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to: Steve Wendt
from: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
date: 1999-11-15 09:41:14
subject: DESKARC LIST

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 SW> DESKARC LIST produces no output here.

About three months ago, I posted a question asking if anyone knew the internal 
structure of \OS2\ARCHIVES\ARCHIVES.$$$ .  Once I know that, I can add code to 
DESKARC to pretty-print the information contained in it when the LIST option
is used.

Unfortunately, I've had no replies, and I don't have the time to sit down with 
a hex viewer and work out the structure of the file myself.  If anyone reading 
this wants to do so, I'd be grateful.  I gather that there are several people
who are interested in the tools when they are finished but who don't have
enough spare time to cope with the full cycle of installing and using
pre-releases as I shovel them out, even though they would like to contribute
something if they could.  This is their chance.  If they want to make a more
modest contribution, one which won't be as demanding of their time, figuring
out the structure of ARCHIVES.$$$ can be it.

Let me know what it is, and I'll implement the LIST option of the DESKARC
command.

 ¯ JdeBP ®

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