Date   : Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:25:26 +0100
From   : mark@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: Copying between file servers

Thanks for the thoughts and replies. Adding 795 ENDPROC certainly helps to
get is started, but then it bombs spectacurlarly.

Adding !Boot...Done
Adding A1...Done
Adding A2...Done

Internal error : address exception at &038C0004 at line 2750
Internal error : address exception at &038B5C7C at line 200
AddressException:Address exception at &%0 at line 0
AddressException:Address exception at &%0 at line 0 
AddressException:Address exception at &%0 at line 0 
AddressException:Address exception at &%0 at line 0 
AddressException:Address exception at &%0 at line 0 
AddressException:Address exception at &%0 at line 0 
AddressException:Address exception at &%0 at line 0 
AddressException:Address exception at &%0 at line 0
FileCore in use at 370
*

This was after a fresh boot etc. The Boot files for the A4000 are a quite
clean set, having been freshly installed from the last Acorn set for 3.11

-Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bbc-micro-bounces+mark=bbcdocs.com@...
> [mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+mark=bbcdocs.com@...] On
> Behalf Of J.G.Harston
> Sent: 25 September 2010 17:31
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Copying between file servers
> 
> J.G.Harston wrote:
> > Yes, UnZip has slightly more mature code and uses FNNetFS_Op(...) from
> > mdfs.net/BLib/NetFS which makes it easier to read.
> >
> >> My guess is OSWord is throwing the error, which points at the
> 
> Ah, Mark's using a Filestore. I have a vaaaauuugggeeee recollection that
the
> Filestore returns dodgy results from unsupported NetFS_Op calls that
> confuses NetFS 5.78, causing it to generate an error instead of
/returning/
> the error result. The BLib.NetFS works around this fault, but I haven't
> incorporated it into Zip, only into UnZip. (Recompile for 32-bit... :)
> 
> As a temporary fix, add:
> 
> 795 ENDPROC
> 
> NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS IN AN EDITOR! Zip (and UnZip) is crunched and
> loading it into an editor will destroy it as the editor fails to
retokenise the
> code on saving. LOAD "Zip", add the line and reSAVE it.
> Then it should work for FileStore. It will ignore MDFS metadata, but
Mark's
> only zipping up FileStore metadata anyway.
> 
> I'll make a note to prioritise "recompiling" Zip with the proper library.
It won't
> be this coming week as I'm about to drive halfway across the country to do
> some more house-moving. That's why the
> A5000 was backing up the server yesterday :)
> 
> JGH
> 
> 
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