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Article #4822Re: Validation error hack and question (was: Re/Write Error)
From: Randell Jesup
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 21:14
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 21:14
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In article <CHUCK.PHILLIPS.90Aug9130916@halley.FtCollins.NCR.COM> Chuck.Phillips@FtCollins.NCR.COM (Chuck.Phillips) writes:
>Question for the OS/disk experts: Is it possible for an AmigaOS program to
>open a file for writing and then exit _normally_ (no guru or power failure)
>without closing the file, possibly creating a validation error? (Exclude
>programs directly accessing the disk device)
Sure, those could certainly cause validation to be needed (but no
problems are likely to result in most cases).
>Question for C=: If this is possible, are there plans to correct this in a
>future release?
It would be hard, since we don't know why the file was left open,
even if we tracked what files a process opens. Maybe the FH was passed to
another process.
--
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Common phrase heard at Amiga Devcon '89: "It's in there!"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Validation error hack and question (was: Re/Write Error) Message-ID: <13759@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 10 Aug 90 21:14:54 GMT References: <290.26B9C50B@afitamy.fidonet.org> <CHUCK.PHILLIPS.90Aug9130916@halley.FtCollins.NCR.COM> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 20