Subj : Changing a file tic area to passthru
To   : Vince Coen
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Sun Mar 05 2017 20:58:59

Hello Vince!

05 Mar 17 12:42, you wrote to all:

 VC> According to the docs for File tic area set up .4 setting 0 will mark
 VC> area as passthru only BUT it will not accept zero, at least on an
 VC> existing area.

I don't think Michiel ever truly implemented passthru areas.  I looked back at 
the mbsetup code, and it doesn't appear that it ever allowed changing an 
existing area to BBS area 0.

 VC> Want to do so on Daily nodelists that I have no use for (cannot see
 VC> the point of them) but need to get them for downlinks.

Set the area to only keep 1 file.  That should minimize the amount of space 
consumed on your system.

 VC> Is this a bug introduced since 0.93/6 ?

No, I don't think it is.

Andrew

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