Last update 25-Nov-2001

mbfile - File database maintenance program.

Synopsys.

mbfile [commands] <options>

 

Description.

mbfile is the filedatabase maintenance program for mbsebbs. In order to run mbfile you must have started mbsed, this is the deamon which controls all bbs activities.

The main purpose of mbfile 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 mbfile from the crontab. example:

30 05 * * * export MBSE_ROOT=/opt/mbse; /opt/mbse/bin/mbfile kill pack check index -quiet

 

Environment.

In order to run the bbs you need to set one global environment variable $MBSE_ROOT This variable must point to the root of the bbs directoy structure. The main configuration file config.data must exist in the subdirectory ~/etc.

 

Commands.

mbfile adopt <area> <file> [description] 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.

mbfile check 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.

mbfile import <area> Import files to the given area using files.bbs descriptions. You need to be in the area where the files are stored. There must also be the files.bbs file present, if not then in the area setup you must enter the full filename and path where the files.bbs is. This may be needed for some CD-roms where the files.bbs is not in the same directory as where the files are. The files are not checked for FILE_ID.DIZ inside the archives. If you have virus scanners defined, the files are checked for virussed before the are added the the bbs.

mbfile index Create fast filerequest index for the mbcico filerequest processor.

mbfile kill Delete or move files in areas that have the download age set or the filedate age 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.

mbfile list [area] List all defined file areas, the number of files, the total size of the files and the primary group. If and area is given on the commandline, the files in that area are listed.

mbfile pack 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 mbfile pack.

 

Options.

mbfile [command] -quiet Quiet mode, no screen output. Use this switch if you run mbfile from the crontab.

mbfile [command] -announce Announce mode, use this switch with the adopt and import commands to prevent that the added file(s) will be announced. This can be usefull if you add lots of files that you don't want to announce these as new files.

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