But this is about the PASSIGAR AGI/SCI DAT... That's old Sierra On-line games and many of the files should be in more than one set. It's for PC, Mac, Amiga, PCjr, Atari ST, Tandy etc, etc with more than one version for each game.

> A fixdatfile is just a subset of the used database/datfile. If they appear twice
> or more in the datfile and you miss the files and save a fixdatfile, they appear
> twice or more in the fixdatfile. Since double crc32s usually represent the same
> files it's the datfile author's fault that they appear more than once in the
> datfile. Equal checksums within a parent/clone relationship are rather normal,
> but they appear only once if you scan in split or full-merged mode and so they
> appear only once in the fixdat.
> Of course I'm aware that the rebuilder will rebuilt all files even if listed
> once, so it might look useful to include them only once in the fixdat...but
> mainly a fixdatfile is an output of the currently missing files within different
> sets....
>
> in other words...I doubt I will change the behaviour....the used datfile should
> be a bit more cleaner ;)
> Although I did make a note about your idea...
>
> Roman Scherzer
> ClrMamePro
>