Ways to Avoid Browser Woes When Attaching Large Files

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ListAttBBC  |  v6.12  |  2026-09-10  |  Andrew.human & Claude.ai

#	File	Size	Downloads	Info	DL
00	Browser attachment save diagnostics - Claude.pdf  [native]	580.2 KB	3	ℹ️	⬇️
Attachment ID 6959 Filename (display) Browser attachment save diagnostics - Claude.pdf File extension pdf MIME type Size 580.2 KB (594084 bytes) Downloads 3 Dimensions n/a Uploaded by Guest Message ID 49662 Attachment type Normal attachment (0) Storage folder ID 2 Thumbnail attach ID none File hash 291bd3a82c40d215088a7024954b66b836041861 Approved Yes Filename (on disk) 6959_291bd3a82c40d215088a7024954b66b836041861 Storage directory 2 (/var/www/html/attachments2) File exists on disk? Yes (core)
No recorded downloads yet.
01	attach_saved_display	327 B	1	ℹ️	⬇️
Attachment ID 6960 Filename (display) attach_saved_display File extension MIME type Size 327 B (327 bytes) Downloads 1 Dimensions n/a Uploaded by Guest Message ID 49662 Attachment type Normal attachment (0) Storage folder ID 2 Thumbnail attach ID none File hash ab61a9efff7f41350ad18b8afa58b5a970bb5a06 Approved Yes Filename (on disk) not found on disk Storage directory unresolved File exists on disk? No
No recorded downloads yet.
02	attach_saved_watch	1.1 KB	2	ℹ️	⬇️
Attachment ID 6961 Filename (display) attach_saved_watch File extension MIME type Size 1.1 KB (1120 bytes) Downloads 2 Dimensions n/a Uploaded by Guest Message ID 49662 Attachment type Normal attachment (0) Storage folder ID 2 Thumbnail attach ID none File hash 07f2a0c38348c1c5319b038483c0c4f317aae45e Approved Yes Filename (on disk) not found on disk Storage directory unresolved File exists on disk? No
Chip — Yesterday at 06:21:12 PM
03	attachme	1.2 KB	2	ℹ️	⬇️
Attachment ID 6962 Filename (display) attachme File extension MIME type Size 1.2 KB (1251 bytes) Downloads 2 Dimensions n/a Uploaded by Guest Message ID 49662 Attachment type Normal attachment (0) Storage folder ID 2 Thumbnail attach ID none File hash 37f23314e3e13d544ae6e83b843bb1a14c9c199b Approved Yes Filename (on disk) not found on disk Storage directory unresolved File exists on disk? No
Chip — Yesterday at 06:21:06 PM

#
# This script expects you to parse it a fully pathed filename.filetype ($1)
#

ATTACH FILES FASTER THROUGH THIS BACK DOOR ---

1. You must know where your files are and their names (you process one at a time only)
- eg. /root/"Fabulous Video About Everything You Need to Know Living in the Grey Zone".mp4
- note the double-quotes around the filename because it contains embedded blanks.

2. You must know the msg  number of the post's URL when opened -
  -- eg, this very post has msg=49662  > ("https://forum.drugs-and-users.org/index.php?action=post;msg=49662;topic=7884")
2.

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#
# The faster way to attach an item to a post
#
# Source:
SRC=$1

# msg no. from the URL currently displaying
# the post that want to attach to:

# 47482 = 'A classic LGBT party from 1990 and Kylie's closing track'
#SG=49629 MISTAKE SO REMOVER LATER
MSG=47482

# SMF's attachment dirs:
FOLDER=2
DIR=/var/www/html/attachments2

# SMF's Database:
DB=smf209; P=smf209_

[ -f "$SRC" ] || { echo "no such file: $SRC"; return 2>/dev/null || exit 1; }
[ "$MSG" = 12345 ] && { echo "set MSG first"; return 2>/dev/null || exit 1; }

NAME=$(basename "$SRC"); EXT="${NAME##*.}"
SIZE=$(stat -c%s "$SRC"); MIME=$(file -b --mime-type "$SRC")
HASH=$(echo "$NAME$(date +%s%N)$RANDOM" | sha1sum | cut -c1-40)

ID=$(mysql -N "$DB" -e "
INSERT INTO ${P}attachments
  (id_folder,id_msg,id_member,attachment_type,filename,file_hash,fileext,size,mime_type,approved)
SELECT $FOLDER,$MSG,id_member,0,'$NAME','$HASH','$EXT',$SIZE,'$MIME',1
FROM ${P}messages WHERE id_msg=$MSG;
SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();")

echo "ID=[$ID] HASH=$HASH MIME=$MIME SIZE=$SIZE"
if [ -n "$ID" ] && [ "$ID" != 0 ]; then
  cp -n "$SRC" "$DIR/${ID}_${HASH}" && chown apache:apache "$DIR/${ID}_${HASH}"
  ls -l "$DIR/${ID}_${HASH}"
else
  echo "INSERT failed (bad MSG or mysql auth) - nothing copied"
fi