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.

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

 Switch    Description

 -2a       Create a Maximus 2.x-compatible area.dat file.
           Area names are truncated to 10 characters.
 -2u       Create a Maximus 2.x-compatible area.dat file.
           Area names are truncated to 10 characters, but
           dots (".") are converted to underscores ("_").
 -2s       Create a Maximus 2.x-compatible area.dat file.
           Only the last part of the area name (after the
           last dot) is written for message and file areas
           within divisions.
 -a        Compile message and file areas only.
 -am       Compile only message areas.
 -af       Compile only file areas.
 -m        Compile only menu definitions.
 -p        Compile only the system control files (and the
           other control files required for max.prm).
 -u        Run in "unattended mode." SILT will automati-
           cally create directories that do not exist, and
           it will not pause for user input.
 -x        Compile everything (default).


email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf{at}frackit.com 
---