Subj : Re: BBBS TIC Files
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Dan Richter
Date : Sat Sep 26 2020 08:39 pm

On 26 Sep 2020, Alan Ianson said the following...

AI> Not all tic processors add a "Size" line. BBBS doesn't and I don't think
AI> Allfix or the original "tic" or "flea" does either.

Actually Allfix does include the size in the tic file.

AI> Is the lack of a "Size" line creating a problem for you? It would be easy
AI> enough to add a "Size" line to tic files but there would need to be some
AI> kind of a reason to do so.

It's not a huge issue. The program that I wrote to announce new files, pulls
it's information from the tic files. When the tic doesn't have a size in it,
all of the files show up as '0 bytes'. :/


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