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  Re: Migrate question
  By: RickV to All on Thu Sep 04 2025 10:19 am

 Ri> After reviewing the wiki on migrating Synchronet, I removed and did a
 Ri> fresh install on my Linux Mint VM. After the install I set it up slightly
 Ri> with scfg. I then copied my data, ctrl, node*, text, mods,and xtrn
 Ri> directories. After that when I ran scfg again, nothing was updated,
 Ri> everything was the way it was before I copied the directories. Am I
 Ri> missing something, why is Synchronet not reading the newer files?

What do you mean about setting it up "slightly"?
I migrated my Synchronet BBS from Windows to Linux a few years ago (also with
Linux Mint), and I actually found it fairly smooth.  I didn't do any pre-setup
with SCFG; I simply copied my Synchronet directory tree over to my Linux
setup.  I made sure I set the needed environment variables (I set SBBSROOT,
SBBSCTRL, and SBBSEXEC), and Synchronet was able to find its configuration &
everything. In SCFG, I just had to change the command lines for the doors &
such (for instance, not running .bat files & such), changed paths to ensure
they were correct, etc.

Nightfox

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