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Archive-name: auto/comp.os.linux/Patch-6-to-Mtools-v2-0


This is to annouce the posting of patch #6 to the Mtools v2.0
distribution package to comp.sources.bugs.  I understand that the
version of Mtools that most (all?) Linux users have is a "splinter"
version.  So, you might have to struggle with the patch file to 
make it work.

This patch will add the following features:

	1) Mtools commands now use advisory locks to preclude two
	processes from writing to the same DOS filesystem.  You must
	edit the Makefile to choose one of the 3 lock methods:
		-DLOCKF, -DFLOCK, or -DFCNTL.
	See the Configure file for more details.

	2) An error detection routine has been added to determine if the
	FAT encoding scheme in the devices.c file is correct.

	3) Mtools commands now return exit codes with the following
	meaning:
		0 = success
		1 = utter failure
		2 = partial sucess/failure.  (at least one successful
		    operation, but at least one failure)

It also corrects a bug when Mtools is used on machines that have 16 bit
integers.  However, machines with 16 bit integers are limited to FAT
tables that are less than 64k in length.

Mtools v2.0.5 was posted to the comp.sources.unix news group the 2nd week
of January 92 as v25i097 thru v25i099.

The "always current" version of Mtools and all the patches are available
via anonymous ftp from cerl.cecer.army.mil (129.229.1.101).  I've also
placed the code in the /tmp/mtools directory on ftp.uu.net, but I can't
say how long it will stay there.

Emmet P. Gray				US Army, HQ III Corps & Fort Hood
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