Subj : test multiple qwk uploads
To   : Marceline Jones
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Thu Feb 25 2021 11:54:58

  Re: test multiple qwk uploads
  By: Marceline Jones to ROB SWINDELL on Thu Feb 25 2021 09:33 pm

 >  RS> No one has ever asked for that. What would the rep files be named -
 >  RS> .re0, .re1, etc.? Assuming you'd want them imported in order, would
 >  RS> .rep come first or last? --
 >  RS> digital man
 >
 > Well, I want to match QWK filenames with their corresponding REPs (eg.
 > "VERT0001.QWK" and "VERT0001.REP"). That way, I know which replies came from
 > which packet.
 >
 > Should it matter how the uploaded files are named ?

Yes.

 > you could accept any
 > filename and unpack them right ? eg. I could upload "ABC.DEF" and "UVW.XYZ"
 > in one batch and Synchronet could just loop through each one.

No. The expected filename would be BBS-ID.REP (normally), but multiple REPs might be named BBS-ID.RE0, .RE1, etc. I'm not sure what your offline reader does. But the BBS-side would want to import them in a deterministic order.

 > What I found when testing this use case on Vertrauen was the 2nd file in the
 > batch transfer gets aborted.

As I would expect.
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