cannot open file if do not end with .qwk extension

[ftoledo]

I have lot a old files with sequential extension like:

ls -1
 DCKMYS.001
 DCKMYS.qwk
 DOCKSUD.001
 DOCKSUD.002
 DOCKSUD.003
 DOCKSUD.004
 DOCKSUD.005
 DOCKSUD.006
 DOCKSUD.007
 DOCKSUD.008

I think that SlyMail won't open the files because name do not end with .QWK extension

Saludos!

[EricOulashin]

What are these other files? Are they regular QWK files?

[ftoledo]

yes all are old and historical files, I copy some of they to test:

$ file D*
DCKMYS.001:     LHarc 1.x/ARX archive data  [lh0], 0 OS
DCKMYS.qwk:     LHarc 1.x/ARX archive data  [lh0], 0 OS
DOCKSUD.001:  Zip archive data, made by v3.0 UNIX, extract using at least v1.0, last modified Dec 08 2016 10:55:42, uncompressed size 5, method=store
DOCKSUD.002:  Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract, compression method=store
DOCKSUD.003:  Zip archive data, made by v3.0 UNIX, extract using at least v1.0, last modified Jan 10 2019 15:03:26, uncompressed size 10, method=store
DOCKSUD.004:  Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract, compression method=store
DOCKSUD.005:  Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
DOCKSUD.006:  Zip archive data, made by v3.0 UNIX, extract using at least v2.0, last modified Feb 17 2020 23:21:08, uncompressed size 35, method=deflate
DOCKSUD.007:  Zip archive data, made by v3.0 UNIX, extract using at least v1.0, last modified Feb 17 2020 23:40:44, uncompressed size 10, method=store
DOCKSUD.008:  Zip archive data, made by v3.0 UNIX, extract using at least v2.0, last modified Feb 17 2020 23:45:56, uncompressed size 50, method=deflate
DOCKSUD.010:  Zip archive data, made by v3.0 UNIX, extract using at least v2.0, last modified Mar 22 2020 20:43:08, uncompressed size 85, method=deflate
DOCKSUD.011:  Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract, compression method=store
DOCKSUD.013:  Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
DOCKSUD.014:  Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
DOCKSUD.015:  Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
DOCKSUD.016:  Zip archive data, made by v2.0 UNIX, extract using at least v2.0, last modified Jun 09 2021 02:56:42, uncompressed size 9272, method=deflate
DOCKSUD.017:  Zip archive data, made by v2.0 UNIX, extract using at least v2.0, last modified Feb 06 2022 14:05:52, uncompressed size 5, method=deflate
DOCKSUD.018:  Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
DOCKSUD.019:  Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
DOCKSUD.020:  Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
DOCKSUD2.012: Zip archive data, made by v3.0 UNIX, extract using at least v1.0, last modified Jul 30 2014 16:43:02, uncompressed size 5, method=store

[EricOulashin]

Old and historical from where? SlyMail was designed to allow you to download a QWK packet for offline reading, and although I've only tested eith Synchronet, when downloading an offline QWK packet, the file always has a .qwk extension, in ky experience. So I'm curious how these .001 etc. files are being generated.

[ftoledo]

This is very simple. I have saved qwk packages downloaded on different days. To avoid overwriting the latest .qwk file, I simply save each one, changing the extension sequentially (like backups).

Anecdote: Thanks to this, I've recovered many forums from an old BBS that closed. An old user had the great idea of ​​saving every package that was downloaded at that time of these bbs. And in this way, I was able to inject all of them into my BBS and obtain historical data.

=)

Anyway, I usually use mmail (but like in general in Linux), it doesn't care about the file extension and opens it (as long as it's in qwk format, obviously). Thanks!