We use distributed files and yes a master file is created. The DEFINE.DF command creates a type 27 file and a dictionary file is created that is a type 30 file. As a matter of fact we use the one dictionary for all of the part files.
-----Original Message----- From: Anthony Youngman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 6:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Trigger(s) on distributed file Odder and odder. I don't ever remember seeing a file at OS level with the name of a distributed master file. PI *or* UV. As implemented by Prime, iirc, any partfile could be used as a master to get the algorithm definition etc, and you were warned that a VERY QUICK way to corrupt your distributed file was to use FORCE with DESIGN.DF unless you knew exactly what you were doing - precisely because a part file could belong to multiple masters and if the masters weren't in sync the result was a terrible mess... Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: phil walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 June 2007 11:20 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Trigger(s) on distributed file Sorry Wol, Yes, I did think you meant the Pick style multi-part, sorry about that. But as far as the distributed files as managed by DF they have always had a master file of type (27 or 41 - cannot remember which ) which was basically just a header and I think had the algorithms etc in them. Dave Meeks or Glenn Herbert could probably confirm if they are still around. Palmer Chapelle was the engineer who had most input in implementing them in UV from PI. Cheers, Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Youngman Sent: Friday, 22 June 2007 10:16 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Trigger(s) on distributed file Then things really are confusing ... I'm talking about the file-type introduced by Prime, and officially managed using the DEFINE.DF command. By "multi-part", do you mean the Pick style NEW.ACCOUNT,PIOPEN type file? I'm certainly not thinking of those - they were never in PI and I've never had cause to use them. I wouldn't presume to know anything about them. Distributed files, as known on Prime, never to my knowledge had any physical existence other than as individual part-files. As far as I was aware, the UV implementation had similar characteristics ... Cheers, Wol ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
