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 Message 1117 
 Bj”rn Felten to Janis Kracht 
 MakeNL v3.4.1 Release 
 04 Jan 14 13:01:04 
 
 JK> Oh man... We don't need old segments being pulled in :( :(

   So, why use generic (daynumber as extension) at all, then?

   Using e.g..UPB as segment name for all "downlinks", all you have
to do is "copy *.UPD" to the working directory and then "del *.UPD", and you
know you'll always have only the latest segment files in the working directory.

   I've been doing that for years first as NC then as RC and it's never ever
failed.

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