[HECnet] How frequently do you update your node list?

[Johnny Billquist]

I obviously try to always update my machines as soon as something changes.

I also automatically send mail to some people who have requested it 
whenever there has been a change, and it might be that some people have 
automated their updates based on this mail.

If anyone else wants a mail whenever the nodename database is updated, 
just let me know.

   Johnny

On 2019-12-18 06:54, Thomas DeBellis wrote:
> I finished my changes to FAL and DAPLIB to support ANONYMOUS usage on 
> HECnet with some degree of security.
> 
> Naturally, the first thing I did was regression testing, both with one 
> of my 20's and another 20 on HECnet (TWENEX). Unfortunately, I couldn't 
> do anything on TWENEX because it didn't know about my node definitions, 
> so NFT had no syntactical way to specify the connection (that I could 
> remember).  Intrigued, I went to a number of other 20's to see what a 
> SYSTAT might show.  Aside from the fact that most of them appeared down, 
> none of them knew about either TOMMYT:: or VENTI2::...  Well!!
> 
> However, before I got too huffy, I wondered when the last time **I** 
> updated was, the answer turning out to be "never"...  Shame on me.  So I 
> knocked together a weekly batch job to pull a specially formatted node 
> list from MIM::, suitable for swallowing by SETNOD (you have to have a 
> RETURN statement at the end or you get an error which can blow up a 
> batch job).  This also allows me to track (somewhat) the comings and 
> goings of nodes which is of interest.
> 
> So the question is, how frequently are the rest of you updating and how 
> are you doing it?  My batch control file is below in case anyone with a 
> 20 wants it.
> 
> Meanwhile, I am looking for a few volunteers to contact me off-list to 
> do a little alpha testing before I post the code for ANONYMOUS usage.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> @DayTime
> @Enable
> @Set Trap File
> @Define OLDS: PS:<OLD-SYSTEM>
> @Rename SYSTEM:NODE-DATA.TXT OLDS:
> @NFT
> *SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /USER:
> *SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /PASSWORD:
> *SET DEFAULTS MIM:: /ACCOUNT:
> *DIR MIM::FIX.T20;0
> *COPY MIM::FIX.T20;0 SYSTEM:NODE-DATA.TXT
> *EXIT
> @Define OLD: OLDS:NODE-DATA.TXT.0
> @Define NEW: SYSTEM:NODE-DATA.TXT.0
> @Define DIF: OLDS:NODE-DATA.DIF.-1
> @FILCOM
> *DIF:=OLD:,NEW:
> =^Z
> @SETNOD
> *TAKE SYSTEM:NODE-DATA.TXT.0
> *SAVE
> *INSERT
> *EXIT
> @Information DECnet
> @VD OLD:,NEW:
> WEEKLY:: @CHKPNT WEEKLY
> @Submit GETNOD.CTL.0 -
> @ /After:+167:59:59 -
> @ /Assistance:Yes -
> @ /Batch-Log:Append -
> @ /LogDisposition:Keep -
> @ /LogName:GETNOD.LOG.0 -
> @ /Notify:No -
> @ /Output:NoLog -
> @ /Restartable:YES -
> @ /Time:00:01:00 -
> @ /Unique:No
> @Goto END
> %ERR::
> @Original ERun NEW:MM.EXE.0
> *DayTime
> *Send Nag
> *DECnet Node Update Error
> *Go figure out what went wrong and restart the batch job
> *^Z
> *User-Header Importance High
> *User-Header Priority Urgent
> *User-Header X-Priority 1
> *Erase Bcc
> *Send
> *Quit
> END::
> @Information (about) Batch-Requests
> @Echo That's all folks!
> 
> 

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