Subject: Re: folder transfer question

From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 20:43:40 -0500

On 27 Oct 1995, E. Karl Isbrecht wrote:

> This is not a bug query but I have a question on how
> to save all the files in any particular pine folder
> onto a floppy;
> is this do-able by folder or must each file be
> moved into another area separately, assembled into a folder
> there and >then< dumped on a floppy ?

    It is certainly doable.  I do it frequently.  You didn't say what 
operating system you are running Pine under (Unix, MS-DOS, whatever), so 
details may differ.  In Unix Pine, each folder is simply a flat ASCII 
file with path $HOME/mail/<folder-name> (at least the way it's set up for 
me).  I just download a folder file to my PC the way I would download any 
other ASCII file.  Just _how_ depends on your particular software setup.  
There may not be a single flat answer on just what to do.

Paul
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