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Article #3396Re: Distinguishing 3.0 binaries
From: Art Isbell
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:47
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:47
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In article <1992Nov11.183409.14312@cubetech.com> andrew@cubetech.com writes: >In article <BxIMsr.LKG@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) writes: >>Could anyone please tell me an easy way to tell (on a 3.0 >>system) whether a binary is 3.0 only or 2.x also. > >The easiest way to tell is by the nib files. 3.0 nib files are >actually file-packages. So select a nib file and pull up the >attributes inspector. If the compute size button is not dimmed, then >it's a 3.0 app. Partial bzzzzt :-) A 2.x app upgraded to 3.0 will still have nib files for all nibs that weren't saved under 3.0, so this isn't a foolproof technique. -- Art Isbell Cubic Solutions NeXT Registered Developer #745 NeXT software development and consulting NeXTmail: isbell@cats.UCSC.EDU Voice: (408)335-1154 USmail: 95018-9442 Fax: (408)335-2515
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!know!hri.com!noc.near.net!news.Brown.EDU!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!isbell From: isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Distinguishing 3.0 binaries Message-ID: <1dvc19INNa9i@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Date: 13 Nov 92 04:47:37 GMT References: <BxIMsr.LKG@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Nov11.183409.14312@cubetech.com> Organization: Cubic Solutions - NeXT software development and consulting Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu