Subj : follow-up on: NCs who've updated to MakeNl_NG
To   : Ulrich Schroeter
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Sat Feb 16 2013 00:03:57

Hello Ulrich!

Sunday February 10 2013 15:32, Ulrich Schroeter wrote to Mark Lewis:

 US> In another project where julian date extension are an issue, I've
 US> switch to an algorythm, to first search for the filename.* then check
 US> for valid julian date extensions, then sort the files based on julian
 US> date extensions and date (probably using an admin line in the segment)
 US> eg  nodelist for <date> daynr ###
 US> if admin line is not available, using the filedate and compare it to
 US> the julian date extension for plausibilty eg .335 matches
 US> 30.11.2012 then sort it by date and using the latest segment

I suspect that we will have to do something like this for MakeNL as well.

 US> This is quite some overhead, but best fits to the requirement to find
 US> whatever valid segment file with julian date extension can be found in
 US> a master directory If you want to extend the plausibility and validity
 US> check, you can also look for the makenl config definition -> Net
 US> 244 and check the referenced segment for a line starting with
 US> Host,244,....   :)

That is something to consider in the future, after we resolve the immediate 
issue.

Andrew

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