Subj : test multiple qwk uploads
To   : Marceline Jones
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sat Feb 27 2021 22:53:09

  Re: test multiple qwk uploads
  By: Marceline Jones to ROB SWINDELL on Sun Feb 28 2021 04:42 pm

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

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