>I got back a message saying that file LISTSERV LISTS was being sent to me in
>DISK DUMP format (...). I decided that since LIST GLOBAL seemed to be
>translating to a GET file command I should try a direct GET of the same file
>as well. But GET LISTSERV LISTS didn't get me the file which I've just
>received but a message saying that '* File "LISTSERV LISTS" is not yet
>available." Just what is going on here?
It is not translated into a GET request. LISTSERV sends such a message for
practically every file it will send you. That's like DATABASE OUTPUT, you
cannot GET DATABASE OUTPUT :-) For LISTSERV LISTS it tells you that it is not
available because a long time ago Eric created an entry into CONTROL FILELIST
for a planned list of lists which is now automatically generated by LIST
GLOBAL and therefore obsolete as a file. The entry has been removed in 1.5N2.
Jose Maria