Is it a repeat?

Chris Marriott chris at chrism.demon.co.uk
Thu Jun 27 08:41:32 EDT 2013



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From: dinkypumpkin
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 11:58 AM
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Subject: Re: Is it a repeat?

On 26/06/2013 16:05, Shiner wrote:
>> Would it be possible to show which are repeated programmes?
>> ...or, alternatively, identify new ones?

>Not really possible, I'm afraid.

You can tell if a programme is old by looking at the PID. PIDs increase as 
time goes by - current ones are "B03XXXXX". So any program with a lower PID 
(eg "B019XXXX") is a repeat of an older programme.

Chris




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