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echo: 4dos
to: Ralf Brinkmann
from: Gerald Miller
date: 2004-10-25 12:47:14
subject: DES2DIZ.BTM ???

Hello Ralf,

    Responding to a post in the 4DOS area:
    On Monday October 25 2004 at 12:04,
    Ralf Brinkmann [2:244/2122] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: DES2DIZ.BTM  ???

 GM>> It is my hope that someone "captured" the BTM (if he
did post it)
 GM>> and I would appreciate it if they could repost it in this echo.

 RB> what I have here is in German. It's a modified version. Tell me if you
 RB> need a translation. At the end you will find another file, that adds a
 RB> file_id.diz TO an archive.

 RB> ======================================================================

[ ...snip...]

 RB>   text

 RB> Syntax: "DIZ2DESC [/V|/Q] "

 RB>           Es sind Wildcards erlaubt, z.B. *.ZIP.

 RB>         /V          Verbose-Mode, zeigt genau an was passiert.

 RB>         /Q          Quiet-Mode, zeigt nichts an (z.B. fuer
 RB> Batch-Betrieb),
 RB>                     vorhandene Description wird kommentarlos
 RB> Ueberschrieben!


 RB>        Originalautor unbekannt, modifiziert von Robert Zimmer,
 RB> 25.09.95,
 RB>        nochmals verbessert von Sven Bürger 28.11.98
 RB>   endtext

[ ...snip... ]

It appears that I may have been somewhat hasty with my response to your
post AND I "presumed" you were posting a **DES2DIZ.BTM**...

It wasn't until I went on Babelfish to do the German to English
translations, that I realized I was working on something that I already
have -- DIZ2DES.BTM.

I am seeking a #_*DES2DIZ.BTM*_#, that will read a description for a
filename (archive) from a 4DOS DESCRIPT.ION file, write it to a FILE_ID.DIZ
file, format the line wrap to column 45, and import the new FILE_ID.DIZ
into the archive - overwritting any existing FILE_ID.DIZ.

I apologize if the body of my original message was unclear / uncertain, but
I had thought the message Subject would be sufficient.

On a brighter note, after performing the translation, I did realize some
very interesting techniques within "your" BTM that I will include into my
DIZ2DESC.BTM...  I will post my resulting btm when I've completed squashing
a few pesky problems.

Thanks again for the help.

           Cheers ... Gerald

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