WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

->  RT>>> Looking for a way to generate a files.bbs file for a
directory of
->  RT>>> files.
->  RT>>> This will greatly facilitate me adding about 1500 files to my
->  RT>>> file base.

->  RT>> I use a text editor.  :-)

->  RT> So do I on occasion, shall I send you 15 CD's worth of files to make
->  RT> files.bbs files for.  I don't have the time for that
->  RT> route, let me
->  RT> know if you have enough spare time. 

 WC> In DOS just dir/s \ > files.bbs.
 WC> I'm certain Linux has a similar command.
 WC> Perhaps ls -aRl (source) > files.bbs?

Sounds good.

 WC> Or are you simultaniously trying to extract the file_id
 WC> description?

Not me.  Those are typically formatted,  and I like mine to be one long line...

 WC> I know Knoppix Linux has PKZIP compatable zip and unzip functions 
 WC> and you can specify the files you want to extract from an large 
 WC> archive.

I'm finding that under mc most archiving is pretty transparent stuff.

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