In a message dated 2/15/2008 3:07:03 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: <<Just to clarify: size of dir. block is always 256 B, <No. OK, I'll bite. A PDS directory block has an 8-byte count area, an 8-byte key area, and a 256-byte data area. At the end of the directory is an end of file record, with a key length and data length both equal to zero. I would prefer not to equate this end of file record with a directory block. When is a directory block not 256 bytes long? Bill Fairchild Rocket Software
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