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- From: wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank)
- Subject: Re: Buggering bollocks! A bug!
- Message-ID: <wfblanDLMKzn.IsI@netcom.com>
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- References: <wfblanDLKtA5.5Io@netcom.com> <1362.6596T1032T525@midland.co.nz>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 08:30:59 GMT
- Sender: wfblan@netcom14.netcom.com
-
- John Severinsen (jsev@midland.co.nz) wrote:
-
- : On 22-Jan-96 21:34:53 (Msg ID: <wfblanDLKtA5.5Io@netcom.com>), Wells Fargo Bank
- : wrote:
- : --
-
- : >Seems that the 'version' command is a bit flawed.
- : >If you check the version of a program it comes up with the proper version
- : >number. However, if you then go to a different disk and check another but
- : >different version of the same file it shows the first version number again.
-
- : >DF0: asl.library 37.x DF1: asl.library 38.x
-
- : >do version on DF0:asl.library it shows 37.x,
- : >but do a version on DF1:asl.library right after and it still shows 37.x
- : >instead of 38.x. This is a pretty big boo-boo! Fix it!! Thanks!
-
- : Actually, its not a bug. What is happening is that the version command gives
- : the version number of the library that's currently in memory. If you want to
- : check the version of a file/library on disk, you need to append the "file"
- : command to it. i.e.
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- : version df0:asl.library file
-
- : That will give the version number of the file on disk.
-
-
- : John Severinsen |- J.R.R. Tolkien
- : jsev@midland.co.nz |
- : <tsb>Thor 2.22, 23-Jan-96 17:09:42
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-
- Thanks for the tip! Learn something new every day!!
-
- Rob Bamford
- (wfblan@netcom.com)
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