Tuesday January 13 2004 08:51, mark lewis wrote to Frank Reid:

 FR>> My ALLFIX (6.00.018) definitely strips the Ctrl-Z character
 FR>> using the "filter" mechanism I describe.  I know, because I
 FR>> banged my head against the wall with exactly this problem
 FR>> for weeks (messages from HTick that included EOF characters
 FR>> added in the FDIZ by the author).  I process the whole
 FR>> filebone through here, and I know I'm seeing the same TICs.
 ml>
 ml> it must be noted that there is a distinct difference between having
 ml> CTRL-Z characters in the FILE_ID.DIZ and in the .TIC file... yes, same
 ml> character, but different processing... it is likely that in your case,
 ml> the CTRL-Z in the FILE_ID.DIZ is being taken care of by your filter...
 ml> as to why you're not seeing the same problems that were described,
 ml> that may be because someone downstream of you is correcting the
 ml> problem unbeknownst to you...

If the ^Z is in FILE_ID.DIZ, it is at the end of the file => No problem. If
the ^Z is in TIC, it is in the middle of the file => problem.

'Tommi, The late ALLFIX BETA TEAM

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