Subj : Nodelist problem
To   : Anna Christina Nass
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Mar 07 2021 11:18:00

Hello Anna!

 AA>> If I recall correctly, auto-updates only work when there are DIFFs.

 ACN> No, auto-updating as a diff is an option. For example, I
 ACN> also have the fsxNet nodelist auto-updated and there I
 ACN> don't get diffs.

OH!  I had understood from one of the OXP experts here that this  
part in the config:

ÚÄ Configure Node/Pointlist ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³                                                   ³
³  List name         FSXNET.###        Number  360  ³
³                                                   ³
³  Format of list    Nodelist                      ³
³  Zone/Address      21                             ³
³                                                   ³
³  Update file       FSXNET_D.### <----- THIS field ³
³  Update archive    FSXNET_D.Z## <----- THIS field ³
³                                                   ³
³  Process by                                       ³
³                                                   ³
³   [x]   Use internal nodelist processor           ³
³   [ ]   Delete update after processing            ³
³                                                   ³
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [F2] ÄÙ

  ..would ONLY work for nets that serve DIFFs.


 ACN> My "nodelist list" looks like this:

 ACN> Z2PNT.###     064  Z2PNT.###     Z2PNT.Z##           FD-Pointliste
 ACN> NODELIST.###  064  NODEDIFF.###  NODEDIFF.Z##  Diff  Nodeliste
 ACN> FSXNET.###    071  FSXNET.###    FSXNET.Z##          Nodeliste
 ACN> tqwnet.###    057  TQWNET.###    TQWNET.Z##          Nodeliste

WOW... That means that I *can* get autoupdated FSXNET nodelists!  
I will do that too!  Thanks!

My nodelist table looks like this:

ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
³ Z2PNT.###     064  Z2PNT_D.###   Z2PNT_D.Z##   Diff  FD Pointlist
³ NODELIST.###  064  NODEDIFF.###  NODEDIFF.Z##  Diff  Nodelist
³ FSXNET.###    360  FSXNET_D.###  FSXNET_D.Z##  Diff  Nodelist
³ micronet.###  043  XXX           XXX           Diff  Nodelist
³ scinet.###    008  SCINET.###    SCINET.Z##    Diff  Nodelist

Which means, that I would probably encounter the lowercase  
problem with micronet and scinet too!

I never really noticed the problem though, because I wrongly  
assumed that only DIFF-supported nodelists would update.

I *think* I had micronet's nodelist configured like you do for  
tqwnet, but never noticed because I assumed that only DIFFs were  
required for that to work.   Interesting.


 ACN> Only the FidoNet NODELIST.### is in diff-form, all the other nodelists
 ACN> are full updates.
 ACN> And Z2PNT and FSXNET do work, only tqwnet.### does not work.

In that case, I *does* look like you may have discovered a bug.


 ACN> The FSXNET entry is configured like this:

 ACN> Listenname        FSXNET.###        Nummer  071
 ACN> Listenformat      Nodeliste
 ACN> Update-Datei      FSXNET.###
 ACN> Update-Archiv     FSXNET.Z##
 ACN> [ ]   Update als Diff einbinden

 ACN> (Whereas NODELIST.### has [x] Update as diff)

OMG..  I did not realize there was a setting for that  
distinction!  I will need to find that and adjust it for FSXNET.


 ACN> All my nodelist networks send new files with uppercase
 ACN> filenames, only tqwNet uses lowercase.

As I said, you may have indeed found a bug!


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