Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!midas!copper!michaelk From: michaelk@copper.TEK.COM (Michael D. Kersenbrock) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: Z80DOS, PZDOS and datestamp formats Message-ID: <1505@copper.TEK.COM> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 15:48:26 EST Article-I.D.: copper.1505 Posted: Tue Dec 1 15:48:26 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 03:19:17 EST References: <1433@sigma.UUCP> <8711301746.AA22038@newton.arpa> Reply-To: michaelk@copper.UUCP (Michael D. Kersenbrock Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or. Lines: 42 Keywords: In article <8711301746.AA22038@newton.arpa> bridger%rcc@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (Bridger Mitchell) writes: Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: >Automatic file time and datestamping is a feature many cp/m 2.2 users >already have by using DateStamper. Z80DOS implements timestamps >in a manner similar to that used in cp/m 3 -- using 1 directory >entry every 4 for the stamps; however, its method conflicts >(destructively) with cp/m 3 file stamps. PZDOS is aiming to give >the user the choice of either DateStamper or cp/m 3-type stamps. > >The behind-the-scenes debate about timestamp formats is multifaceted. >(I'm the author of DateStamper; read with salt-shaker at hand). Some >of the issues are: > >The DateStamper format is the most portable -- DateStamper will run Actually, I'd think that the cp/m 3.0 "type" stamps that are actually cp/m 3.0 compatible would be the most portable. It would allow 2.2 users to be compatible with the already existing standard as defined by DRI in CP/M 3.0. >It would be desirable to standardize on a single format for all of >cp/m 2.2; that would enable all of us to use all of the >timestamp-featured utilities that already exist (directory, filecopy, >disk catalog, unix-make, for DateStamper) and are being developed, and > >--bridger mitchell With a timestamp compatible with CP/M 3.0, ALL CP/M-80's would use a single format! existing CP/M 3.0 utilities (such as UNIX-like "make") may be usable by 2.2 users (see the CPM3 section of Simtel20 archives). To keep the mailer happy: ------------------------ _ _ _ _ _ , ' ) ) ) / // ' ) / / / / / / o _. /_ __. _ // /-< _ __ _ _ ____ /__,_ _____. /_ / ' (_<_(__/ /_(_/|_