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From: Michael Bednarek 
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Subject: Re: problem editing descript.ion
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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 08:10:33 GMT
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:09:49 -0700, see.my.sig.4.addr@nowhere.com.invalid
wrote in comp.os.msdos.4dos and fido.4dos:

>Is there a way to combine the info of 2 descript.ion files into one and
>have it still work?  I've tried this and it disappears ALL the
>descriptions.  However, it will let me edit a descript.ion file in a text
>editor as long as I don't add any more filenames.  Am I having this
>problem because the files have to be in the order they're on the disk,
>and/or every filename in the descript.ion has to exist in the directory
>it's in?

Descriptions should travel with their files if you copy or move the files
with 4DOS's commands. They won't if you copy/move the files with external
commands or some GUI file manager. The first requisite is of course that
4DOS's descriptions are not turned off in the .INI file or with SETDOS
/D0 and that your descriptions file is indeed named descript.ion.

The order of files in the directory and their order in the descriptions
files are independent. I believe you could append one description file to
another; e.g. COPY DESCRIPT.ION+\another\DESCRIPT.ION will produce a
"merged" file. Any file names mentioned in a description file which don't
exist in a directory will be removed when the next DESCRIBE command is
executed.

See also .

-- 
Michael Bednarek, IT Manager, TGM Ltd, Brisbane, Australia
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