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--- mutil_merge_node_lists [2016/03/29 04:35] – avon
+++ mutil_merge_node_lists [2016/03/29 04:38] – avon
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 ====== Merge nodelists in to Mystic format ======
+The '[MergeNodeLists]' stanza instructs MUTIL to find the latest nodelists available in your Mystic system for the various message networks your BBS may be connected to.
+After examining all the available nodelists for each message network MUTIL then merges the results together in to a nodelist.txt file that is saved in the Mystic DATA directory.
 To enable this function you modify the '[general]' stanza as follows:
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   MergeNodeLists       = true
-The '[MergeNodeLists]' stanza instructs MUTIL to find the latest nodelists available in your Mystic system for the various message networks your BBS may be connected to. After examining all the available nodelists for each message network MUTIL then merges the results together in to a nodelist.txt file that is saved in the Mystic DATA directory.
 To do this you need to define a 'nodefile' statement for each message network carried by your Mystic BBS. There must be one 'nodefile' statement per network, per line. The nodefile value must contain the full path and the base filename of the nodelist used by any given message network.
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   [MergeNodeLists]
   ; Fidonet
   nodefile=c:\mystic\files\fdn\fdn_node\nodelist
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   nodefile=c:\mystic\files\agn\agn_node\agoranet
-In the example above Mystic will search for a Fidonet nodelist in c:\mystic\files\fdn\fdn_node and select the latest nodelist.### nodelist. This comparison is first done by checking the day extension.  If the extension is archived (.z12, etc) it will be unarchived before comparison.
+In the above example Mystic will search for a Fidonet nodelist in c:\mystic\files\fdn\fdn_node and select the latest nodelist.### nodelist. This comparison is first done by checking the day extension.  If the extension is archived (.z12, etc) it will be unarchived before comparison.
 After decompressing, the 3-digit day extensions are compared, selecting the highest number.  It will also compare the years of the file dates, and select the newest option.  So if you have nodelist.025 dated 2013 and also nodelist.320 dated 2012, nodelist.025 will be selected.
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 If no nodelists are found, Mystic will not overwrite the current nodelist.  Comments are stripped while merging to lower filesize and increase search performance.
+  ;Strip nodes marked as DOWN?
+  strip_down = true
+  ;Strip nodes marked as PRIVATE?
+  strip_private = true
 The use of this stanza is recommended as part of a nightly or weekly maintenance process that can be set up and and run by the Mystic BBS Event Editor.