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echo: mystic
to: Al
from: Edmund Wong
date: 2021-11-17 17:01:00
subject: Re: Merging Nodelists

 Al> No, Z1DAILY is a full nodelist produced daily. NODELIST is the regular
 Al> weekly nodelist.
 Al> 
 Al> The daily nodelist (Z1DAILY) will contain newly added nodes and will not 
 Al> contain removed nodes. The nodelist will catch up on friday.
 Al> 
 Al>  EW>> So if I merge the nodelists, wouldn't repeated entries be removed?
 Al>  EW>> Or did I misunderstand the purpose/idea behind merge nodelist?
 Al> 
 Al> I think merge nodelist will merge all the nodelists you provide
 Al> regardless of what they contain.
 Al> 

Hi Alan,

By 'merge', I assumed it'd consolidate repeats.  But reading what you wrote,
I'm guessing the other 'merge' meaning applies; that is, it takes the two
nodelists and merge them together. With that understood, I've just taken to
use NODELIST instead.

Thanks

Edmund

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