Subj : Don't want to screw up!
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jan 02 2005 07:29 pm

  Re: Don't want to screw up!
  By: Angus Mcleod to Digital Man on Sun Jan 02 2005 09:05 pm

 >   Re: Don't want to screw up!
 >   By: Digital Man to Angus Mcleod on Sun Jan 02 2005 14:32:00
 > 
 >  >  > Perhaps I should just copy the ctrl/msgs.cnf file as well as subs/* an
 >  >  > VERT.ptr?  I'd really prefer not to lose the old messages, if it's
 >  >  > practical to save them.  I've got nearly 130,000 of them going back a 
 >  >  > old ways.
 >  >
 >  > Yeah, that'll work. Or you could manually fix the ptridx values for each 
 >  > (taking care not to duplicate any other sub's ptridx value), but that'd b
 >  > pain.
 > 
 > Ok, I'll copy my ctrl/msgs.cnf file, the subs/* files, and VERT.ptr then
 > I'll run fixsmb as you suggested.  I'll still be watching for an
 > extra-large outbound REP file though.  In fact, I an considering
 > 
 >   sprintf rep "%%j%s.rep" hubid
 > 
 >   # check that size is acceptable
 >   int LIMIT_REPSIZE MAX_REPSIZE repsize
 >   set LIMIT_REPSIZE 1
 >   set MAX_REPSIZE 20480
 >   get_file_length repsize rep
 >   compare LIMIT_REPSIZE 1
 >   if_true
 >     compare repsize MAX_REPSIZE
 >     if_greater
 >       lprintf "QNET-FTP: %s size %d exceeds %d!" rep repsize MAX_REPSIZE
 >       lprintf "QNET-FTP: Aborting... No transfer."
 >       goto exit
 >       end_if
 >     end_if
 > 
 > as a mod for qnet-ftp.src/bin.

If it works, send me a copy. :-)

Another consideration (as a feature for future versions) is a limit on the
"age" of imported messages from network nodes. This should also help eliminate
dupes.

                                                  digital man

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