= Сообщение: 1732 из 7125 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Rob Swindell 1:103/705 09 Sep 15 11:51:06 Кому : Michiel van der Vlist 09 Sep 15 11:51:06 Тема : FTS-5005 FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=27539.ftsc_pub@1:103/705+1a56212d На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:280/5555+55f03ebe = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== Re: FTS-5005 By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Wed Sep 09 2015 03:59 pm
> Hello Rob, > > On Tuesday September 08 2015 15:30, you wrote to me: > > >> True. As far as content is concerned they are packets. > >> > >> RS> file *name* may be BSO/FLO specific, > >> > >> Exactly. And that is what distinguishes them from an ordinary .pkt. > > RS> <blinks> Changing a filename does not change what the file is. They > RS> are just ordinary packets. > > By the same line of reasoning the *.flo files are just text files.
.flo files have a specific format. Any old text file won't suffice as a .flo file, it has to be formatted in a specific way - that's what makes it a flow file (not the file name).
> CFhanging the name may not change was the file /is/, it DOES change the > mailer's behaviour. The names are everything, the name and extension > determines > how the mailer acts on the file. And THAT is what is documented in FTS-5005.
Interesting take.
> RS> I don't think changing the definition of long-standing terms (i.e. > RS> "flow files") is a good idea. Just this reader's opinion. > > What definition?
The definition in the BinkleyTerm documentation. From BT-USER.TXT, v2.60 dated april 1996:
File attach files are also called 'flow files' - named after the .FLO file extension.
Other flow file extensions are:
.HLO Hold these files for pickup by the remote system. .CLO The other system can receive Continuous Mail. .DLO Direct, meaning the other system can NOT receive Continuous Mail.
A flow file is just a text file. It contains a list of files that are to be sent to another system:
> There seem to be several. FTS-5005 is based on FSP-1034. > The FTSC has chosen to follow the definition as proposed in FSP-1034. > FSP-1034 was published over a decade ago. You did not comment then AFAIK, > despite the fact that you were an FTSC member at the time.
I never noticed FSP/FRL-1034 before. Not that it really matters, but I wasn't an FTSC member in 2014. Anyway, I provided my feedback. Do with it what you will.
