From: Kbwms AT aol DOT com
Message-ID: <a0fe68c5.244765f7@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:55:35 EDT
Subject: Re: LBInstDJ
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
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Dear Eli Zaretskii,

On 04-15-99 at 06:30:29 EST you wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 Kbwms AT aol DOT com wrote:
>
> > What does the installer do with the copy?  Surely, the protection on the
> > original will not be violated, will it?
>
> If the original is *renamed*, and then the editing is on the copy,
> then the renamed original is intact and with protection.
>
> But if the original is backed up by copying, then the copy will NOT be
> write-protected.
>

There ought to be an option for the user to

    1) permit overwriting after saving the original
or
    2) save the proposed autoexec.bat for offline review.


I could live with that.


K.B. Williams