• max[d].exe & maxn[d].exe ?

    From Mvan Le@3:800/432 to All on Sat Mar 6 01:27:34 2010
    Does anybody know what the difference between

    max.exe & maxd.exe; or
    maxn.exe & maxnd.exe

    is ? ie. what the "d" means ?

    Maximus executables:
    ==================================================
    C:\dv\s3\exe\max>dir
    Volume in drive C has no label.
    Volume Serial Number is C097-5E23

    Directory of C:\dv\s3\exe\max

    28/02/2010 07:31 PM <DIR> .
    28/02/2010 07:31 PM <DIR> ..
    28/02/2010 07:28 PM 553,447 max.exe
    28/02/2010 07:28 PM 392,928 max.ovl
    28/02/2010 07:27 PM 1,197,012 maxd.exe
    28/02/2010 07:31 PM 1,365,478 maxn.exe
    28/02/2010 07:30 PM 1,617,169 maxnd.exe
    5 File(s) 5,126,034 bytes
    2 Dir(s) 36,315,250,688 bytes free

    C:\dv\s3\exe\max>
    ==================================================

    --- Maximus 3.01
    * Origin: Xaragmata / Adelaide SA telnet://xaragmata.mooo.com (3:800/432)
  • From andrew clarke@3:633/267.1 to Mvan Le on Sat Mar 6 14:22:22 2010
    On Sat 2010-03-06 01:27, Mvan Le (3:800/432) wrote to All:

    Does anybody know what the difference between

    max.exe & maxd.exe; or
    maxn.exe & maxnd.exe

    is ? ie. what the "d" means ?

    I suspect 'd' are for debug versions, ie. they have debugging symbols so you can load the .exe into the Watcom debugger and step through the code.

    --- timEd/Linux 1.11.b5
    * Origin: Blizzard of Ozz, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (3:633/267.1)