and I thought I was being "clever"! Oh well...

Thanks Roman. I'll look at my settings and see if I can solve the issue.




> 2) mac2bios is a 100% nodump set and so it gets marked as unneeded and it gets
> removed.
>
> 1) well...couple of reasons:
>
> - "fix missing" for example got several rules which leads to the final
> destination folder. If you use system-default-paths and got the belonging
> scanner->advanced->fix missing options enabled, the rom will be put in the
> assigned system default folder. If you don't use these options and the set does
> not exist at all, it checks for the position of the parent and uses that
> rompath. (This of course kills your idea with A-L etc...since not all parent
> clone relationships start with the same letter). If it doesn't find a good
> rompath to put the missing file into, it uses the 1st setup and active rompath.
>
> - rebuilder: if you use the rebuilder to add files, the rebuilder destination or
> - if enabled - system default paths are used.
>
> - similar rules exist for other fixes in the scanner.
>
> As you see, using rompaths with A-Z, etc. is not a clever way to go ;)
>
>
> Roman Scherzer
>