Subj : filebox
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Wed Sep 15 2021 03:32 pm

On 15.9.2021 12.53, Wilfred van Velzen wrote:

>  TK>> I understand this filebox thing so that if something is put into a
>  TK>> filebox once, it cannot be changed. Any program can read and delete
>  TK>> it any time. So HPT has to create more and more arcmail bundles.
>
>  Ol> How is that different to arcmail bundles referenced in a FLO file?
>
> Access to files in a regular BSO directory is strictly regulated through the use of lock files (*.csy, *.bsy). So different programs won't access the same files at the same time. There is no such standard for fileboxes.
>
>  TK>> I recommend 'packer none' for filebox links. :)
>
>  Ol> I always recommend uncompressed PKTs. binkp can compress with gzip and
>  Ol> bzip2.
>
> I recommend not using fileboxes at all. ;)

The start point of this discussion was:  "...that needs to use a filebox". ;)

'Tommi

--- 
 * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)

.