On Monday, Ben A L Jemmett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
] BTW, I read somewhere that when DOS deletes a file it changes the first letter
] to a question mark. However, when it stores it in a directory it uses some
] symbol or other, and changes this symbol into a question mark. when it reads
] the directory it does it the other way around. WHY?
You mean you have a file called DELETE.ME and you delete it and
typing UNDELETE will show ?ELETE.ME but the '?' is stored as a
special char? Is that what you're saying? Well, IIRC that special
char is a lower case sigma - like an o with a - from the top. [� in
DOS mode] But I could be mistaken. chr(229).
FYI it stores the deleted file as �ELETE.ME in the FAT until you
defrag the hdd or it gets totally full.
Under Linux to look at a DOS drive type something like:
cat /dev/hda1 | less
and you *MAY* be able to see the FAT. [I forget]
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