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Article #25028Re: Write protected disk
From: Michael Fischer
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1987 16:55
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1987 16:55
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In-reply-to: tektronix!sequent!ogcvax!metheus!scotth@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Huskey) > Does anyone out there know how a program can check if a DISK > is write protected or not? I would like my program (a game) > to NOT write out the high scores if the disk is write protected. > I do not want to bother the user (player) with a GEM error message. > Is there a GEMDOS call or some type of memory peek? Do I need to > talk to the disk controller directly? Simply attempt the write and look at the returned error code to tell if the write succeeded or not. If it failed, the error code should tell you if the problem is the disk being write protected, in which case you don't need to bother the user with an error message. (All this assumes of course that you are using the GEMDOS calls directly.) --Mike Fischer <fischer@yale.arpa> -------
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!YALE.ARPA!fischer-michael From: fischer-michael@YALE.ARPA (Michael Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Write protected disk Message-ID: <8701191655.AA03808@yale-eli.YALE.ARPA> Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 11:55:48 EST Article-I.D.: yale-eli.8701191655.AA03808 Posted: Mon Jan 19 11:55:48 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Jan-87 04:13:00 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 18