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Mario Fetka f214e89d69 tests: add Novell DOS tool baseline suite

Add DOS-side baseline scripts for the Novell tools used to compare the
reimplemented public utilities.

The suite covers the current baseline set:

  MAP
  SLIST
  WHOAMI
  LOGIN / LOGOUT
  NDIR
  NCOPY
  FLAG
  FLAGDIR
  CREATOR
  RIGHTS
  GRANT
  REVOKE
  REMOVE

It also includes supporting trustee, rights, rename, move, delete and
file-operation tests.

Each test writes reproducible output into a per-tool CMP directory and
provides a matching ZIP helper for collecting the results. The ZIP
helpers clean generated test trees afterwards so SYS: does not keep
accumulating temporary directories.

This is the Novell baseline layer only. A later change can extend the
same scripts to run the full comparison cycle:

  NPUBLIC baseline -> PUBLIC implementation -> NPUBLIC control

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FILER tests

Manual Novell FILER baseline with pre/post output comparison.

Files

File	Purpose
`FILPREN.BAT`	Pre-FILER setup and baseline output capture.
`FILPOSTN.BAT`	Post-FILER output capture, compare, and cleanup.
`FILCMPN.BAT`	Repeat PRE/POST comparisons only.
`FILTSTM.TST`	MARS/dosutils regression notes/spec for the scenario.

Test flow

FILPREN.BAT
NPUBLIC\FILER
FILPOSTN.BAT

Optional repeat compare:

FILCMPN.BAT

Output comparison

FILPREN.BAT writes baseline files to:

F:\TFILE\PRE\*.OUT

FILPOSTN.BAT writes post-FILER files to:

F:\TFILE\POST\*.OUT

Then FC compares:

FLAGA.OUT
FLAGB.OUT
FLAGK.OUT
NDIR.OUT
DATES.OUT
RIGHTS.OUT
TRUST.OUT
TRUSTA.OUT

No differences are expected if FILER was only used for inspection. Intentional differences are expected if attributes or metadata were changed in FILER.

Manual changes to perform in FILER

The FILER screen starts at MARS\SYS:NPUBLIC. Use the menu to navigate and make a small, controlled change set.

1. Go to the test directory

Use:

Select Current Directory

Change to:

F:\TFILE

or the equivalent NetWare path:

MARS\SYS:TFILE

Then use:

Directory Contents

You should see:

A.TXT
B.TXT
KEEP.TXT
SUBDIR

2. Inspect file and directory information

Open/inspect the information screen for:

A.TXT
B.TXT
KEEP.TXT
SUBDIR
SUBDIR\C.TXT

Just opening these screens should exercise the server info-readback paths without changing anything.

3. Make one or more intentional attribute changes

Use FILER to change only a few obvious attributes, so the PRE versus POST compare is easy to understand.

Suggested changes:

A.TXT       Hidden: toggle
B.TXT       Read Only: toggle
KEEP.TXT    Archive Needed: toggle

If FILER allows editing directory attributes, also inspect SUBDIR, but keep directory changes minimal.

4. Optional no-change pass

For a pure readback test, do not change anything in FILER. Then FILPOSTN.BAT should show no FC differences except harmless output/date formatting differences.

5. Expected compare results

After leaving FILER, run:

FILPOSTN.BAT

Expected results:

No FILER changes:
  FC should report no differences for the PRE/POST files.

Changed A.TXT Hidden:
  FLAGA.OUT, NDIR.OUT, DATES.OUT may differ.

Changed B.TXT Read Only:
  FLAGB.OUT, NDIR.OUT, DATES.OUT may differ.

Changed KEEP.TXT Archive Needed:
  FLAGK.OUT, NDIR.OUT, DATES.OUT may differ.

Changed rights/trustees:
  RIGHTS.OUT and/or TRUST*.OUT may differ.

The important part is that the differences match the intentional FILER changes and the server log shows no unexpected completion codes.

Server log focus

Look for:

NCP22/25
Set Directory/File Information
change bits
nwp_stat
nw_optain_file_dir_info
nw_search_file_dir
build_d_i

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