bridger%rcc@RAND.ORG (Bridger Mitchell) (12/28/88)
Josef Moellers asked about technical details of CP/M's management of the file structure. I was unable to get this reply through to him directly. My column in the The Computer Journal two months ago covered this topic extensively. Jay Sage's message several days ago gave info on subscribing. Two tools not already mentioned, of possible use to you are: The DU utility's M (map) command will show allocation blocks that are in use, and (marked by an '*') those that are in use by more than one directory entry. The SAP utility (5.3 or later) will alphabetize a directory. - --bridger