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Subject: Re: What's the extra dot for in tablebase filenames?

Author: Gabor Szots

Date: 00:03:33 02/13/06

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On February 13, 2006 at 02:16:55, Mark Boylan wrote:

>I read somewhere that some engines wouldn't recognize tablebase files named like
>this: kpppkp.nbb.emd, and that the files should be renamed like this:
>kpppkpnbb.emd
>
>Is that true? What's the story wth that dot? Should I just leave it?

The extra dot is there simply to make the name more legible. You can leave it or
delete it. The engine should understand both forms; if you find it doesn't, just
remove the dots.

Gábor




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