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   August Abolins to All   
   nodelist curveball   
   02 Apr 21 18:18:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ef08d393   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   Hello All..   
      
   Micronet decided to throw in a curveball.   
      
   For a couple of weeks now, this was working fine:   
      
   Listfile=micronet.###   
   UpdateFile=micronet.###   
   UpdateArchive=micronet.z##   
   DelUpdate=J   
   DoDiff=N   
   Format=1   
   zone=618   
      
   In otherwords, my bossnode was delivering micronet.zip with     
   micronet.### inside.   
      
   The last two updates processed automatically quite fine.   
      
   But I *just* received MICRONET.Z92, with micronet.092 inside.   
      
   At first, I thought this would be the solution:   
      
   Listfile=micronet.###   
   UpdateFile=micronet.###   
   UpdateArchive=MICRONET.Z##   
   DelUpdate=J   
   DoDiff=N   
   Format=1   
   zone=618   
      
   But that did NOT work in the automatic mode. :(  Automatic mode     
   would normally kick in the NEXT TIME OpenXP is lauched. I was a     
   bit surprised by that.   FSXNET.Z## which operates the same way     
   has not problem at all upadating automatically.  I wondered..     
   WHY doesn't the MICRONET.Z## file cooperating?   
      
   The last FSXNET.Z## contains:   
      
   Archive:  FSXNET.Z92   
     Length     Date   Time    Name   
    --------    ----   ----    ----   
       36459  04/01/21 09:15   FSXNET.092   
    --------                   -------   
       36459                   1 file   
      
      
   Looking inside MICRONET.Z##:   
      
   Archive:  MICRONET.Z92   
   Micronet Information Network nodelist for   
   02 April 2021 (day 92).  A friendly   
   and active international BBS mail network.   
   Info on how to join is in the nodelist.   
     Length     Date   Time    Name   
    --------    ----   ----    ----   
       26735  04/02/21 13:35   micronet.092   
         165  04/02/21 13:47   file_id.diz   
    --------                   -------   
       26900                   2 files   
      
   SO.. the difference is that the latter has TWO files inside.   
      
   Could it be that the presence of file_id_diz is throwing off the     
   automatic processing to work as expected?   
      
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