On Mar 29, 1997, Wes Newell wrote:
 JS> Many moons ago I realized that what you say can be a
 JS> problem.  My solution was to create and use a separate
 JS> directory for the passthru areas.  This way, they're
 WN> Guess there's more ways than one to skin a cat.:-)
Oh yeah. :)  There's another reason.  I have echoes that aren't in 
msgarea.ctl and are only accessed through the use of a "sysop" reader/editor. 
 They would never be packed using Format 2.
 JS> But... I have to ask, why not just use Max 3's MAREA?
 JS> .. is there a bug in SqPack that I'm not aware of?
 WN> Judge for yourself;
 WN> [E:\MAX]sqpackp e:\max\marea.dat
 WN> Error opening area database `e:\max\marea.dat' for read!
Rut-roh!  Umm, try doing it as: [E:\MAX]sqpackp e:\max\marea (no ".dat") and 
see what you get. 
Later on,
 -JrS
  ogre@nashville.com
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