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   August Abolins to Anna Christina Nass   
   Nodelist problem   
   07 Mar 21 11:18:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ee37a843   
   REPLY: 2:240/5824.1@fidonet ee34a22f   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32)   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   Hello Anna!   
      
    AA>> If I recall correctly, auto-updates only work when there are DIFFs.   
      
    ACN> No, auto-updating as a diff is an option. For example, I   
    ACN> also have the fsxNet nodelist auto-updated and there I   
    ACN> don't get diffs.   
      
   OH!  I had understood from one of the OXP experts here that this     
   part in the config:   
      
   ÚÄ Configure Node/Pointlist ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿   
   ³                                                   ³   
   ³  List name         FSXNET.###        Number  360  ³   
   ³                                                   ³   
   ³  Format of list    Nodelist                      ³   
   ³  Zone/Address      21                             ³   
   ³                                                   ³   
   ³  Update file       FSXNET_D.### <----- THIS field ³   
   ³  Update archive    FSXNET_D.Z## <----- THIS field ³   
   ³                                                   ³   
   ³  Process by                                       ³   
   ³                                                   ³   
   ³   [x]   Use internal nodelist processor           ³   
   ³   [ ]   Delete update after processing            ³   
   ³                                                   ³   
   ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [F2] ÄÙ   
      
     ..would ONLY work for nets that serve DIFFs.   
      
      
    ACN> My "nodelist list" looks like this:   
      
    ACN> Z2PNT.###     064  Z2PNT.###     Z2PNT.Z##           FD-Pointliste   
    ACN> NODELIST.###  064  NODEDIFF.###  NODEDIFF.Z##  Diff  Nodeliste   
    ACN> FSXNET.###    071  FSXNET.###    FSXNET.Z##          Nodeliste   
    ACN> tqwnet.###    057  TQWNET.###    TQWNET.Z##          Nodeliste   
      
   WOW... That means that I *can* get autoupdated FSXNET nodelists!     
   I will do that too!  Thanks!   
      
   My nodelist table looks like this:   
      
   ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ   
   ³ Z2PNT.###     064  Z2PNT_D.###   Z2PNT_D.Z##   Diff  FD Pointlist   
   ³ NODELIST.###  064  NODEDIFF.###  NODEDIFF.Z##  Diff  Nodelist   
   ³ FSXNET.###    360  FSXNET_D.###  FSXNET_D.Z##  Diff  Nodelist   
   ³ micronet.###  043  XXX           XXX           Diff  Nodelist   
   ³ scinet.###    008  SCINET.###    SCINET.Z##    Diff  Nodelist   
      
   Which means, that I would probably encounter the lowercase     
   problem with micronet and scinet too!   
      
   I never really noticed the problem though, because I wrongly     
   assumed that only DIFF-supported nodelists would update.   
      
   I *think* I had micronet's nodelist configured like you do for     
   tqwnet, but never noticed because I assumed that only DIFFs were     
   required for that to work.   Interesting.   
      
      
    ACN> Only the FidoNet NODELIST.### is in diff-form, all the other nodelists   
    ACN> are full updates.   
    ACN> And Z2PNT and FSXNET do work, only tqwnet.### does not work.   
      
   In that case, I *does* look like you may have discovered a bug.   
      
      
    ACN> The FSXNET entry is configured like this:   
      
    ACN> Listenname        FSXNET.###        Nummer  071   
    ACN> Listenformat      Nodeliste   
    ACN> Update-Datei      FSXNET.###   
    ACN> Update-Archiv     FSXNET.Z##   
    ACN> [ ]   Update als Diff einbinden   
      
    ACN> (Whereas NODELIST.### has [x] Update as diff)   
      
   OMG..  I did not realize there was a setting for that     
   distinction!  I will need to find that and adjust it for FSXNET.   
      
      
    ACN> All my nodelist networks send new files with uppercase   
    ACN> filenames, only tqwNet uses lowercase.   
      
   As I said, you may have indeed found a bug!   
      
      
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