Subj : Replaces in tic files
To   : mark lewis
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Sun May 22 2016 09:30 am

> 21 May 16 22:39, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

>>> Files in the INFOPACK area that already exist, like agoranet.zip.

>> if it is that area (sound like it), you might check with janis k., if
>> she is who your getting fdn from, to see it it is her system, not
>> putting in the replace

> aren't you hatching the files to her and others for redistribution? if so,

He does... :)

>shouldn't your system already be using the REPLACE verb? her system should jus
> copy it over as normal... the initial hatch is where the REPLACE should
>originate because from there, everything is just copied from one TIC to anothe
>adding the path and seenby lines and changing the few others that need changin
> for each connected system...

Exactly.  If a system sends in a tic with 'replaces', my system includes it.

> needs to put in the original REPLACE verb... it is /the/ signal that the new
> file being processed should replace the old one(s) named...

Yes, indeed.

Take care,
Janis

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