From:	gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: [Q] .mft files
Date:	9 Mar 1997 03:21:24 GMT
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John Beppu (beppu AT rigel DOT oac DOT uci DOT edu) wrote:

:   I was just wondering what the .mft files that come with
:   various djgpp .zips were for.  Are there programs which
:   make use of them for (un)installation of a given package?

I'm not sure if there is any official program to do what you say, but I
have written a utility which uses the .mft files in various ways, including
uninstalling a package, checking that the package is fully installed, and
tracking the location of a file in a set of archives. It was not originally
intended for use with DJGPP, but it should work on it.

-- 
George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.

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