On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Phil Chambers wrote:
> Section 38.1 (API for local_scan() says that the file descriptor is
> positioned at character 17 if the file. This should read 19. The -D
> file containd the message id plus "-D" as the first line.
Thanks! I'm going to be revising the manual once 4.14 is released.
> It might be that some users' local_scan() code might need to rewind
> the file, so would it be possible to have DATA_START_OFFSET available
> through local_scan.h so that custom local_scan() code would not need
> to be changed if you change the length of the message id in the
> future?
Yes. Good point.
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