BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  install/upgrade.iss
De:       MRO
Data:     Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:42:48 -0500
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  Re: install/upgrade.iss
  By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Apr 26 2026 10:22 pm

 > to the installation directory). The path prompt in the upgrader
 > is for the installation / common parent directory, *not* the control
 > directory. You have a simplified understanding of how the Synchronet
 > directory hierarchy works.

No, i've been running synchronet for 26 years. i dont have a simplified 
understanding of how it works.

I understand that it was based on running over a network and multiple bbses 
can run on multiple computers and share the same ctrl and data directories. 
that's how you got the name for it. It's devised from synchronously, correct?

One thing i didnt know is that you used the installers to set the windows 
environment strings (sbbsctrl, sbbsnode). I thought it created those on the
fly when it would run.

I've always set them manually

One thing you need to understand is that it's hard to follow everything 
that is developed and changed, because over the years you've had whatsnew 
files, old documentation, wikis, word of mouth and postings on 
dovenet as a means to notify people of changes.


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