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Date:	Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:07:43 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: MP3 player solved, Win and EAs, Stopping Hidden Files

In <20050724205735.DDII29002.mta9.adelphia.net@[192.168.1.99]>, on
07/24/05
at 01:57 PM, "Michael Rakijas" said:

>The problem with this method, to do it right, is that you have to write a
>whole repertoire of file and directory management functions from batch
>files. It'd be so much easier and flexible if the file/folder
>manipulation could be done using existing tools (not worrying about the
>WP* file and deleting it before disconnecting. It would take too much
>time to write all the file/folder manipulate utilities from batch files
>so I've restricted it to writing groups of files to a directory off the
>root and removing same.

You might want to look at fm/2. It can be told not to support EAs for
selected drives. It also has easy to use tools to build up customized
menus of commands.

There's also the fact that I might be convinced to provide specific tweaks
to make this kind of thing easier to handle.

Regards,

Steven

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