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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Obtaining a Current Database</H1>
The describe database last updated on <b>%%DATE%%</b>.
<p>
The describe database consists of two files. The first is a specially
formatted ASCII file, known as the database &quot;source&quot; file.
It can be manually edited with any text editor, or updated with
<A HREF="gno/man/man8/descu.8.html">descu</A>(8).
It doesn't really matter where on your system this file resides, but the path
<b>/usr/lib/describe.src</b>
is recommended.
<p>
The second file is the compiled database file. This file is compiled
from the source file by the
<A HREF="gno/man/man8/descc.8.html">descc</A>(8)
program. It is a binary file and not human-readable. Unless the
<b>DESCDB</b>
environment variable has been set, this file <em> must </em> have the
pathname
<b>/usr/lib/describe.db</b>.
<p>
Both files are available here:
<ul>
<li>database source file:
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.gno.org/pub/apple2/gs.specific/gno/doc/desc.src.shk">
ftp://ftp.gno.org/pub/apple2/gs.specific/gno/doc/desc.src.shk</A>
<li>precompiled database:
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.gno.org/pub/apple2/gs.specific/gno/doc/desc.db.shk">
ftp://ftp.gno.org/pub/apple2/gs.specific/gno/doc/desc.db.shk</A>
</ul>
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