steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) (02/02/89)
Tried to send by Email but it bounced back. I checked the published list (I don't have all the programs listed but have some not listed). All mine come from BMUG Utility 8.6 except GateKeeper which someone at BMUG gave me last week when I picked up the list. Below are listed discrepancies between what I got from BMUG and the posted list (the dates listed are those of last modification or the latest date listed in GetInfo). The following agreed in lengths with those posted: AGAR, AntiPan, (nVIR) Assassin, Ferret 1.1, KillScores, Vaccine 1.0, Virus Detective 1.2. Name Version YourSize MySize GateKeeper 1.0 (1/30/89) 42905 42804 Interferon 3.10 (5/10/88) 26244 26218 RWatcher 1.0 (11/14/88) 1450 1448 Virus Detective 2.0 (1/27/89) 41686 35587 Virus Rx 1.4a1 (1/3/89) 62286 62276 VirusWarning (10/3/88) 963 1344 Warning 1.0d2 (12/20/88) 3052 3412 Some of the others I got from BMUG include: VirusCheck AntiVirus AntiViral 1.0 AntiVirus 1.0E nVIR Vaccination CRC 1.10 (not really antiviral but can be used to check lengths) I hope you find this information useful, and I'd definitely like to see your guide when it's completed. Steve Goldfield (steve@violet.berkeley.edu)
sebruun@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Bruun) (02/03/89)
In article <19788@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes: > > Below are listed discrepancies between what I got from BMUG > and the posted list (the dates listed are those of last modification > or the latest date listed in GetInfo). . . > > Name Version YourSize MySize > > GateKeeper 1.0 (1/30/89) 42905 42804 > Interferon 3.10 (5/10/88) 26244 26218 > RWatcher 1.0 (11/14/88) 1450 1448 > Virus Detective 2.0 (1/27/89) 41686 35587 > Virus Rx 1.4a1 (1/3/89) 62286 62276 > VirusWarning (10/3/88) 963 1344 > Warning 1.0d2 (12/20/88) 3052 3412 This brings up a question I've wondered about: How many bytes represent a significant difference between two theoretically equivalent files? I'm an unrepentant archivist, and have lately been building a library of all of the official Apple system releases, including fonts, DAs, CDEVs, etc. My question stems from the discrepancies in the sizes of various copies of the same version of some of the DAs, particularly the Control Panel and Chooser. Sometimes these differences are on the order of 1K or even more. Why? I haven't mucked around with ResEdit to see whether any of them have resources their smaller brethren don't, but I assume that this must be the case. Again, why? Do these DAs build their own resources based (in the case of the CP, for example) on the number of CDEVs they have ever displayed? How different constitues *different*? It's been driving me crazy... In general, then, to what extent can the number of bytes occupied by a file be used to determine whether it is truly different from another? Is there a better way? Thanks, folks. Steven E. Bruun AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL att!ihlpa!sebruun "Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?"