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- File: LDIR.MSG Date: 82-11-14
- To: All Remote System Operators
- From: Gary P. Novosielski CIS[70160,120]
- Subj: Library Directory program
-
- There have been several requests from RCPM and other remote
- system operators for a utility to allow callers to see the
- directory of .LBR files available on the system. LDIR is
- such a program.
-
- LDIR performs no other function besides displaying the
- directory of .LBR files, and can be made available to
- callers as a .COM file. While the LU library utility can
- also perform this function, it would be sucide to leave this
- out in a useable form, since it could be used to introduce
- any arbitrary .COM file onto the system.
-
- There has been a difference of opinion on whether .LBR's should
- be squeezed before transmission, or whether the indivudual
- members should be squeezed before being added to the .LBR.
- There are good arguments for both sides, but since squeezing
- an entire library would render the directory unreadable, I
- suggest taking the latter alternative, and leaving the library
- as an unsqueezed .LBR rather than a .LQR file.
-
- Experimentation has shown that on many libraries, there will
- be a slight cost in library size by opting for this method,
- but the visibility of the directory would seem to outweigh this
- objection. Of course any or all members of the unsqueezed
- library can still be squeezed files, so there is still a large
- saving over normal ASCII encoded files. The savings in time
- and disk space which are inherent in the use of .LBR files also
- helps to mitigate the slight size increase.
-
- The files distributed with this package are:
- LDIR.C BDS C Source file.
- LDIR.COM BDS C Object code, compiled with V1.44 using
- the -E option, and CLINKed using the BDSNEW
- routines where possible. NOBOOT has been run
- on this version.
- LDIR.MSG This file.
-
- If there are any questions or problems, please feel free to
- contact me at (201) 935-4087 voice, evenings (EST) and
- weekends, or via CompuServe [70160,120] using EMAIL or CP-MIG.
-
- Regards,
- Gary P. Novosielski
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