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- January 1994
-
-
- Dear Sysop,
-
- Some of you may have noticed that in the FILES.BBS files for the PRGMMING
- directories on last month's CD, some of the files ended with __@.EXE or
- __@.COM.
-
- This came about because the producers of the CD premastering software we are
- using told us that we could use non-alphanumeric characters in file names by
- selecting a certain option in their software.
-
- So we set up everything to go that way, and then at the last minute as we
- copied the CD files from hard disk to tape, the premastering software kept
- locking up and acting flakey. We finally had to turn off that option and
- rename the files to eliminate the "__@" characters. The problem is that we
- forgot to change the FILES.BBS files.
-
- Only one sysop called us about this, so we don't know if this was a real
- problem or not. A good text search-and-replace utility could fix the problem
- in a few minutes.
-
-
- -----FILES.BBS Files In One Place:
-
- A sysop told us that it would make it easier to have all the FILES.BBS files
- in one directory, with each file named to match its directory instead of being
- named FILES.BBS.
-
- We have done that this month. Look in the FILESBBS directory.
-
-
- -----Using PsL's Write-Ups
-
- A number of sysops have called to asked about copying our PSL_NEWS files
- and/or FILES.BBS files onto their systems.
-
- You can do so as long as you add notices saying that they are copyrighted by
- Nelson Ford, PsL, and used with permission. Thanks for helping us protect our
- copyrights.
-
-
- -----Redistributing Programs
-
- As is mentioned in our copyright license info many times, your right to
- redistribute any of the programs on the PsL CD is subject to the copyright
- restrictions of the individual authors.
-
- Yet many sysops have called and mentioned that they upload the entire CD to a
- hard disk
-