Subj : Filenames!
To   : Janis Kracht
From : Gert Andersen
Date : Tue Jan 19 2016 09:41 am

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Hello Janis!

Mon Jan 18 2016, Janis Kracht wrote to Gert Andersen:

JK>Even though you separated the hatch of these two files by several
JK>hours, it STILL caused problems with a number of my downlinks:

JK>160118 04:00 BTICK: Processing file vpascal.zip in PASLINUX (21007kB).
JK>160118 09:14 BTICK: Processing file vpascal.zip in PASWIN (21007kB).

JK>You cannot use the SAME filename for two different files.

JK>Not everyone gets crash delivery immediately upon a files arrival.

JK>Even if they did, it would STILL cause problems because these files are
JK>in a somewhat large range and take some time to go out to all
JK>downlinks:

JK> 21M Jan 18 04:00 /home/ftp/pub/pascal-net/paslinux/vpascal.zip
JK> 21M Jan 18 09:14 /home/ftp/pub/pascal-net/paswin/vpascal.zip

JK>I've have had some people ask me to disconnect them from all of your
JK>file echos because of this situation, and I understand the frustration
JK>they feel.

JK>In the future, please name the files in a manner that will indicate the
JK>version number and OS,  for instance FP20WIN, FP20LNX, etc.

This will I see if I can do next time for the pascal files.

 Take care,
           Gert

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