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   Message 2,372 of 2,762   
   Dan Richter to Alan Ianson   
   Re: BBBS TIC Files   
   26 Sep 20 20:39:20   
   
   MSGID: 1:317/3 4049f215   
   REPLY: 1:153/757.2 d1946d36   
   TZUTC: -0600   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   On 26 Sep 2020, Alan Ianson said the following...   
       
    AI> Not all tic processors add a "Size" line. BBBS doesn't and I don't think   
    AI> Allfix or the original "tic" or "flea" does either.   
      
   Actually Allfix does include the size in the tic file.   
      
    AI> Is the lack of a "Size" line creating a problem for you? It would be easy   
    AI> enough to add a "Size" line to tic files but there would need to be some   
    AI> kind of a reason to do so.   
      
   It's not a huge issue. The program that I wrote to announce new files, pulls   
   it's information from the tic files. When the tic doesn't have a size in it,   
   all of the files show up as '0 bytes'. :/   
      
      
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