Short: A new and improved file description standard Author: bornhall@karkis.canit.se (Peter Bornhall) Uploader: petrin megabaud fi (Petri Nordlund) Type: docs/misc Architecture: generic The File Description Standard, or FDS for short, is a new standard for creating file descriptions. Notable features include; - Support for multiple languages in one single description - Extensive keyword support - Ability to automatically remove obsolete/old versions - Author, version, revision and date information - Sorting by keywords or directly into a specific dir The specifications also includes information on how to implement the standard in your own programs. If you want to finally get rid of all those pesky FILE_ID.DIZ, this is the way to do it! Listing of archive 'RAM:T/FDS-310.lha': Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1148 707 38.4% 25-Oct-95 00:28:06 Examples/CronTask.fds 1108 604 45.4% 08-Apr-95 08:49:44 Examples/FilePather.fds 14612 4161 71.5% 25-Oct-95 00:15:04 FDS-310.examples 72610 22243 69.3% 27-Oct-95 20:08:30 FDS-310.guide 271 182 32.8% 25-Oct-95 00:17:06 FILE_ID.DIZ 984 586 40.4% 27-Oct-95 20:08:20 FILEDESC.TXT 69 69 0.0% 27-Oct-95 20:08:12 FilePath.lst 11847 11847 0.0% 25-Oct-95 00:24:58 FindDesc11.lha 6940 2668 61.5% 08-Oct-95 23:36:56 USG202.TXT -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 109589 43067 60.7% 27-Oct-95 20:10:04 9 files