Subj : Re: Changing file descrip
To   : Digital Man
From : Angus McLeod
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 08:58 pm

  Re: Re: Changing file descrip
  By: Digital Man to Angus McLeod on Thu Sep 01 2005 10:53:00

 >  > My memory seems a little vague, but isn't there a file that you can
 >  > write a long description to that will be used as the description for the
 >  > file?
 > 
 > Yeah. Either a file (sbbsfile.des) or an environment variable ("SBBSFILEDESC
 > 
 >  > You could use any console-mode ID3 dumper utility to write to this file
 >  > and then the results would become the description.  If absolutely
 >  > necessary, you could "use MP3::Tag;" in a simple Perl script to do it.
 >  > You could also run /usr/local/bin/rdjpgcom to get descriptions for JPEG
 >  > images, or /usr/bin/vorbiscomment for .ogg files, and so forth.
 > 
 > Absolutely.

The problem (for Windows users) is that the utilities out there tend *not* 
to be console-mode, directing their output to STDOUT where it can be used.  
No, they generally pop up a box with an "OK" button for some mouse- 
clicking icon-head to press.  Gee, so useful!


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