Subj : Adding Files to File areas
To   : paulie420
From : Barmed
Date : Sun Feb 07 2021 20:14:34

On 07 Feb 2021, paulie420 said the following...
 pa>  Ba> Do you set those up like automatic events?
 pa> 
 pa> Not really, Barmed... but like.. I was installing a bunch of old 
 pa> BBS/Shareware/Etc CD-Roms from back in the day, and a lot of the ZIP
 pa> files didn't have FILE_ID.DIZ for Mystic to automagically import the
 pa> descriptions... in that case, a lot of old collections used 00INDEX
 pa> files or FILES.BBS or... a few other formats; these are text files with
 pa> a big list of all the files in a directory; and you can setup Mystic's
 pa> mutil tool to import that file and give all the files you added a
 pa> description.
 pa> 
 pa> There is info about doing so on the Mystic Wiki... its sometimes a b**ch
 pa> to setup, but the option IS there if you're adding TONS of stuff.
 pa> Really, I add files kinda in a way that ISN'T automatic... but feels
 pa> right to me. I get in the zone and go on robot mode, the keypresses
 pa> become a routine and... I should probably figure out smarter ways to
 pa> import stuff. BUT it works for me. :P
 pa> 

I don't anticipate having a lot of files to upload, I just look at automated
solutions because I manage to do a LOT of typos. but as I'm only looking at a
dozen files, that seems harmless enough.

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