITLE>MBSE BBS Programs - mbfile - File database maintenance program.</TITLE> <LINK rel=stylesheet HREF="../manual.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE> <h5>Last update 19-Nov-2001</h5> <P> <H1>mbfile - File database maintenance program.</H1> <P> <H3>Synopsys.</H3> <code><strong>mbfile</strong> [commands] <options></code> <P> <P> <H3>Description.</H3> <P> <strong>mbfile</strong> is the filedatabase maintenance program for mbsebbs. In order to run mbfile you must have started <strong>mbsed</strong>, this is the deamon which controls all bbs activities. <P> The main purpose of <strong>mbfile</strong> to do automatic maintenance on the downloadable files on the bbs, such as removing or moving old files, checking the database and packing the database. The best way to do the maintenance is to run <strong>mbfile</strong> from the crontab. example: <P><pre> 30 05 * * * export MBSE_ROOT=/opt/mbse; /opt/mbse/bin/mbfile kill pack check index -quiet </pre> <P> <P> <H3>Environment.</H3> <P> In order to run the bbs you need to set one global environment variable <strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong> This variable must point to the root of the bbs directoy structure. The main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong> must exist in the subdirectory ~/etc. <P> <P> <H3>Commands.</H3> <P> <code><strong>mbfile</strong> adopt <area> <file> [description]</code> Adopt a file to the filebase. The description is optional, but if present it should be enclosed in quotes. The optional description may be 255 characters. Default mbfile will try to use the FILE_ID.DIZ if this is present. The file to adopt needs to be in your current directory and will be copied to the new area. If you have virus scanners defined, the file will be checked for virusses. If you have a different default archiver set for the destination file area then the file is archived with, the file will be rearchived. <P> <code><strong>mbfile</strong> check</code> Check the database integrity. All files in the filedatabase must exist on disk and all files on disk must exist in the filedatabase. There are some exceptions, files.bbs, files.bak, 00index, index*.html, header, readme and files that start with a dot. Of all files the date and time is checked, the size and the crc value of the file. If there is something wrong, the error is corrected or the file is removed. If the area is a CD-rom area, the check that files on disk must exist in the filedatabase is skipped. <P> <code><strong>mbfile</strong> index</code> Create fast filerequest index for the <strong>mbcico</strong> filerequest processor. <P> <code><strong>mbfile</strong> kill</code> Delete or move files in areas that have the <strong>download age</strong> set or the <strong>filedate age</strong> set. A setting of 0 is ignored. Areas on CD-rom are always skipped. If the Move to Area option is set the files are moved to the given area. The upload date and download date are reset to the current date and time. So if you set in the destination area aging of 14 days, files will stay there for 14 days after the move. This is good for automatic "last chance" areas. <P> <code><strong>mbfile</strong> list</code> List all defined file areas, the number of files, the total size of the files and the primary group. <P> <code><strong>mbfile</strong> pack</code> This command will actualy remove the records of files that are marked for deletion. If the file is still on disk, it will be removed also. So when you delete files with mbsetup, they are still in your database and on disk until you run <strong>mbfile pack</strong>. <P> <P> <H3>Options.</H3> <P> <code><strong>mbfile</strong> [command] -quiet</code> Quiet mode, no screen output. Use this switch if you run <strong>mbfile</strong> from the crontab. <P> <A HREF="index.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/larrow.gif" ALT="Index" Border="0" width="40" height="30"> Back to index</A> <A HREF="../index.htm"><IMG SRC="../images/b_arrow.gif" ALT="Main" Border="0" width="33" height="35"> Back to Main index</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>