## ## $VER: OPUS.FILE_ID.DIZtxt 2.1 ## There is something new (?) to the Amiga community... The FILE_ID.DIZ text in archives. In a lot of archives you will find a file called FILE_ID.DIZ. There SHOULD be a description of the archive in this text, so it would be nice if you are able to read only that one file from an archive. Here is a button in OPUS that will do just that for you. choose a button/menu of your likes, and edit in the next lines: --------------------------------------- AmigaDOS LHA e {f} FILE_ID.DIZ ram: Command FinishSection Command read ram:FILE_ID.DIZ AmigaDOS Delete ram:FILE_ID.DIZ NO FLAGS, NO NOTHING MORE... --------------------------------------- You will need LHA (obviously) and delete in your searchpath. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE everybody, do NOT abuse the FILE_ID.DIZ text for ! ! those idiotic adverts. The .DISPLAYME was killed due to those axxhole ! ! who couldn't resist kicking in an extra displayme, so you would ! ! sometimes run into a LHA file with lot of bbs-adds, swap requsts etc.. ! ! I once unpacked a 57 K archive in which were 30 K (!!!!), displaymes's. ! ! It is shit for the modem, because the files grow bigger and bigger, and ! ! even bigger...(In the 57 K arc there was ONE (1 !) executable of 28 K I ! ! needed (!)) ! ! ! ! There should only be one FILE_ID.DIZ allowed in each archive, so PLEASE ! ! if it IS present, and states the contents of the archive, ! ! ! ! LEAVE IT ALONE ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know what you think, and if you use it (and why not...?). ······························································· .#.####..............................................####.#..#. ##.#..#........._______....______......_______.......#..#.#..#. .#.####......../ /....| \.....\ .......####.####. .#....#......./______/.....|______|.....\ .........#....#. .#.####....../ /......| |......\ .....####....#. ............/....../.......|_____/........\_______............. ............................................................... .............ABC, THE CUTEST LAMER IN THE BUSINESS............. . . . Niels van \X/illigenburg . .______ Millingenhof 123 ______. / \ NL-1106 KH AMSTERDAM / \ | O O | Netherlands | O O | | /\ | Europe | /\ | | \__/ | +31 (0)20-6979932 | \__/ | .\____/ FIDO -> 2:280/464.17 \____/. . -> niels@aobh.xs4all.nl . ·······························································