Subj : sqpack order of keywords
To   : Michael Dukelsky
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sun Mar 24 2024 09:42:54

Hi Michael.

23 Mar 24 23:38, you wrote to me:

 TK>> If I set up an echoarea with "-nopack -$m 9999 -p 366", sqpack will
 TK>> pack the the msgbase.

 TK>> If I set up an echoarea with "-$m 9999 -p 366 -nopack ", sqpack will
 TK>> NOT pack the the msgbase.

 TK>> Is this intentional behaviour? In the docs there is:

 TK>> -noPack
 TK>>     do not purge or pack area (overrides -p & -$m)

 MD> There is also in the docs:

 MD> -p <integer>
 MD>     purge after n days: used by purging utilities like sqpack (*); default
 MD> value is 0;

 MD> So, in your first example '-nopack' says not to purge, but after that '-p 366'
 MD> says "Do purge" and cancels the previous command not to purge. It is the
 MD> intentional behaviour. I have changed the documentation to reflect this fact.
 MD> Thank you for paying attention to that.

Thank you for clarifying this. Someone might think that -nopack overrides the -p and -$m commands no matter what. ;)

'Tommi

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