apratt@iuvax.UUCP (01/10/84)
#N:iuvax:1500003:000:1024 iuvax!apratt Jan 10 04:36:00 1984 Incidentally (and I should have included this in my previous posting), the BDOS "delete file" function DOES NOT WORK for files with the "label" attribute. That is, if you pass a pointer to an extended FCB, with the label attribute set and the file name all question marks, you would expect BDOS to remove the volume label from the directory. It does, but it also crashes the FAT, and is therefore not advisable. Seems somebody didn't read the specs on the attribute byte. I don't have the book in front of me, but I remember the phrase pretty well: "If the LABEL attribute bit is set, the next eleven bytes contain the volume label of the disk. This can only appear in the root directory, and the directory entry contains no other information." Specifically, the pointer to the file's allocation list is NOT valid, but the DELETE FILE function thinks it is. This is just for your general information. I wonder if anybody at IBM or MicroSoft reads this newsgroup...? -- Allan Pratt ...decvax!ihnp4!iuvax!apratt