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--- faq [2018/10/29 03:12] – avon
+++ faq [2021/04/29 11:32] – g00r00
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   Head to editors > theme/prompt > default > prompts and edit prompt 000
   Look for the filename 'preuser' (you will find it after the DF MCI code)
-  You can just update the filename after the DF MCI code to any ANSI file
+  You can update the filename after the DF MCI code to any ANSI file you
-  you wish to display. Be sure to save your ANSI file of choice in to your
+  want to display. Save your ANSI file of choice to your text directory :)
-  text directory :)
+  Another option is to edit the existing preuser file and you will find it
-  Another option is just to edit the preuser.ans file itself if you want to
+  in /mystic/text/preuser.ans
-  You can find it in /mystic/text/preuser.ans
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   quote them in your reply.
-=== Q: I use Mystic in Windows, but I want to move to Raspberry Pi.  Can I move to a different operating system without losing my BBS data? ===
+==== Q: I use Mystic in Windows, but I want to move to Raspberry Pi.  Can I move to a different operating system without losing my BBS data? ====
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     A: YES!  You can easily switch platforms and retain your BBS!  However, there are
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     the BBS nodes.
+=== Q: How do I get files into a File Base that I've created? ===
+    When you create a file base using the File Base Editor, you will specify a
+    directory that will contain the files you wanted listed in the file base
+    you are creating.
+    Once that is done you will need to copy the files you want listed into that
+    directory, and perform what is called a "Mass Upload".  The "Mass Upload"
+    scans all of the File Base directories and identifies new files that have
+    not been imported into Mystic yet.  For each new file it finds, it will
+    scan it for a FILE_ID file to get the description and create an entry in
+    the file listing for the file.
+    There are two ways to perform a Mass Upload in the Mystic ecosystem:
+    The first way is to perform a mass upload by setting "MassUpload=true" in
+    your MUTIL .INI file so that any time you execute "mutil" it will search
+    for new files and add them to your BBS automatically.
+    The second way is to run the "Mass Upload" SysOp function while logged into
+    the BBS.  If you have SysOp access this is a more interactive way to perform
+    the mass upload.  For each new file found, Mystic will ask you if you want
+    to import it into the file listing.  If a description is not found for a
+    file Mystic will give you the opportunity to provide the description.
+    Files that have already been imported into the BBS can be edited directly in
+    the file listing but pressing "E" when you have SysOp access.  This will open
+    up the editor for that file where you can perform many functions including
+    editing the file description using Mystic's message editor.
+    NOTE: When performing a mass upload, Mystic will be unable to extract the
+    descriptions if the configured archive utilities are not available for Mystic
+    to use (unzip, zip, rar, etc).