Date   : Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:55:56 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Counting Directory Entries in L3 Econet

On 02/08/2009, Ian Wolstenholme <bbcmailinglist@...> wrote:
> I thought OSGBPB 8 was the most likely when I was looking at chapter 10
> of the MDFS manual last night, but you would have to reserve 2.5 kilobytes
> (totally confused about the correct abbreviations now, so I'm using the full
> version!) of RAM to have enough space to get all the filenames if the
> directory
> was full.
>

The page I linked to seems to indicate that you can call it for any
arbitary number of  filenames at a time, and that it also returns the
number not yet read .. Now that reads to me that you can add one
figure to the other and you should have the total in the directory.


> However, according to the Econet Advanced User Guide (which incidentally
> I have just noticed is signed on the inside front cover "R O'Donnell"!!) it

Hmm!!  Now either I lost it at Byte Back, and I've not missed it yet
(does it have lots of corrections all the way through?) or you bought
one of my spare copies off eBay in 2002 or so, when I had a clear out
..


Rob