-=> Quoting Jean Parrot to Bruce Clark <=-

 BC> The "messages" are NOT saved back to the .QWK, the Flags/Marks are 
 BC> saved back to an .XTI file. 
 
 BC> The "messages" stay in the same serial order in the
MESSAGES.DAT file,
 BC> which is not updated in the downloaded .QWK file, and the .XTI relies 
 BC> on that order for placing the Flags/Marks. 

 JP> That is very very new to me this .XTI file. I will go and look
 JP> for it but I just can not recall ever seeing it.

Look in the: 
C:\BWAVE\WORK\ 
directory, for the: "BBSNAME".XTI just before exiting that message 
packet. 
It should be the newest file in that directory, going by the time. 

 
 BC> By the way... 
 BC> This was brought up before. 
 BC> Has the Download Directory and/or .QWK files been inadvertently 
 BC> labeled as Read Only. 
 BC> You should be able to see the "Attributes" with a Windows program 
 BC> that lists Folders and Files. 

 JP> It is. I saw it but why ?

I'm not sure if a Read Only directory will keep files in it from 
being updated, but a Read Only file can _NOT_ be written to. 
This will keep PKZIP from adding the .XTI file to the .QWK packet. 

There was a time when I used to receive some downloaded files as 
Read Only. 
I'd have to remember to go through the download directory and do 
a "clear all attributes" after doing a big download, rather then 
doing one file at a time. 


 
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