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to: Renato Zambon
from: Jos Huijnen
date: 2004-10-30 10:47:14
subject: BACKBONE.WW

Hello Renato!

 you wrote to Barry Blackford:

 RZ> Interesting, allfix create the package always with same name (day:),

The name isn't based on the day, but the destination system. That's why
it's always the same.

From the allfix.doc:

        The naming convention  that ALLFIX uses for TIC archive packages is
        af follows:

        The  first eight  digits  of  the filename  are  used to  code  the
        destination  system's  node number.  ALLFIX  can  calculate a  name
        based  on the node number, but it  is not possible to determine the
        system's node number based on the filename of the TIC archive.  The
        extension of  the  TIC  archive filename  always  begins  with  the
        letter  "C" and ends with two digits.  The two digits are follow up
        numbers. In some situations, more than  one TIC archive needs to be
        created  per  system.  In  that case,  the  follow  up  numbers are
        incremented. The system  has an added benefit that if two identical
        TIC  archives arrive  at  a system,  the  mailer may  automatically
        increment the last character of  the filename, in order to  prevent
        the original  file from being  over-written. In  the case of  a TIC
        archive, following  the  ALLFIX naming  convention,  the follow  up
        number is incremented, which does not affect ALLFIX in  any way. If
        the filename was  based on the  older naming convention,  one would
        end up  with file  names  that were  no  longer recognized  as  TIC
        archives.

Greetings,
   Jos Huijnen

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