[HECnet] RSTS/E started emitting "?EVTLOG (BLDNIC) -- %Integer error" messages

[Supratim Sanyal]

On 11/11/21 7:14 AM, Steve Davidson wrote:

> NETUPDATE.COM  (VMS only) checks two things:  first it checks the record against the current node name and if equal skips the record.  Second, if the database is being run against a cluster then it additionally ignores all of the nodes in that area.  This way all of the Satellite information is not altered thus rendering satellite boot non functional.

Yes - I am a major user of NETUPDATE.COM. Runs weekly to sync up IMPVAX 
with MIM, and runs on many VAXen to sync from IMPVAX. Thanks Steve.

*$! NETUPDATE.COM
$!
$! Version: V1.0-004
$!
$!
$! Edit history:
$!
$!      16-Jun-2010 15:45 S. Davidson   004 - add logicals and auto-update
$!      14-Jun-2010 11:30 S. Davidson   003 - procedure no longer returns
$!                                            specific file version - allows
$!                                            NETUPDATE.COM to be updated in
$!                                            place
$!      14-Jun-2010 11:06 S. Davidson   002 - Fixed "on error" syntax
$!      03-Jun-2010 00:00 S. Davidson   001 - Initial creation*


> Similar behavior for the first case could probably be applied in most of the command line interpreters.
>
> -Steve
>
> SF:IP2
>
>> On Nov 11, 2021, at 06:30, Johnny Billquist<bqt at softjar.se>  wrote:
>>
>> Tony,
>>
>>> On 2021-11-11 10:30, Tony Nicholson wrote:
>>> Johnny,
>>> Under RSTS/E I’ve found I can use FIX.CMD, but I have to comment the definition for the current node and add a missing definition for MIM.
>> Ah. Yes, similar "problem" as with RSX in that the own node won't work. That's the reason MIM is not in there. I should create a different one for others. FIX.CMD is where I started, and it is very tailored to my own use.
>>
>>> Then duplicate the definitions changing the ‘def nod’ to ‘set nod’ and feed it into NCP.
>> Maybe you should look at FIX.COM?
>>
>>> When I update pydecnet using a new nodenames.dat I also use
>>> $ ncp copy known nodes from TNRTR to both
>>> (TNRTR Is my pydecnet router)
>> That definitely works in VMS. Does that also work in RSTS/E?
>>
>> With that said, while generated command files are all nice and good, for at least VMS and RSX, I would actually recommend people use the provided DECnet tools instead.
>>
>>
>> In RSX:
>>
>>> RUN LB:[5,54]NNCFSL
>> and collect the nodes from MIM, and then:
>>
>> SCP STOP
>> SCP START
>>
>> and you have the new nodenames in there.
>>
>>
>> In VMS (as mentioned above):
>>
>> $ NCP COPY KNOWN NODES FROM MIM TO BOTH
>>
>> If the VMS solution also works in RSTS/E that is really nice.
>>
>>   Johnny
>>
>>> Tony
>>> On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 19:54, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se  <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote:
>>>     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 format should be.
>>>     At the moment, the following files are created:
>>>     FIX.T20 (for TOPS-20)
>>>     FIX.COM<http://FIX.COM>  (for VMS)
>>>     HECNET.PY (for PyDECnet)
>>>     FIX.CMD (for RSX)
>>>     All can be found at MIM::HECNET:
>>>         Johnny
>>> -- 
>>> Tony Nicholson <tony.nicholson at computer.org  <mailto:tony.nicholson at computer.org>>
>> -- 
>> Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
>>                                   ||  on a psychedelic trip
>> email:bqt at softjar.se              ||  Reading murder books
>> pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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