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|    Martin Foster to August Abolins    |
|    nodelist curveball    |
|    04 Apr 21 11:33:00    |
      MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet ef1a3536       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ef08d393       PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32) (i386)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0100       Hello August!              *** Friday 02.04.21 at 18:18, August Abolins wrote to All:               AA> Micronet decided to throw in a curveball.               AA> For a couple of weeks now, this was working fine:               AA> Listfile=micronet.###        AA> UpdateFile=micronet.###        AA> UpdateArchive=micronet.z##        AA> DelUpdate=J        AA> DoDiff=N        AA> Format=1        AA> zone=618               AA> In otherwords, my bossnode was delivering micronet.zip with        AA> micronet.### inside.               AA> The last two updates processed automatically quite fine.               AA> But I *just* received MICRONET.Z92, with micronet.092 inside.               AA> At first, I thought this would be the solution:               AA> Listfile=micronet.###        AA> UpdateFile=micronet.###        AA> UpdateArchive=MICRONET.Z##        AA> DelUpdate=J        AA> DoDiff=N        AA> Format=1        AA> zone=618               AA> But that did NOT work in the automatic mode. :( Automatic mode        AA> would normally kick in the NEXT TIME OpenXP is lauched. I was a        AA> bit surprised by that. FSXNET.Z## which operates the same way        AA> has not problem at all upadating automatically. I wondered..        AA> WHY doesn't the MICRONET.Z## file cooperating?               AA> The last FSXNET.Z## contains:               AA> Archive: FSXNET.Z92        AA> Length Date Time Name        AA> -------- ---- ---- ----        AA> 36459 04/01/21 09:15 FSXNET.092        AA> -------- -------        AA> 36459 1 file                      AA> Looking inside MICRONET.Z##:               AA> Archive: MICRONET.Z92        AA> Micronet Information Network nodelist for        AA> 02 April 2021 (day 92). A friendly        AA> and active international BBS mail network.        AA> Info on how to join is in the nodelist.        AA> Length Date Time Name        AA> -------- ---- ---- ----        AA> 26735 04/02/21 13:35 micronet.092        AA> 165 04/02/21 13:47 file_id.diz        AA> -------- -------        AA> 26900 2 files               AA> SO.. the difference is that the latter has TWO files inside.               AA> Could it be that the presence of file_id_diz is throwing off the        AA> automatic processing to work as expected?              Maybe, maybe not but I would say that micronet need to get their act        together with their filenaming convention for their nodelist files before        anyone attempts to offer a solution to your problem. As things stand at        the moment, I couldn't even hazard a guess as to what the problem could        be, sorry.              Regards,       Martin              --- OpenXP 5.0.49        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 129/305 154/10       SEEN-BY: 203/0 221/0 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664 700 1016       SEEN-BY: 229/1017 240/2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853 249/206 317 400       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 282/1038 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2432/390 2452/250       SEEN-BY: 2454/119       PATH: 310/31 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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