Subj : nlupd
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Rick Smith
Date : Tue Dec 20 2022 06:42 am

Hello Wilfred!

Tuesday December 20 2022 09:46, you wrote to me:

 WV>  * Forwarded from area 'FIDOSOFT.HUSKY'
 WV> Hi Rick,

 WV> On 2022-12-19 22:03:16, you wrote to All:

 RS>> Im curious how everyone is updating nodelist on receipt of either
 RS>> a diff or weekly update, seems I have to do it manually?

 WV> No. But it's a bit of a "chain" to setup.

 WV> Whenever there are .tic files received by my mailer htick is run like
 WV> this:

 WV>   .../htick -c .../husky.config toss

 WV> In my husky.config I have the following lines:

 WV>   FileArea NODEDIFZ [FileAreaDir]/nodedifz -g FidoNet -d "Nodediffs in
 WV> zip format" -a 2:280/464 2:.../... [...] # === Fidonet Worldwide
 WV> Nodelist === Nodelist        NODELIST DiffUpdate
 WV> [FileAreaDir]/nodedifz/NODEDIFF NodelistFormat  Standard DefaultZone
 WV> 2 [...] ExecOnFile  NODEDIFZ  NODEDIFF.Z??  [basedir]/bin/nlupdate.sh


 WV> ('...' are paths on my system)


I think I see how this works, one question just after your FileArea line and before the #=== line you have [...] which you said indicates a path on your system, is this a change in path or directory here? and if so where do I need to be pointing?  Thank you!

Regards,

Rick

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