ml> speaking of the bugtracker... here's another one...   
      
    ml> following the example control files exactly,   
      
    RC>   How do you mean, "exactly"?   
      
   take the composite example and fill in the necessary fields... outpath is   
   specifically set to '.' (without the quotes)...   
      
      
   - 22-Jan-2013 18:15:44 makenl[1267] MakeNL 3.3.1 (DOS16) compiled with Watcom   
   C on Dec 26 2012 00:20:19   
   + 22-Jan-2013 18:15:44 makenl[1267] MakeNL started   
   ? 22-Jan-2013 18:15:44 makenl[1267] outpath    . -- Invalid Path -- '.'   
   ? 22-Jan-2013 18:15:44 makenl[1267] Error(s) in configuration file   
   ? 22-Jan-2013 18:15:44 makenl[1267] MakeNL finished (rc=255)   
      
      
      
   here's the config...   
      
      
    Composite makenl control file   
   logfile    x:\logs\composit.log   
   loglevel   1   
   make       composite   
   name       testnet   
   threshold  0 -1            ; force compression -- no submittal difference file   
   arccopy    z pkzip -ex     ; compress with pkzip instead of default arc   
   arcmove    z pkzip -mf     ; compress with pkzip instead of default arc   
   arcopen    a arc ew        ; accept compressed arced segments   
   arcopen    z pkunzip -eo   ; accept compressed zipped segments   
   outfile    testlist   
   outdiff    testdiff   
   master     x:\makenlng\test\master   
   outpath    .   
   copyright  test.cpy   
   prolog     test.pro   
   epilog     test.epi   
   private    ok   
   allowunpub 0   
   alphaphone 0   
   minphone   1   
   baudrate   300,1200,2400,4800,9600,14400,16800,19200,28800,33600   
   data   
   Zone,999,TEST_Network_HQ,sometown,username,1-800 -555-0100,33600   
   CM,XA,V32b,V42b,H16,V32t,V34   
   Files   
   Region 9991    9991RIN.LST   
   Net    1000    n1k   
      
      
      
   does that help?   
      
      
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