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  • Strange problem with msgs.ini

    From RickV@LIVEWIRE to All on Sat Oct 18 11:00:05 2025
    Hello everybody!

    For the last 3-4 days, when I make a change to my messages areas, when scfg goes to save the changes it takes 2-3 minutes to save the msgs.ini file. This just started, and had been saving it quickly before. Any idea why it might be going slower now?

    Running on Synchronet 3.21 Linux/64

    Thanks,
    RickV



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  • From Digital Man to RickV on Sat Oct 18 13:14:58 2025
    Re: Strange problem with msgs.ini
    By: RickV to All on Sat Oct 18 2025 11:00 am

    Hello everybody!

    For the last 3-4 days, when I make a change to my messages areas, when scfg goes to save the changes it takes 2-3 minutes to save the msgs.ini file. This just started, and had been saving it quickly before. Any idea why it might be going slower now?

    Running on Synchronet 3.21 Linux/64

    Is it just the message areas changes that take a long time or do other changes (e.g. to the file areas) also take a long time?

    If it's just the message areas, then likely you have message base(s) that can't be open or locked. You can confirm this by running 'scfg -h' and if when you make changes to the message areas, you're able to save quickly in SCFG, then the problem is the updating of the message base status headers upon save. A reboot of your system should resolve that.
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