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Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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Tue, 2 Jun 2009 06:19:25 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Chris Dee wrote:
A good way would be to check for the presence of note*.txt files in the models
directory. These show which updates have been installed.

Prior to 2008-01 ths naming convention was NOTEyyrr.TXT, but now it is
NOTEyyrrCA.TXT where yy is the two-digit year and rr the release number. In fact
it is a little more complicated that this due to the optional libraries, but
since the CA library is mandatory, NOTEyyrrCA.TXT will work.

I usually delete these notes so I'm not sure checking for them would be correct
(unless I'm the only one who does this).

-Orion



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  Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
 
(...) I don't know if you're the only one who does this, but doing so will also cause LDView's library update to fail, since those notes are the only files that allow LDView to know what has been installed. --Travis (15 years ago, 2-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
 
(...) A good way would be to check for the presence of note*.txt files in the models directory. These show which updates have been installed. Prior to 2008-01 ths naming convention was NOTEyyrr.TXT, but now it is NOTEyyrrCA.TXT where yy is the (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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