Subj : oxp: nodelist situation?
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Mon May 04 2020 09:44:00

Hello August!

*** Thursday 30.04.20 at 20:31, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

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 AA> HOWEVER.. (get this..) OXP actually updated the nodelist!  The config had
 AA> the dummy diff config file FSXNET.Z## active at that time:

 AA> ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
 AA> ³ Z2PNT.###     115  Z2PNT_D.###   Z2PNT_D.Z##   Diff  FD Pointlist
 AA> ³ NODELIST.###  122  NODEDIFF.###  NODEDIFF.Z##  Diff  Nodelist
 AA> ³ FSXNET.###    122  FSXNET.###    FSXNET.Z##    Diff  Nodelist  <====
       ^^^^^^             ^^^^^^        ^^^^^^

The nodediff cannot have the same filename as the nodelist.

 AA> ³ micronet.###  108  MICRONET.###  MICRONET.Z##  Diff  Nodelist

 AA> The dummy diff entry was present.

Change the names of the diffs to FSXNET_D.### and FSXNET_D.Z##  
respectively.

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 AA> SO.. it looks like I have to either enable this for the FSXNET entry:

 AA>  [x]   Delete update after processing

Nope, shouldn't have to do that.

 AA> OR.. run a batch program to check for and delete all FSXNET.Z* files in
 AA> the /FILES directory every time OXP starts up.

Shouldn't have to do that either.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.43
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