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   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   oxp: nodelist situation?   
   04 May 20 09:44:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e4185dd2   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e3ea4ce8   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.43 (Win32) (i386)   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   Hello August!   
      
   *** Thursday 30.04.20 at 20:31, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
   [snip]   
    AA> HOWEVER.. (get this..) OXP actually updated the nodelist!  The config had   
    AA> the dummy diff config file FSXNET.Z## active at that time:   
      
    AA> ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ   
    AA> ³ Z2PNT.###     115  Z2PNT_D.###   Z2PNT_D.Z##   Diff  FD Pointlist   
    AA> ³ NODELIST.###  122  NODEDIFF.###  NODEDIFF.Z##  Diff  Nodelist   
    AA> ³ FSXNET.###    122  FSXNET.###    FSXNET.Z##    Diff  Nodelist  <====   
          ^^^^^^             ^^^^^^        ^^^^^^   
      
   The nodediff cannot have the same filename as the nodelist.   
      
    AA> ³ micronet.###  108  MICRONET.###  MICRONET.Z##  Diff  Nodelist   
      
    AA> The dummy diff entry was present.   
      
   Change the names of the diffs to FSXNET_D.### and FSXNET_D.Z##     
   respectively.   
      
   [snip]   
    AA> SO.. it looks like I have to either enable this for the FSXNET entry:   
      
    AA>  [x]   Delete update after processing   
      
   Nope, shouldn't have to do that.   
      
    AA> OR.. run a batch program to check for and delete all FSXNET.Z* files in   
    AA> the /FILES directory every time OXP starts up.   
      
   Shouldn't have to do that either.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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