>> It forces makenl to update every segment to the current day number.

> Huh? Every segment? Even older ones? Can you explain that, please?

Every segment in the master directory... it deletes old ones and updates new
ones.

what is so hard for you to understand?

Oh, I forgot, you're probably running some homegrown version 

--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1
 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38)