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Craig Richardson (crichard@nceltrnw.nceltr.mq.edu.au) wrote:
: Hi Everyone,

: I have for days now been trying to move a bunch of files between my mac
: at work and a directory on my Novell server here.  In fact I have the
: same problem sometimes just moving files between two Macintosh machines.

: Whilst trying to copy files I commonly have the os bail out with a
: System Error -37, or -50.  I have been to the Apple site to get
: descriptions but they are not very helpfull

: ie)  -37    bdNamErr    Bad File name; there may be no bad names in the
: final system
:     -50    paramErr    Error in user parameter list.

: I am using Mac OS 7.6.1 on all our machines.  You get the same problem
: whichever mac you use in the department and with completely different
: files.  I am copying the files just by dragging and dropping them.

: Any suggestions would be very much appreciated as I am a new mac user
: (My job is as a Novell and NT administrator) and this is really turning
: me away from what I hear should be a very good OS.

: thanks,
: Craig

It's quite likely a problem with NAMING! I've had the same hassles with a
server. There's a Mac shareware program called 'Name Cleaner' - if I
remember correctly - available via shareware.com, etc

Hope this helps,
Lynzz
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