How does the library_type parameter differ from the file_list_type parameter?

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 18.01

Description:
How does the library_type parameter differ from the file_list_type parameter? (Likewise, the library_size parameter vs. the file_list_size?)

Resolution:
library_type is an older form of the parameter.

Version 16 rep_change 218 (version 17 rep_ver 8468) says this:

Description: Creating a new library, based on a template library.
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Usage: csh -f open_new_library <Library name> <File List Size> <Template Library> <X Path> <USR Library> <Create Oracle User>
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Template Library - Mandatory.
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The script will insert proper file_list_type line in prof_library and if necessary will remove old library_type line.

<end rep_change 218 excerpt>

In version 18, the library_type is not used by the programs at all. The $aleph_proc scripts, open_new_library and open_new_aleph_site (described in Version 18 rep_change 13), reference the library_type parameter in the source library -- but only in order to change it to a "file_list_type" parameter in the new (target) library(s) they are creating.