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Article #2953Re: Volume labels on hard drives
From: Steven W. Klassen
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1989 16:40
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1989 16:40
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In article <1062@philmds.UUCP> leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) writes:
>
>Using the Fattrib() call of GEMDOS you can make an ordinary file into a
>volume label. It's even worse: you can make it into a directory that is
>not really a directory (it doesn't have the . and .. entries, and you
>can't put files into it, but it _looks_ like a directory, since it has
>a 'mode' of 0x10).
>
Thanks. I looked this function call up in my docs and it looks like
it will do what I need. I don't know how I missed this when I
was searching before my initial posting.
PS. I would still like a good sector editor if anyone out there
has one.
Steven W. Klassen
Computer Science Major
University of Waterloo
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watdragon!dahlia!swklassen From: swklassen@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Steven W. Klassen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Volume labels on hard drives Message-ID: <15743@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 8 Aug 89 16:40:25 GMT References: <15591@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <1062@philmds.UUCP> Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu Reply-To: swklassen@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Steven W. Klassen) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 21