PE> I really must move to Linux soon. I've just commented out the
 PE> last of the squish things that dealt with things on the
 PE> 3:711/934 address, so now I can move on to some of the other
 PE> utilities. Areafix is the next one, and hopefully Bob will come
 PE> up with the other two, and I should just about be done. 

  I've decided to use FILES.TXT itself as the template, rather than
split it up, but the logic gets a bit strange...

  I've added a number to the section headers, and I simply read
through FILES.TXT using these numbers to identify the sections, and
check against the TIC.DAT file to relate the number to the actual
directory... as long as they're in sequence. If they're not (if you've
removed one of the sections), then it checks the missing nukbers in
TIC.DAT, and if a directory is listed then it writes the files there
in the missing section(s)... but without the headers or descriptions.
You have to add these yourself (or not, if you've got the poohs).

  Of course, the other part of TIC (that I haven't finished yet) will
write its own descriptions from the TIC file.

  I could keep a set of headers somewhere else,  but I can't see the
point. Someone would have to create the headers, so you may as well do
it as required in FILES.TXT itself. 

  The only thing that's got me beat is the "Newest:" file entry. How
the hell do I know which is the last file added? I can do it with the
TIC entries, but I can't see a way to do it otherwise, short of
keeping two sets of files listings...

Regards,
Bob
  
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