On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:48:32 -0500 I wrote:
>NODESGEN is an unknown command on our VM Server and I've never had to

And Nathan answered:

>>That I don't understand.  Did you issue it and get an unknown command
error?  It's been around for ages.  I see references to it clear back
to 1.6d and the implication is that it existed before that.<<

I get 'Unknown CP/CMS command.' when issuing it from the LISTSERV account.
I'd already seen the command in the manual (wasn't sure what <WTONLY> meant
as a variable) but issuing the command separately or with a variable causes
the same 'Unknown CP/CMS command.' to appear.

It is indeed old WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU but I've had to download the files
manually since I started watching over things several years ago.  This is
the first time we've had a problem.  I've had the procedure stored in a
file so I can just copy/paste the commands in without worrying about typos.
I assume it's been ftping as text since this is the first (possible)
problem.

I tried switching back to the old BITEARN NODES file from the previous
update, just to make sure that there wasn't a problem with the new file,
but the same errors and problems with distribution continued.

About 1.8c and Y2K, Nathan wrote:

>>1.8c is not Y2K compliant and I just saw a note from a site
running 1.8c today whose PEERS and INTPEERS tables are outdated even
though it's a registered site (BITEARN NODES was current) and which
was reporting a Y2K-related problem.  I don't know for a fact that the
two issues are related.<<

I notice that our INTPEERS and PEERS NAMES files are dated, respectively
12/30/99 and 12/20/99.  These need updates, too??

--Garrie