[softwarelist] Re: SparkFS 1.41 (RISC OS) - Zip size max?
From: Dave Symes <dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 20:00:59 +0100
On 11 May, dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In article <3852ffe04e.Alan.Adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [Snip]
> > Generally you want notypes set to no.
> > However, if
> > 1 you want to use the files from both RISC OS and Windows
> > and
> > 2 you have given file extensions (e.g. /TXT) to all relevant files
> > and
> > 3 you haven't got correct definitions for ALL PC filetypes inside
> > Lanman98
> > then you might want to turn notypes on.
> > The reason is that files without extensions which also don't pick up a
> > type from the mappings file will gain a ,nnn tail, which Windows
> > doesn't like.
> > However with notypes set, you can't handle RISC OS applications
> > because the runimage, sprites, run and obey files all end up as text
> > filetypes (when seen from RISC OS).
> Indeed, you've reminded me why I had it set the way it was.
> Aside from you lot... All my customers that have computers systems, are
> using MS-Windows, so when I sent them attachments, they would be very
> confused by a file called "Refurb.Jpg,c85" or "Modification.Dxf,dea
> So I set it with Notypes Y and forgot why.
> Now I've remembered... If I continue to remember, I'll change it when I
> want to transport RO stuff... Then change it back again afterwards.
> Cheers
> Dave S
Y'know how, when you take someones advice against your own judgement and
it turns out to be wrong, how pissed off you feel.
Well that's just happened to me, I knew there was a reason why I had
Notypes in LM98 set to "Y" and against my better judgement I switched all
my LM shares to "N".
I've just transferred a load of .eml files to the Laptop and every single
...king one now has "Name.eml,fff"
AND it's no good saying it's because the Mappings file doesn't contain an
entry for it.
Well &fff Text is already there, and I read recently, and have just tested
it, you can have only one mapping per type.
Pah!
GD.
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