hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (08/28/87)
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/* ---------- "PROCOMM 2.4.2 file PROCOMM.PRM - Wh" ---------- */
This file is updated (at least the date and time are changed), even if I
haven't changed any parameter settings.
What's happening? This is driving my backup procedures crazy.
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i've heard that after N (256?) invocations, procomm automatically
stops displaying the ALT-I screen at start-up. thus, there must be an
invocation-counter somewhere; procomm.prm is as good a place as any.
wayne hamilton
U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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in article <174200065@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu>, hamilton@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu says: > Nf-ID: #R:parcvax.Xerox.COM:448:uxc.cso.uiuc.edu:174200065:000:885 > Nf-From: uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!hamilton Aug 28 15:37:00 1987 > > > i've heard that after N (256?) invocations, procomm automatically > stops displaying the ALT-I screen at start-up. thus, there must be an > invocation-counter somewhere; procomm.prm is as good a place as any. > > wayne hamilton If you erase the *.new file. The invocation press release goes and I can find no degradation in performance. Bob
zu@ethz.UUCP (Urs Zurbuchen) (09/04/87)
>>/* ---------- "PROCOMM 2.4.2 file PROCOMM.PRM - Wh" ---------- */ >>This file is updated (at least the date and time are changed), even if I >>haven't changed any parameter settings. > > i've heard that after N (256?) invocations, procomm automatically >stops displaying the ALT-I screen at start-up. thus, there must be an >invocation-counter somewhere; procomm.prm is as good a place as any. You're absolutely right. Procomm maintains a 16-bit integer counter of its invocations in procomm.prm at byte 0x0e and 0x0f (this is bytes number 15 and 16 because computers start counting with 0). If this counter reaches 20 (I don't know if decimal or hexadecimal), the ALT-I page isn't displayed anymore during startup. Perhaps you set procomm.prm to read-only, so procomm won't be able to touch it and your backup would work the way it should :-) ...urs UUCP: ...seismo!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!zu