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<p>So <i>that's</i> the difference between <font size="4"><tt>SET</tt></font>
and <font size="4"><tt>DEFINE</tt></font>? Gee, that's deluxe!
What a great idea!</p>
<p>If you will look at my previous batch log, you will see that I
only update the running system node database with the set
difference from the previous week's node file.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">There is no way to 'restart' DECnet on
Tops-20 without a reboot. Once you set certain items and the
Executor starts, that's it for the run of the operating system.
Further, there are no <font size="4"><tt>NODE%</tt></font>
functions to either purge the entire running database nor retrieve
it into user memory, which keeps striking me as perhaps an
arbitrary limitation.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On the other hand, unless I am doing
monitor development, I never have any reason to reboot and rarely
crash, so the difference would be largely moot to me, absent
renaming or renaming the local Executor. Right now, <font
size="4"><tt>TOMMY</tt></font> ('Production') is up over 7,171
hours while <font size="4"><tt>VENTI2</tt></font> (active
development) is up over 3,428 hours.<br>
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<hr width="100%" size="2">On 11/11/21 9:09 AM, Paul Koning wrote:<br>
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<p class="">On 11/11/21 3:53 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:<br
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class="">If a specific format is needed for RSTS/E
nodes, I can create that format file whenever the
nodename database is updated. Just let me know what the
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<p class=""><font class="" face="monospace">$ type
defnod.cmd<br class="">
<b class="">SET VER</b><b class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">SET NOON</b><b class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">NCP DEFINE NODE 1.1 NAME MAGICA</b><b
class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">NCP DEFINE NODE 1.2 NAME ERNIE</b><b
class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">NCP DEFINE NODE 1.3 NAME FNATTE</b><b
class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">...</b><b class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">...</b><b class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">NCP DEFINE NODE 62.637 NAME CTAKAH</b><b
class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">NCP SET NODE 1.1 NAME MAGICA</b><b
class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">NCP SET NODE 1.2 NAME ERNIE</b><b
class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">NCP SET NODE 1.3 NAME FNATTE</b><b
class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">...</b><b class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">...</b><b class=""><br class="">
</b><b class="">NCP SET NODE 62.637 NAME CTAKAH</b><br
class="">
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The "set" commands are a nice additional item but the define
commands are the important part. If you include the set commands
the running system is updated at that time; if you leave them out,
it will be up to date at the next DECnet restart.
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