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

[Steve Davidson]

Version 2 is far more robust if you can find a copy.  My gateway is still down … it may be some time before it returns. It takes the raw nodenames.dat file , parses it and creates a “.com” procedure. All the logic is in netupdatev2.com. The resulting procedure is dumb but gets the job done.  It can be submitted to batch.  It does define and set. 

I’ll see what I can come up with for RSTS/E this weekend based on similar logic and post it.  When PLUTO:: or ARK:: (yes Paul, ARK::) return to the network it will be in the default DECnet account on those systems as well as on node SGC::.

FYI:  Like DEC, ARK:: is an 11/70 with 2 of “everything” except running under SimH.   It also has most sources (not DECnet unfortunately though… SIGH…)

-Steve

SF:IP2

> On Nov 11, 2021, at 13:24, Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 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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