On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:51:08 +0000, Farley, Peter wrote: >I concur, they have updated the contents of the 1Gb+ zip file to include the >missing TOC file(s) without changing the external file name, but all the files >inside are now dated 2023-10-09 instead of 2023-09-29, including the new TOC >files. > There are several oversights here:
o I suspect the move the .pdf files from a rendering platform to another repository without preserving timestamps. o The zip utility marks content with time of zip, not file timestamp. o Windows has historically foolishly preferred local times rather than Universal. I wrote a script that uses the "pdfinfo" freeware to extract pdf timestamps and touch file times accordingly. >I DL’d that same file on Friday 12/2 and it did NOT have the TOC files present. > >I guess they actually listened! > However with a regression to an unfriendly format that had been remedied by 2.5: the anchors are inconveniently far away to the right. Better would be to make the titles anchors with HREF= attributes to the pdfs. Where's Susan Shumway when we need her!? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
