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   Message 769 of 1,512   
   m4rcone@xs4a11.nl to Edmund   
   Re: people files   
   15 Dec 04 21:22:12   
   
   Edmund  wrote:   
   > In message <41ba1548$0$566$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, m4rcone@xs4a11.nl wrote:   
   >> Edmund  wrote:   
   >> > I have copied my people files from a laptop over a network to   
   >> > an other BeOS box.   
   >> > Now the people files are there but I am missing all the data like   
   >> > email address and everything.   
   >>   
   >> people-files are 0-byte files with the data stored in attributes   
   >> (so it can be queried). You'll need to zip them up on the BeOS   
   >> machine (BeOS-zip preserves attributes), then unzip them on the   
   >> other BeOS machine.   
   >> Or use something like BeServed to network the two BeOS machines   
   >> together.   
   >   
   > Now I used network FTP server and Get It client, why is that   
   > different?   
      
   Because FTP doesn't know about attributes.   
      
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