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   Message 593 of 1,725   
   Andrew Leary to Ulrich Schroeter   
   follow-up on: NCs who've updated to Make   
   16 Feb 13 00:03:57   
   
   Hello Ulrich!   
      
   Sunday February 10 2013 15:32, Ulrich Schroeter wrote to Mark Lewis:   
      
    US> In another project where julian date extension are an issue, I've   
    US> switch to an algorythm, to first search for the filename.* then check   
    US> for valid julian date extensions, then sort the files based on julian   
    US> date extensions and date (probably using an admin line in the segment)   
    US> eg  nodelist for  daynr ###   
    US> if admin line is not available, using the filedate and compare it to   
    US> the julian date extension for plausibilty eg .335 matches   
    US> 30.11.2012 then sort it by date and using the latest segment   
      
   I suspect that we will have to do something like this for MakeNL as well.   
      
    US> This is quite some overhead, but best fits to the requirement to find   
    US> whatever valid segment file with julian date extension can be found in   
    US> a master directory If you want to extend the plausibility and validity   
    US> check, you can also look for the makenl config definition -> Net   
    US> 244 and check the referenced segment for a line starting with   
    US> Host,244,....   :)   
      
   That is something to consider in the future, after we resolve the immediate   
   issue.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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