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.LM0;.RM70;.F;.J;.FLAG CAP;.SP1;.TS5
^^FILCOM.DOC\\ -- ^CHANGES FROM ^V20^A TO ^V21(43)
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^JANUARY 1977
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^COPYRIGHT (^C) 1976,1977
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^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT ^CORPORATION, ^MAYNARD, ^MASS.
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^THIS SOFTWARE IS FURNISHED UNDER A LICENSE FOR USE ONLY ON A
SINGLE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MAY BE COPIED ONLY WITH THE INCLUSION
OF THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICE. ^THIS SOFTWARE, OR ANY OTHER
COPIES THEREOF, MAY NOT BE PROVIDED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE
TO ANY OTHER PERSON EXCEPT FOR USE ON SUCH SYSTEM AND TO ONE WHO
AGREES TO THESE LICENSE TERMS. ^TITLE TO AND OWNERSHIP OF THE
SOFTWARE SHALL AT ALL TIMES REMAIN IN ^^DEC\\.
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^THE INFORMATION IN THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT
NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ^DIGITAL
^EQUIPMENT ^CORPORATION.
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^^DEC\\ ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OR RELIABILITY OF ITS
SOFTWARE ON EQUIPMENT WHICH IS NOT SUPPLIED BY ^^DEC\\.
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<FILCOM.DOC -- ^CHANGES FROM ^V20^A TO ^V21(43)
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^JANUARY 1977
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1.0	^^SUMMARY\\
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^THIS IS A RELEASE OF ^^FILCOM\\ CONTAINING BUG FIXES AND SUPPORT FOR
^^EXE\\ FILES AND ^^SFD\\S.
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^THIS RELEASE WILL RUN ON ALL SUPPORTED MONITORS.
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2.0	^^EXTERNAL CHANGES\\
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^THIS RELEASE INCLUDES 20 EDITS:
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^EDIT _#
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20	^CHECKS FOR DOUBLE = IN BINARY MODE.
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21	^FORCES /1^L IF /^U IS SEEN TO PRINT ONE LINE CHANGES ONLY.
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22	^MAKES ^^FILCOM\\ ABLE TO HANDLE FILES LARGER THAN 2048 ^^DISK\\ BLOCKS.
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23	^MAKES ^^FILCOM\\ GET THE JOB'S PROJECT NUMBER IF
ONLY THE PROGRAMMER NUMBER IS SPECIFIED,
AND THE JOB'S PROGRAMMER NUMBER IF ONLY THE PROJECT NUMBER IS SPECIFIED.
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24	^IMPROVE ERROR MESSAGES FOR FILE NOT FOUND ETC.
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25	^ADD SUPPORT FOR ^^EXE\\ FILE COMPARISONS.
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26	^CHANGE "^^FOO: Z\\" TO ^^"FOO: BLOCK \\1".
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27	^ALLOW ^^EXE\\ FILES TO BE PRINTED OUT AS ^^SHR\\ FILES ARE.
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30	^TAKE A QUICK EXIT IF /^Q IS USED AND A DIFFERENCE
IS ENCOUNTERED.
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31	^CLEAR INTERNAL BUFFERS BETWEEN COMMANDS.
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32	^FIX BAD ADDRESS CALCULATION IN ^^SAV\\ FILE EXPANSION CODE.
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33	^HANDLE LINES WITH ONLY LINE SEQUENCE NUMBERS AS BLANK
LINES. ^ALSO, HANDLE PAGE MARKS AND ^^BASIC\\-FORMAT LINE SEQUENCE
NUMBERS CORRECTLY.
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34	^FIX BUGS IN UPDATE MODE COMPARISONS INTRODUCED BY ^EDIT 21.
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35	^ADD COMMAND SCANNER AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR HANDLING
^^SFD\\S IN FILE SPECIFICATIONS.
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36	^MAKE THE HEADER LINES CONTAIN MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION
AND INCLUDE ^^SFD\\ INFORMATION.
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37	^COMPARE ^^EXE\\ FILES CORRECTLY WHEN THEIR MAPS DIFFER
AND THE SECOND FILE IS THE SHORTER OF THE TWO.
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40	^UNUSED.
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41	^DO NOT WRITE A NULL OUTPUT FILE WHEN NO DIFFERENCES
ARE ENCOUNTERED ON A COMPARISON.
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42	^ALLOW THE OUTPUT FILE TO HAVE A NULL EXTENSION.
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43	^HANDLE ^^EXE\\ FILES WITH MORE THAN 1000 PAGES CORRECTLY.
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3.0	^^KNOWN BUGS AND DEFICIENCIES
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^WHEN A ^^SHR_/HGH\\ FILE IS BEING PRINTED OUT, IT'S ORIGIN IS ALWAYS
ASSUMED TO BE 400000, EVEN IF IT BEGINS AT SOME OTHER CORE LOCATION.
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4.0	^^INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS\\
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^THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.
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5.0	^^INTERNAL CHANGES\\
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^ONE NEW SWITCH HAS BEEN ADDED TO ^^FILCOM\\. ^THE _/^E SWITCH
INDICATES THAT THE CURRENT FILE IS IN ^^EXE\\ FORMAT. ^THIS SWITCH
IS ASSUMED IF THE FILE HAS AN EXTENSION OF ^^EXE\\.
^IF A FILE IS IN ^^EXE\\ FORMAT, BUT HAS NEITHER AN EXTENSION OF
^^EXE\\ NOR A _/^E SWITCH, THEN THE FILE WILL BE TREATED AS IF
IT WERE A STRAIGHT BINARY FILE AND WILL BE COMPARED ACCORDINGLY.
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^FILE SPECIFICATIONS MAY NOW INCLUDE ^^SFD\\S FOR THE OUTPUT AND
INPUT FILES. ^THE ^^FILCOM\\ HEADER LINE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO
INCLUDE ^^SFD\\ INFORMATION AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THE
INPUT FILES ARE ACTUALLY BEING ACCESSED FROM, REGARDLESS OF
LOGICAL NAMES, ERSATZ DEVICES, ETC.
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6.0	<SUGGESTIONS
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^NONE.
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[<FLM20A.DOC IS APPENDED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF <FLM21.DOC]
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<FILCOM.DOC -- ^20^A
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^JULY 1973
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1.0	^^SUMMARY\\
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^THIS VERSION CONTAINS ONLY ONE CHANGE, TO CONFORM TO THE ^^DATE75\\
 STANDARD. ^IT FULLY REPLACES VERSION 20.
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^^FILCOM\\ IS DOCUMENTED IN ^SOFTWARE ^NOTEBOOK ^VOL. _#2.
^^OPERATING SYSTEM COMMANDS.\\
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^^FILCOM\\ RUNS ON ALL SUPPORTED MONITOR CONFIGURATIONS.
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2.0	^^EXTERNAL CHANGES\\
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^NONE.
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3.0	^^KNOWN BUGS AND DEFICIENCIES\\
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^NONE.
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4.0	^^INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS\\
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^THE INSTALLATION GUIDE IS ^^FILCOM.CTL\\.
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5.0	^^INTERNAL CHANGES\\
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^EDIT _#
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17	^ADD ^^DATE75\\ CODE.
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