Date   : Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:30:30 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: File access 'M' on MDFS

I have looked through all my 4 copies of the MDFS manual and I
can only find the reference in the error list on page A-7.  I can't
think what "M" would stand for unless it's Manual or MDFS.  Maybe
it is some special kind of access used for system files like
%PASSWORDS ?

There are quite a few errors and omissions in the MDFS manual
(see *CREDIT topic earlier) and I have just noticed on the previous
page that it says there are 4 possible reasons for a "Drive read
only" error and then goes on to list only 3!!

There is a PDF version of the MDFS Manual at BBCDocs, I don't know
if you can do a text string search within PDFs but if you can it might
turn up something quicker than reading it from cover to cover.

Best wishes,



Ian
 
----- Original Message -----
From: jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent:  25 Sep 2006 23:25:28 +0100
Subject: [BBC-Micro] File access 'M' on MDFS

Does anybody know what setting a file's access to 'M' does on the
MDFS, settable with *ACCESS filename +M:
 
>*INFO FRED
FRED       FFFF1200 FFFF802B   00119A WR/r  today today 02:49 100 (100)
>*ACCESS FRED +M
>*INFO FRED
FRED       FFFF1200 FFFF802B   00119A MWR/r today today 02:49 100 (100)
>
 
All file operations seem unchanged. I have trawled through the
MDFS manual several times and only found two references to it, in
that NetFS_Examine returns the 'M' bit in the access byte, and it
is listed in the allowed characters for the *ACCESS command in the
list of errors.
 
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