eros@chovax.DEC (03/06/86)
I find the PackIt style of distributing software/documentation/sample files to be very convenient; however, the PackIt default naming convention plays havoc with storage of files on my Vax using XBIN. For example, the recent distribution of DARunner comes in as DARunner.pit, which doesn't work very well when XBIN tries to build (.inf,.dat,.rsc) files. Hey Mr. Chesley!! Howzabout swapping the period in the default for an underscore? It would certainly make things easier for me (great reason, huh?) Tony Eros Digital Equipment Corporation decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-chovax!eros The opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent those of my employer blah blah blah. "We've got loads of it 'round the back..."
rick@ut-ngp.UUCP (Rick Watson) (03/07/86)
>Hey Mr. Chesley!! Howzabout swapping the period in the default for an >underscore? It would certainly make things easier for me (great reason, huh?) Here's a simple mod to xbin to convert periods to underscores: (This is a VMS diff) ************ File DISK$STAFF:[CCAW001.MAC.NEW.XBIN]XBIN.C;10 249 if (*np == ' ' || *np == '/' || *np == '.') 250 *np = '_'; ****** File DISK$STAFF:[CCAW001.MAC.NEW.XBIN]XBIN.OLD;1 244 if (*np == ' ' || *np == '/') 245 *np = '_'; ************ Rick Watson University of Texas Computation Center arpa: rick@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU rick@ngp.ARPA uucp: ...seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!rick rick@ut-ngp.UUCP bitnet: ccaw001@utadnx phone: 512/471-3241