[HECnet] DCL Practice - Yet another HECNET Node Status Script

[Supratim Sanyal]

Understood and agreed. I will take the info.txt retrieval out. Thanks for the feedback Johnny.

- supratim

> On Nov 28, 2016, at 3:40 AM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> 
> Like I said elsewhere - I do not find it appropriate to have some automated system that tries to access my systems regularly when they do not have access rights. It does cause entries in the system logs about failed access attempts. Please don't do that.
> 
>    Johnny
> 
>> On 2016-11-28 01:42, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have been working on and off on a DCL script to dump HECnet node
>> statuses into HTML files (just as a way to brush up DCL skills). Many of
>> you have done this in the past, it is a fun thing to do.
>> 
>> Unfortunately I did not realize the resulting floods of log entries on
>> your systems may not be appropriate. Please let me know if it is not
>> acceptable to run my script once a week moving forward.
>> 
>> FYI - the script as of now is at
>> https://gist.github.com/tuklusan/4666755385686ebaeb4eb1aa0e9f4a5c, and
>> the results are at
>> http://sanyalnet-openvms-vax.freeddns.org:82/falserver/hecnet-status.html
>> 
>> Thank you for keeping the DECnet fire burning. Best wishes for the
>> festive season.
>> 
>> - Supratim
>> QCOCAL::SANYAL
> 
> 
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