Synchronet v3.19b-Win32 (install) has been released (Jan-2022).

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install:dev [2021/01/27 16:38] – [Run-time files] add link to sbbs_run mlonginstall:dev [2021/05/15 18:05] – [Run-time files] Mentino the 'use defaults' text.dat option digital man
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   - If you performed a [[dev:Git]] install (e.g. on *nix) and you did **not** opt for symbolic links, you will need to copy the ''repo/exec'' and ''repo/text'' directories to your ''sbbs/[[dir:exec]]'' and ''sbbs/[[dir:text]]'' directories.   - If you performed a [[dev:Git]] install (e.g. on *nix) and you did **not** opt for symbolic links, you will need to copy the ''repo/exec'' and ''repo/text'' directories to your ''sbbs/[[dir:exec]]'' and ''sbbs/[[dir:text]]'' directories.
   - If you did **not** perform a CVS or Git install, download the daily archive of the ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory and extract into your Synchronet ''exec'' directory, over-writing existing files: [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbsexec.zip|Windows]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbsexec.tgz|*nix]] format.   - If you did **not** perform a CVS or Git install, download the daily archive of the ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory and extract into your Synchronet ''exec'' directory, over-writing existing files: [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbsexec.zip|Windows]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbsexec.tgz|*nix]] format.
-  - Over-write or merge-with your modified ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file from [[https://gitlab.com/synchronet/sbbs/-/raw/master/ctrl/text.dat|here]] (if you see some corrupted text output from the terminal server or some features don't work as expected, skipping this step could be the cause)+  - Over-write or merge-with your modified ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file from [[https://gitlab.com/synchronet/sbbs/-/raw/master/ctrl/text.dat|here]]. If you see some corrupted text output from the terminal server or some features don't work as expected, skipping this step could be the cause. If you don't have have or expect to make any edits to your ''text.dat'' file, consider just using a 0-byte ''text.dat'' file to always [[custom:text.dat#use defaults]].
   - Download the daily archive of the ''[[dir:text]]'' directory: [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbstext.zip|Windows]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbstext.tgz|*nix]] format   - Download the daily archive of the ''[[dir:text]]'' directory: [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbstext.zip|Windows]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbstext.tgz|*nix]] format
   - If you have **no** customized files in your ''[[dir:text]]'' directory, extract the ''sbbstext'' archive into your Synchronet ''text'' directory, over-writing existing files   - If you have **no** customized files in your ''[[dir:text]]'' directory, extract the ''sbbstext'' archive into your Synchronet ''text'' directory, over-writing existing files