Just wondering, when you run an MUTIL ini, does it matter where in the ini
each option is according to when it's run?

I placed the new FileSort in my file management ini per the placement in the new mutil.ini, ran it, and it sorted the file bases after generating the allfiles.txt. Had to run it a second time to reflect the order in the allfiles.txt

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On 01/03/18, maskreet pondered and said...

Just wondering, when you run an MUTIL ini, does it matter where in the
ini each option is according to when it's run?

I suspect it does. Especially if you are running a lot of them from the same .ini

Best IMHO to create specific .ini for functions you want to control the order of and them call them as part of your batch file when running maintenance.

Best, Paul


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Just wondering, when you run an MUTIL ini, does it matter where in the
ini each option is according to when it's run?

I placed the new FileSort in my file management ini per the placement in the new mutil.ini, ran it, and it sorted the file bases after generating the allfiles.txt. Had to run it a second time to reflect the order in the allfiles.txt

No, MUTIL decides the order they should run so that people aren't doing things like packing their user base, then purging it, and reporting that users aren't deleted. Stuff like that sometimes happens if I don't put controls on things.

In this case, it was just poorly selecting when to run it. In the next build Allfiles will now run after the sort, actually after all file-base related stuff.

Thank you for pointing this out!

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On 01/04/18, Avon said the following...

On 01/03/18, maskreet pondered and said...

Just wondering, when you run an MUTIL ini, does it matter where in th ini each option is according to when it's run?

I suspect it does. Especially if you are running a lot of them from the same .ini

Best IMHO to create specific .ini for functions you want to control the order of and them call them as part of your batch file when running maintenance.

Bleh. Just tried it, it doesn't matter where you place it, it seems to run in
a set order.

Hey g00r00, would you be able to place the FileSort before generating the AllFiles list?

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On 01/03/18, g00r00 said the following...

No, MUTIL decides the order they should run so that people aren't doing things like packing their user base, then purging it, and reporting that users aren't deleted. Stuff like that sometimes happens if I don't put controls on things.

That makes sense, and I completely agree about controlling what's run, and when.

In this case, it was just poorly selecting when to run it. In the next build Allfiles will now run after the sort, actually after all file-base related stuff.

No worries, man. You rock. =)

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On 01/03/18, maskreet pondered and said...

Bleh. Just tried it, it doesn't matter where you place it, it seems to
run in a set order.

All good thanks for confirming (g00r00 too :))

Best, Paul


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Hello g00r00!

No, MUTIL decides the order they should run so that people aren't
doing things like packing their user base, then purging it, and
reporting that users aren't deleted. Stuff like that sometimes
happens if I don't put controls on things.

In this case, it was just poorly selecting when to run it. In the
next build Allfiles will now run after the sort, actually after all file-base related stuff.

That was a question I had been meaning to ask also. So, would it cause any problems IF one were to limit a Mutil ini file to only those stanza's that
were to be used for a particular intended task? Omitting the rest of the
file except for things (Log file, Etc.) that were relevent to all tasks.


Jeff


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That was a question I had been meaning to ask also. So, would it cause
any problems IF one were to limit a Mutil ini file to only those
stanza's that were to be used for a particular intended task? Omitting
the rest of the file except for things (Log file, Etc.) that were
relevent to all tasks.

You just need the general tab and then whatever [stanza] you want to use. An MUTIL.INI could be as short is this:

[General]
FileSort = true
[FileSort]
attribute = 0
direction = 0

Of course that example wouldn't have any logging, so you might want to add in the logging options from General as well.

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Hello g00r00!

04 Jan 18 11:03, you wrote to me:

You just need the general tab and then whatever [stanza] you want to
use. An MUTIL.INI could be as short is this:

[General]
FileSort = true
[FileSort]
attribute = 0
direction = 0

Of course that example wouldn't have any logging, so you might want to
add in the logging options from General as well.

That is what I suspected would be the case but wanted to verify.



Jeff


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Paul had a youtube video where he demonstrated that exact thing. Remove the pieces you are not using from the first stanza, and leave only the configuration(s) you are using.

He then had ini files he called to import as well export mail, a nightly maitenance ini, nodelist tossing, etc.

Beery

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That's how I have it. I have an ini directory with ini made for every thing I do.

Then I have Linux scripts or windows batch files written for the acitvity.

Eg. import_mail.sh or toss_tic


Or a complex script like toss_to_downlinks that have many ini files ran.



On 10:24 04/01 , Beery wrote:

Paul had a youtube video where he demonstrated that exact thing. Remove the >pieces you are not using from the first stanza, and leave only the >configuration(s) you are using.

He then had ini files he called to import as well export mail, a nightly >maitenance ini, nodelist tossing, etc.

Beery

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