On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:13:29 -0700, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:58:00 +0200, Michal H. Tyc wrote:
>>> From the symptoms I guess that the file's directory entry had >> nonzero values in the reserved fields, which DR-DOS uses for storing >> passwords and access rights. >> If you unpacked that archive under Windows, these fields could have >> been polluted with creation and last access date, which were introduced >> by Microsoft in Win9x, long time AFTER they were already defined >> by DR. Typical M$ tactics. >> If you hadn't ever used Windows to access your HD, I have no idea what >> happened. Is that problem reproducible? (i.e., did you try to >> unpack the archive again?) If so, could you send me a copy via >> private mail -- I would be greatly interested. > I downloaded the zipped archive UNRAR250.ZIP by using Arachne > running on a pure DOS machine, no Windows installed, DOS version > DR-DOS 7.02. Also I unpacked the archive in a directory on my > hardrive in the same machine. I just now tried to reproduce the > problem on a floppy disk. I found that the "dir" command would list > the file only by using the wildcard combination "dir beos????.*". As > I recall I had used this wildcard combination previously when the > file was on a directory on my hardrive. DOS failed to list it the > first time. When the file was on my floppy drive I found that I was > able to delete the file by using the command "del beos????.*". > Curiously I was unable to "undelete" it. If you are interested in > playing with this file archive you can probably find it by doing a > google search. If you have any problem in finding where to > download it, I will email it to you. The file name is UNRAR250.ZIP, > 72,451 bytes. My copy of the file archive appears to have since > become corrupted for some unknown reason. When I tried about three > times to unzip it on a directory on my floppy drive I got errors > from PKUNZIP telling me that two of the files failed CRC checks. I > did not get any error messages when I unzipped the archive the firat > time on a directory on my hard drive. Mystery solved. <g> Got it, checked it. As suspected... it's an LFN with a space in it. "BeOS Install" becomes "BEOS INS" in Dos. http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/images.htm beos-spc.gif This is how I deleted it. del-beos.bat used so that the steps would be "captured" into del-beos.txt --- command line... del-beos.bat>l:\del-beos.txt ---- dir ren beos*.* beos! dir del beos! dir _____________________________________________________ --- del-beos.txt --- [OPENDOS 7.01] C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50>dir Volume in drive C is MCCORKLE_01 Directory of C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50 . <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p .. <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p BEOS INS 654 9-28-99 9:33p LICENSE TXT 1971 5-12-99 1:58a README BEO 1046 9-28-99 9:22p README TXT 1032 5-12-99 1:58a SRC <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p UNRAR 59383 9-28-99 9:19p DEL-BEOS BAT 45 6-29-02 11:08p 9 File(s) 134553600 bytes free [OPENDOS 7.01] C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50>ren beos*.* beos! [OPENDOS 7.01] C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50>dir Volume in drive C is MCCORKLE_01 Directory of C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50 . <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p .. <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p BEOS! 654 9-28-99 9:33p LICENSE TXT 1971 5-12-99 1:58a README BEO 1046 9-28-99 9:22p README TXT 1032 5-12-99 1:58a SRC <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p UNRAR 59383 9-28-99 9:19p DEL-BEOS BAT 45 6-29-02 11:08p 9 File(s) 134553600 bytes free [OPENDOS 7.01] C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50>del beos! [OPENDOS 7.01] C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50>dir Volume in drive C is MCCORKLE_01 Directory of C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50 . <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p .. <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p LICENSE TXT 1971 5-12-99 1:58a README BEO 1046 9-28-99 9:22p README TXT 1032 5-12-99 1:58a SRC <DIR> 6-29-02 10:48p UNRAR 59383 9-28-99 9:19p DEL-BEOS BAT 45 6-29-02 11:08p 8 File(s) 134561792 bytes free [OPENDOS 7.01] C:\!\UNRAR250\UNRAR-2.50> ____________________ -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
