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Article #35328Re: The horrible UNLINK bug
From: Gerry Wheeler
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1988 21:26
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 1988 21:26
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In article <3058@sugar.uu.net>, peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
> But on a UNIX system a deleted file is just another file with no name.
> There's no problem with it, and when you finally close the file the
> space will be re-used... not before. Anyone know what MS-DOS does in
> this case?
It messes up, just like TOS. We had to alter some of the code in the MKS
Toolkit to get around this one. It was originally written and run on
a UNIX system, with no problems. But DOS Dumbness bit us. Ah well.
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Gerry Wheeler Phone: (519)884-2251
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!mks!wheels From: wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: The horrible UNLINK bug Summary: MS-DOS has same problem Message-ID: <592@mks.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 21:26:53 GMT References: <109@infbsgr.infbs> <501@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> <3058@sugar.uu.net> Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ont. Lines: 14