Subj : oxp: nodediff fails :(
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Feb 22 2020 10:24:00

Hello Martin!

** 22.02.20 - 09:36, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

 MF>That could be a possibility because OpenXP writes an empty message in the
 MF>messagebase every time a new file has been processed in a file echo .....

 MF>---------- 8< ----------
 MF>EMP: /FIDO/FILES/NODEDIFZ
 MF>ABS: FileScan@2:292/854
 MF>BET: C:\USERS\MARTIN\OPENXP\FILES\NODEDIFF.Z52
 MF>EDA: 20200221095600W+0
 MF>MID: 2002210956.1.Tick@2:310/31
 MF>ROT: 2:310/31!2:240/5832!2:292/854
 MF>Zusammenfassung: Fidonet NODEDIFF for this week (ZIP)
[snip]

Oh..  OK.  I *do* have /NODEDIFZ and /NODELISZ in the oxp "areas menu" on  
the main screen.   I just don't have them as physical directories under  
/FILES.

Here are the last known entries in each that I can look at:

  OpenXP  Re-Org  Message  Netcall  Fido  Edit  Config  Tools  ?
  All  Hold  Delete  Kill  Reference  Reply  PM  User  Info  Other
ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß
 /FIDO/FILES/NODEDIFZ
 F     0 06.02 FileScan  Fidonet NODEDIFF fo 
H:\DOWNLOADS\OPENXP\FILES\NODEDIFF.Z38
 F     0 30.01 FileScan  Fidonet NODEDIFF fo 
H:\DOWNLOADS\OPENXP\FILES\NODEDIFF.Z31
 F     0 23.01 FileScan  Fidonet NODEDIFF fo 
H:\DOWNLOADS\OPENXP\FILES\NODEDIFF.Z24
 F     0 02.01 FileScan  Fidonet NODEDIFF fo 
H:\DOWNLOADS\OPENXP\FILES\NODEDIFF.Z03
 F     0 26.12 FileScan  Fidonet NODEDIFF fo 
H:\DOWNLOADS\OPENXP\FILES\NODEDIFF.Z61
 F     0 19.12 FileScan  Fidonet NODEDIFF fo 
H:\DOWNLOADS\OPENXP\FILES\NODEDIFF.Z54


  OpenXP  Re-Org  Message  Netcall  Fido  Edit  Config  Tools  ?
  All  Hold  Delete  Kill  Reference  Reply  PM  User  Info  Other
ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß
 /FIDO/FILES/NODELIST

 no messages


  OpenXP  Re-Org  Message  Netcall  Fido  Edit  Config  Tools  ?            
                   10
  All  Hold  Delete  Kill  Reference  Reply  PM  User  Info  Other              
               E
ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß
 /FIDO/FILES/Z2PNT_D
 F     0 07.02 FileScan  Z2 PntDiff (Boss) d 
H:\DOWNLOADS\OPENXP\FILES\Z2PNT_D.Z38


And, I have nothing listed in the /FIDO/FILES/Z2PNT area.



 MF>So, casting your mind back to the time when you said that you'd had some
 MF>sort of messagebase corruption, maybe one of your messagebase files is
 MF>still corrupted and maybe OpenXP is trying to write to that messagebase
 MF>file but can't.

I "assumed" that I had message base corruption.  According to the built-in  
helps, it said that I could delete the *.DB1 files and OXP would rebuild  
the indexes.  But I never manipulated and of the MPUFFER.nn files except  
with the usual Re-Org. or Pack.


 AA>> I'll try one more week with the TIC feature disabled. If that goes
 AA>> smoothly, I will enable it.

 MF>Looking forward to the next thrilling installment :-)

Maybe I should just delete both of the /FIDO/FILES entries above (or just  
the /NODELISZ since that is the one that was not processing before), and  
do a Re-org and then Pack, and then enable TIC, to get on with this?


  ../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.43
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