Re: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API.

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:54:44 +0200


Simon Richter wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Jamie Lokier wrote:
>
> > Open mailer. "Attach File" blahblah.doc. "Attachment error: Is a
> > directory". (Switching mailers isn't an option: too many critical
> > features in use daily).
>
> [Going offtopic] I guess it should be rather easy to write a shared
> library or something the like that helps office software vendors write
> their "Save" routine so that it creates a tgz file. This way, Joe User can
> send it as one file if he likes, and Jack Expert can untar it and take a
> look at it manually.

That will solve some problems, but not the one you quoted me on.

The office software vendors needs something more sophisticated, and of
course they're busy writing it.

-- Jamie

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