Subj : nlupd and daily nodelists
To   : Fabio Bizzi
From : Michael Dukelsky
Date : Wed May 12 2021 12:17:10

Hello Fabio,

Wednesday May 12 2021, Fabio Bizzi wrote to Michael Dukelsky:

 FB> I'm switching from regualr Nodelist/Nodediff to the DailyLists, all
 FB> works fine but nlupdate refuses to update it daily because (obviusly)
 FB> the file is younger than 7 days. I've looked at the documentation but
 FB> I haven't found a way to force the update.

 FB> 8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<
 FB> --8<--

 FB> ----------  Wed 12 May 2021, nlupdate/lnx 1.9.0-cur 27-01-17
 FB> 1 07:43:54  Start
 FB> C 07:43:54  Trying to update /home/husky/nodelist/Z2DAILY.131
 FB> C 07:43:54  /home/husky/nodelist/Z2DAILY.131 younger than 7 days, no
 FB> update necessary C 07:43:54  Trying to update
 FB> /home/husky/nodelist/Z2PNT.127 C 07:43:54
 FB> /home/husky/nodelist/Z2PNT.127 younger than 7 days, no update
 FB> necessary 1 07:43:54  End

 FB> 8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<--8<
 FB> --8<--

 FB> Is there any way to force it?

No, nltools were developed many years before the daily nodelist appeared and did not change since then.

I use the following script where '/etc/fido_profile' contains exported variables with some directories used later in this and other scripts.

  ================ Cut change-z2daily ================
#!/usr/bin/bash
#
# change-z2daily
#   Usage:
#          change-z2daily full-path-to-the-latest-nodelist
#

.. /etc/fido_profile
NDL_DIR=$BASEDIR/etc/nodelist
LOG=$LOGDIR/nodelist.log

if [ ! -z $1 ]
then
    # save the existing nodelist(s)
    /usr/bin/find $NDL_DIR -maxdepth 1 -name 'Z2DAILY.*' -type f -execdir mv '{}' $NDL_DIR/save \;
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
    then
        $BINDIR/logstr $LOG $0 "Error saving the old nodelist"
        exit
    fi

    cp -a $1 $NDL_DIR
    if [ $? -le 1 ]
    then
        # copy was successful so we may delete the saved nodelist(s)
        /usr/bin/find $NDL_DIR/save -maxdepth 1 -name 'Z2DAILY.*' -type f -delete
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
        then
            $BINDIR/logstr $LOG $0 "Error deleting the saved nodelist"
            exit
        fi

        # compile the nodelist
        $BINDIR/setflag compndl
        # update routing
        $BINDIR/setflag mkroute
    else
        # restore the saved nodelist
        /usr/bin/find $NDL_DIR/save -maxdepth 1 -name 'Z2DAILY.*' -type f -execdir mv '{}' $NDL_DIR \;
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
        then
            $BINDIR/logstr $LOG $0 "Error restoring the saved nodelist"
            exit
        fi
    fi
fi
  ================ End change-z2daily ================

The script is called by htick when it receives a file from Z2DAILY file echo:

ExecOnFile Z2DAILY     Z2DAILY.???  /home/mike/bin/change-z2daily

Michael

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