Subj : Could not move file FFF.nnn to file area AAA
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Wed Mar 20 2019 14:57:00

Hello August!

On 20.03.19 at 04:01, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA> Martin Foster : August Abolins wrote:

[snip]
 >> The Fido nodelist(NODELIST.074) was successfully processed but the Zone2
 >> Pointlist(Z2PNT.*) wasn't because WinPoint couldn't find it. Does
 >> Z2PNT.Z74 actually exist on your system and where is it? If it does
 >> exist, have you extracted the raw pointlist(Z2PNT.074) from Z2PNT.Z74
 >> and copied it to the WinPoint "DistribNL" directory? WinPoint's nodelist
 >> processor *cannot process* packed nodelist/pointlist files, although it
 >> *can process* packed nodediff/pointdiff files.

 AA> I remember encountering an error the first time I tried to process the
 AA> all-zones nodelist, so I did unpack it manually and put it in the
 AA> DistribNL dir.

 AA> SO...  I just tried that with the Z2PNT.074 file.

 AA> 9:56:51 PM Beginne Diffing
 AA> 9:56:51 PM Diffing beendet
 AA> 9:56:51 PM Beginne Verarbeitung
 AA> 9:56:51 PM 1546 EintrXge aus NODELIST.074 eingelesen
 AA> 9:56:51 PM 4549 EintrXge aus Z2PNT.074 eingelesen
 AA> 9:56:51 PM 0 doppelte EintrXge gelXscht
 AA> 9:56:51 PM Systemnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.
 AA> 9:56:51 PM Sysopnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.
 AA> 9:56:51 PM Standorte erfolgreich gespeichert.
 AA> 9:56:51 PM Verbindungsinformationen erfolgreich gespeichert.
 AA> 9:56:51 PM Hauptindex erfolgreich gespeichert.
 AA> 9:56:51 PM Fertig

 AA> ...and it must have worked because I purposely changed my entry and it
 AA> shows up with the change.

 AA> Hmmmmm...so do I have to keep unarchiving and copying into DistribNL
 AA> every time?  ..or was it just for the first-time-use?  Maybe this anomaly
 AA> should be in the uber manual.

This is how it all works .....

When you install a new nodelist or a new pointlist for the very first  
time, they have to be manually unpacked and copied to the "DistribNL"  
directory. From what you've said, you've already done this and you now  
have a compiled nodelist and a compiled pointlist.

However, when a new nodediff or new pointdiff arrives, you need to  
copy the *packed* nodediff/pointdiff to the "DistribNL" directory.  
There's no need to unpack them because WinPoint does it for you. If  
you copy them whilst WinPoint is running, WinPoint will automatically  
unpack the new nodediff/pointdiff, apply them and then re-compile your  
nodelist/pointlist. If you copy them when WinPoint is not running,  
they will be automatically processed the next time you start WinPoint.

Hope that clarifies things for you :-)

Regards,
Martin

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