Re: [PATCH] AFFS fixes v1

From: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen (rask-linux@kampsax.k-net.dk)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 17:32:01 EST


Den 31-Mar-00 04:18:18 skrev Matthias Andree fĝlgende om "Re: [PATCH] AFFS fixes v1":

> These problems you mention have been persisting in AmigaOS for years
> ever since links had been introduced with AmigaOS 2, PLUS, AmigaOS shell
> commands have had bugs so that only the GNU ported fileutils along with
> the FileSystem-based (as opposed to dos.library based) ixemul.library
> could get you rid of directory symlinks; this is partly because links
> had originally not been present in AmigaOS 1.x, partly because they
> fucked things up really bad.

   Balony. C:Delete has problems with links pointing to non-existant
objects. It simply refuses to call DeleteFile() on them. That's the size of
it.

> If you consider seriously revamping the AFFS support, I strongly urge to
> get hold of Ralph Babel's "The Amiga Guru Book" which contains carefully
> collected information on DOS internals, while you will still need the
> Amiga Developer's CD for information on Dircache.

   Chapter 9 of "The AmigaDOS Manual", third edition, also contains
information about the on-disk layout.

Regards,

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