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to: Janis Kracht
from: Gert Andersen
date: 2016-01-20 09:23:22
subject: Filenames!

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Hello Janis!

Tue Jan 19 2016, Janis Kracht wrote to Gert Andersen:

 >>> I've have had some people ask me to disconnect them from all of your
 >>> file echos because of this situation, and I understand the frustration
 >>> they feel.

 >>> In the future, please name the files in a manner that will indicate the
 >>> version number and OS,  for instance FP20WIN, FP20LNX, etc.

 >> This will I see if I can do next time for the pascal files.

 JK>As Vince said, you should always do this for any file you send out.

 JK>Sending out the same filename across a number of file echos like 
 JK>paswin, pasfiles, pasos2, etc. does NOT work.

 JK>It does not work even if you separate the hatching over several hours.  
 JK>Sure, it works on my system as the first distribution point, but once 
 JK>it gets here and then goes out to others it will fail because you can't 
 JK>control how often people may poll for files.

Is there more than 1 OS of a file will I try to see if I can make to be a
lnx or L , win or W etc. for it OS type file.

  Take care,
            Gert

      - Get the best with linux - 

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