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Glenn Cole <[log in to unmask]>
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Glenn Cole <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:28:31 -0800
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Earlier today, I wrote about a gotcha with finfo's "byte file size" parm.
I was referring to item# 49.  Now I see there are *two* instances of this
mnemonic on my 5.5 system:

 28   BYTE FILE SIZE              Integer        Total number of bytes
      BYTEFILESIZE                               allowed in file

 49   BYTE FILE SIZE              Integer        Current file size
      BYTEFILESIZE                               (in bytes)

While I (strongly!) prefer using a mnemonic, I'd rather use one that's
not ambiguous.  Does anyone know what these should be?

(Searching the archives, I see that I wrote about the above on
April 30, 1999.  I confirmed at that time that the above mnemonic
applies to item# 49, but I never heard what the mnemonic should be
for item# 28.)

Yes, I even wasted my time on the abomination called "dynaweb."
If you have to use this -- and I hope you don't -- just remember
that "the tiny blue triangle is your friend," while the big underlined
link beside it is likely useless.  Eventually, I found that the error
still exists in the 6.0 documentation.

--Glenn

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