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- From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
- Subject: Re: Duplicate Names (was Re: XDIR utility uploaded to /pc/incoming)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul19.161433.5591@uwasa.fi>
- Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
- References: <9207121554.AA02677@garbo.uwasa.fi> <1992Jul15.134817.5897@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1992 16:14:33 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1992Jul15.134817.5897@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> phys169@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:
- >In article <9207121554.AA02677@garbo.uwasa.fi>, hv@garbo.uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama) writes:
- >> File name: XDIR302o.zip
- >> One line description: An MSDOS DIR extender + System information
- >
- >Sounds like a nice gadget. But one problem it reminds me of is that lots of
- >programs are using the same name. For example there's a DRDOS utility and
-
- This is a known dilemma, that that's why we hope that the authors of
- packages with common names would do something about it. For example
- there are countless rm programs (Unix-like delete) around, and we
- have suggested that the authors would distinguish them eg by their
- initials, something like rm_ts10.zip instead of rm.zip. In fact
- Keith has notified the author of the problem, if I recall correctly.
-
- >1. is the "o" at the end of the name some sort of add-on to distinguish between
- >different authors' XDIR v 3.02 programs (and if so what naming system is used),
-
- It must be a typo:
- 55039 Aug 10 1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/dirutil/xdir302a.zip
-
- >2. whether any archive sites list a brief description after the filename (I
- >think there was a special version of the Unix "ls" to do this - which I'd like,
- >if anyone can point me to it).
-
- I am not sure I understand what is the question. The file lists
- like garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/INDEX.ZIP certainly have descriptions. Or
- if you mean if there is a dir program which enables entering and
- storing user's own file descriptions, there are such animals around,
- but you'll have to check the file lists. I cannot recall the
- name(s) outright.
-
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- Prof. Timo Salmi
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- Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
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