Re: gnuchess.book

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From: Hans-Erik Sandstrom LOG/SV
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 1990 08:42

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In article <268CA4BE.3512@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm) writes:
>A friend has finally gotten the C code of gnuchess compiled for a PC. One 
>question:  in the files distributed, there is one called gnuchess.book, which
>I suspect the program wants to consult while running.  But of course on an 
>MSDOS machine this gets cut down to gnuchess.boo since file extensions can
>have a maximum of 3 characters.  Will the program recognize this file as the 
>correct one, or does it have to be renamed to something else?  
>Carl Riehm.

Yes, the program will recognise this file even if is says gnuchess.book in the
sources.
And consequently, No it wont have to be renamed.

Hans Eric

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