Date   : Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:54:15 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: *INFO

>Message-ID: <4e5eaf9a83info@...>
 
Sprow <info@...> wrote:
> > My programme reads the file length information directly from
> > where it should be in the disc sector for Acorn DFS, which is a
> > bit naughty and very sloppy.  I should have used OSFILE really
> > for compatibility with other DFSes.
 
I don't know of any DFS that does not use the Acorn DFS catalogue
format. It's likely that those that don't already have a *FREE
command in ROM anyway.
 
> I suppose
>   space = 0
>   FOR directory = 33 to 126
>       changedir(directory)
>       space = space + osgbpb(8)
>   NEXT
> would do but it's a drawn out process,
 
But when directory=ASC"a" it will read the files it read when
directory=ASC"A"... except on some DFSs it doesn't!
 
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