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Tore Eriksson wrote:
> One question: I think I've seen some MPD files with the extension .dat and
> named exactly the same as its main model sub-file. IMHO, it's a risky thing
> to do.
I would even call it a bad thing to do. But then I have a
habit of putting "FILE" meta-command in all my files, so
maybe I should stop criticising and try to fix my own bad
habits first.
> It's very easy to overwrite the main file with if the mpd
is named
> the same. (It also makes it more complicated to code utilities supporting
> mpd's, which troubles me most :) ) Is there any specification or
> recommendation to name mpd's *.MPD and not *.DAT or *.LDR?
There is some kind of recommendation to use "mpd" as the
file name extension, and a slightly more important
recommendation about the MIME type, which should be
"application/x-multi-part-ldraw".
Play well,
Jacob
--
Jacob's LEGO aircraft:
http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Transport/Fly/
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| Great! One question: I think I've seen some MPD files with the extension .dat and named exactly the same as its main model sub-file. IMHO, it's a risky thing to do. It's very easy to overwrite the main file with if the mpd is named the same. (It (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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