Re: Syslevel (was Re: Can I *PLEASE* get a fast COMM driver that &^$#* works!?) - Article 16044 - go-pugleaf

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Re: Syslevel (was Re: Can I PLEASE get a fast COMM driver that &^$#* works!?)

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From: Doug Azzarito
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:27

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In article <1993Jan25.170519.5317@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU> jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin) writes:
>Why can't IBM have a syslevel directory, whose location is stored in the
>os2sys.ini, or something similar?  Just a suggestion...

SYSLEVEL's job is to check each file, and determine if the file is a product
with specific release info in it.  It's the equivalent of greping your
entire disk.  What would a SYSLEVEL directory do?  I want to look at the
actual executable and see what release it is.

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