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Article #26063Re: HDSCAN (two questions about 40-folder bug)
From: braner
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1987 04:04
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1987 04:04
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[] Some things I don't understand about the "40-folders" bug (should be called something else by now!): Is calling the GEMDOS function Dfree() a possible danger? (Does that cause reading subdirectories, or does it simply read the FAT and count bits?) Is repeated use of a program that uses dynamically-allocated RAM (e.g. micro- EMACS) a danger? I.e., when the program quits, are the blocks used for keeping track of Malloc()ed RAM completely freed in the infamous, fixed- size, system tables? (Even if your compiler minimizes Malloc() calls by Malloc-ing in big chunks and then malloc-ing out of it, it has to call Malloc() at least once.) - Moshe Braner PS: could somebody send me "unshar" for the ST, or some other method for easy transfer of many small files from a UNIX system to the ST? Thanks. PPS: still looking for a GEM metafile --> Postscript translator.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!pyramid!batcomputer!braner From: braner@batcomputer.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: HDSCAN (two questions about 40-folder bug) Message-ID: <605@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 23:04:46 EST Article-I.D.: batcompu.605 Posted: Fri Apr 3 23:04:46 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Apr-87 10:38:09 EST References: <104@stag.UUCP> Reply-To: braner@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.UUCP (braner) Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 21 Keywords: HDSCAN 40 FOLDER Summary: Is Dfree() safe? Malloc() and malloc behavior?