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From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: Re: mush and mmdf help wanted
Message-ID: <7646@gollum.twg.com>
Date: 22 Jul 90 23:12:28 GMT
References: <1990Jul18.143855.11452@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1990Jul19.065835.11243@robobar.co.uk> <1990Jul19.155151.29977@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1990Jul20.090225.5008@robobar.co.uk>
Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron)
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <1990Jul20.090225.5008@robobar.co.uk> ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) writes:
</* -- begin extract from /usr/local/src/mmdf.upd43/src/uip/msg/msg.h */
<#define SIZEDATE	9
<#define SIZEFROM	30	   	/* ALSO change hdrfmt  */
<#define SIZESUBJ	40		/* */
<#define SIZETO		30
<
</* Status structure, also exists at the front of a binary index file. */
<struct status {
<	int		ms_ident;	/* "Magic Number" */
<	long		ms_time;	/* Last time file was processed */
<	unsigned	ms_nmsgs;	/* Number of messages processed */
<	unsigned	ms_curmsg;	/* "Current" message */
<	long		ms_eofpos;	/* Msg file eof position */
	^^^^
<	unsigned	ms_markno;	/* Marked message no */
<	int		ms_xxx1;	/* Place holder - not used */
<	int		ms_xxx2;	/* Place holder - not used */
<	long		ms_xxx3;	/* Place holder - not used */
<};
<
<struct message {
<	long	start;			/* Offset into file */
	^^^^
<	long	len;			/* Length of message */
<	int	flags;			/* FLAGS word */
<	long	date;
<	char	datestr[SIZEDATE];
<	char	from[SIZEFROM];
<	char	to[SIZETO];
<	char	subject[SIZESUBJ];
<};

At least the two lines marked will at some point change to off_t and
be byte swapped using ntoh*() routines.  For portability of binary
boxes across dissimilar systems.

Bart&Bob, if'n you get serious 'bout putting binary box mode into
mush I can arrange to give you source :-)..



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