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- Short: Bugfixed c:version command
- Author: Urs Eprecht
- Uploader: fsteinfe@iiic.ethz.ch (Frederic Steinfels)
- Version: 40.1
- Type: util/shell
-
- TITLE
-
- Version
-
- VERSION
-
- 40.1 (bug removed)
-
- AUTHOR
-
- Urs Eprecht
-
- EMail: not yet (but you can EMail to me: fsteinfe@iiic.ethz.ch)
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- This is a patch/replacement for the original c:version command.
- It had a nasty bug: If the last four bytes of a file contained
- a $ sign, the version command went into an endless loop.
- The new version command contains a work aournd for this
- problem: It internally reduces the file size by four bytes.
- This is save as the last four bytes can't contain a complete
- version string.
- The workaround code requires 14 bytes. They were gained by
- shortening the text:
- "This disk requires Kickstart version 2.04 or greater"
- to
- "Kickstart 2.04 or greater required"
- This was much easier than increasing the file size.
-
- USAGE
-
- To apply the patch, enter
-
- spatch -oc:version.new -pversion.pch c:version
- rename c:version c:version.old
- rename c:version.new c:versioin
-
- SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
-
- Required:
- c:version command with the size of 4764 bytes and version
- number 40.1
-
- AVAILABILITY
-
- Aminet
- ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/aminet/util/shell/version.lha
-
- PRICE
-
- Free
-
- DISTRIBUTABILITY
-
- Distributed as freeware.
-
- The version command is Copyrigth by the owner of AmigaOS
- The patch is Copyright by Urs Eprecht
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 14636 9285 36.5% 06-Feb-98 02:00:28 +spatch
- 196 191 2.5% 31-Mar-97 23:25:26 +version.pch
- 1483 748 49.5% 06-Feb-98 02:02:18 +version.readme
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 16315 10224 37.3% 07-Feb-98 20:29:50 3 files
-