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FILE.ID
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This is an idea taken from several other platforms, where
a textfile that contains all important info is included
inside the compressed files to enable a SysOp or NetWork
Co-Ordinator to enter better descriptions easier, as all the
info is right there at hand!
Hopefully sometime in the future the authors of the top
two Macintosh compression formats will someday include a BBS
and NetWork friendly tool/utility that will be able to read
this text file while inside their respective formats
compressed files and automatically pass the below listed
info to the various BBS and NetWork packages for
auto-inclusion into the respective file listings during
uploads (Both local and non-local). It would also be GREAT
if the authors of
.CPT
.SIT
formats would have a menu option in their utilities that
authors could select, enter the appropiate info and save the
info in its format to a textfile named "FILE.ID" inside the
compressed file. It would also be nice if we on the
Macintosh had utilities that would also automatically
examine/verify received files and scan for viruses to better
protect all, but all of this is sadly lacking on the Mac
platform.
This allows the author's of the various files to have the
descriptions and info they deem important auto-entered into
the various file listings.
Various BBS and NetWork packages could then pick what
fields they desire to convey the info needed for their
respective packages.
FILE.ID FORMAT
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1. Author(s) Name(s):
2. Company Name (If any):
3. Full Filename:
4. Released Filename (If different from Full Filename!):
5. Recommended Terse Filename (for cross-platform systems, 8.3 characters or known as DOS a filename):
6. Version Number:
7. Previous Released Version's Number (if it exists):
8. Date of Release:
9. Terse Description (Maximum 40 Characters):
10. Verbose Description Line 1 (Maximum 175 Characters):
11. Verbose Description Line 2 (Maximum 175 Characters):
12. Verbose Description Line 3 (Maximum 175 Characters):
13. File Type (Application, Source Code, Text, etc.):
14. File Usage (BBS, Comm, Database, Game, Utility, etc.):
15. Release Type: (Freeware, Shareware, Keyware, Demoware, TimeWare, SupportWare, etc.):
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Each datum is seperated by a carriage return, unused
datums are merely a blank line with a [CR].
Example file is included inside of this file about this
file, for the time being or until utilities are released,
please include this file with ANY FILE.ID files to see if
the author's of the various compression utilities may get
the message.