Subj : Re: Changing file descrip
To   : Digital Man
From : Angus McLeod
Date : Sat Sep 03 2005 09:49 am

  Re: Re: Changing file descrip
  By: Digital Man to Angus McLeod on Fri Sep 02 2005 21:28:00

 >  >  >         File Extension        mp3
 >  >  >         Command Line          mp3info %f > %g%s
 >  >
 >  > How come %s?  I thought you'd have to hard-code the "sbbsfile.des" into
 >  > the command line!  Anyway, glad to hear that it works.
 > 
 > The sbbsfile.des is for the single-line description of the file only.

<smacks forehead>

 > We need to use the extended description for the multi-line output for 
 > mp3info, so that's why I set it up as an "Extractable File Type" 
 > instead of a "Testable File Type". The %s expands to FILE_ID.DIZ.

I'm with you now.

 > Yeah, thanks for the tip on the util. I was pretty sure something like that
 > existed, but never looked myself.

I just checked to see if there were a Windows version -- and there was!


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