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   Bj”rn Wiberg to g00r00   
   Re: file_id.diz vs FILE_ID.DIZ (continue   
   07 Aug 21 11:30:37   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 2:201/137 21f17323   
   REPLY: 2:201/137 610f81cf   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   Hello again, g00r00!   
      
   On 06 Aug 2021, Bj”rn Wiberg said the following...   
    BW> I just noticed that a ZIP file with a FILE_ID.DIZ in it hadn't used the   
    BW> DIZ for the description, which I though was a bit odd.   
    BW>    
    BW> Upon strace inspection, it appears that Mystic is looking for   
    BW> file_id.diz but  not FILE_ID.DIZ when importing (e.g. when choosing   
    BW> (E)dit --> (I)mport DIZ from a file listing). Perhaps it should check for   
   both?   
      
   I also noticed that after trying to (I)mport the FILE_ID.DIZ, there's a   
   leftover in the temp directory:   
      
   bbs@glimmer:~/mystic$ find temp1/ -exec ls -l '{}' \;   
   total 0   
   -rw-rw-rw- 1 bbs bbs 486 aug  5 19:59 temp1/._FILE_ID.DIZ   
      
   bbs@glimmer:~/mystic$ file temp1/._FILE_ID.DIZ   
   temp1/._FILE_ID.DIZ: AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file   
      
   ...which might be due to the fact that the archive appears to have been   
   created on a Mac? Each file appears to come with a "companion" file, e.g.:   
      
        467  Defl:N      208  56% 2021-08-05 19:59 bfa9b96f  FILE_ID.DIZ   
        486  Defl:N      354  27% 2021-08-05 19:59 41668813  __MACO   
   X/._FILE_ID.DIZ   
      
   But I don't get that file if I manually try to unpack the file with unzip, so   
   perhaps the (I)mport DIZ function does something extra which results in that   
   file being extracted, too...   
      
   The ZIP file in question can (temporarily) be downloaded from here if you   
   would like to take a peek at it:   
   https://scbbs.nsupdate.info/files/ARTPACK1.ZIP   
      
   Thanks in advance!   
      
   Best regards   
   Bj”rn   
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