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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Standardization
Summary: File Requester Trick.
Message-ID: <7472@well.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 88 08:46:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: well.7472
References: <1314@nmtsun.nmt.edu> <2287@cadovax.UUCP> <221@antares.UUCP> <5092@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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Quote: "Oh, I just canNOT handle weirdness."  -- Boy George (Bloom County)

In article <5092@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>In article <221@antares.UUCP> jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith) writes:
>>Keeping a list of what's in a directory is great, as long as you can
>>guarentee that nothing has changed the directory behind your back.  [ ... ]
>
>	Just do an Examine, and compare the change data for the
>directory with the old change date: if they're different, something may
>have changed.  If not, not problem.
>
	OOOOOooo!!  I *LIKE* it!  Thank you.  I'll use that.

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