Hi Roy,

 RJT> Linda Hargraves wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 LH> What about DLC, download counter program, will it still work? 

 RJT> I use it here...

 RJT> I wouldn't worry too much about losing your utilities.  I am so 
 RJT> in the habit of typing "silt max -p -2a" because something or 
 RJT> other needed the old-style files that I don't even think about 
 RJT> it any more.  I can't even remember what it was that needed it.

 LH>      What do those switches do?  I don't believe I have ever
 LH> seen any reference to them, unless they pertain to v3.01.

 RJT> The -p forces the generation of a new max.prm file 
 RJT> (which I thought that SILT was supposed to do as a 
 RJT> matter of course,  and it seemed to here much of the 
 RJT> time,  only sometimes it didn't,  something weird 
 RJT> about my setup I guess)>  The -2a generates some files 
 RJT> that were specific to max v2 so that some of the older 
 RJT> software still works.  Here's a snip from the doc file:

 RJT>  Switch    Description

   [snip]

   It still seems a bit too much for me.  It is so easy to just do silt max
without needing any switches.  Maybe I should just join the others and quit
bbsing altogether.  This is why I have major problems with the way software
authors write their programs.

   TTYL
      Linda
         cat.lady{at}cats.gratisnet.com


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