Garrie,

I'm not familiar with VM but it sounds like you are issuing the command to
the OS, instead of to ListServ. ListServ commands are usually issued by
sending e-mail containing the command to listserv@(domain name).

- Marc (A.B., Washington University, 1996) :)

= Marc Louis Stober
= Systems Manager
= The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: LISTSERV give-and-take forum
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Garrie Burr
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:27 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: new distribution problems
>
>
> 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 running 1.8c today whose PEERS and INTPEERS tables are outdated even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