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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   
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