bkahn@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) (08/24/90)
Has anyone had any luck using the Orca Compress utility on 5.0.2?? Every
thing I try with it gives me a ProDOS access error...
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Bruce (bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com or
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Standard disclaimers apply, except where prohibited by law...dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (08/26/90)
In article <822@dg.dg.com> bkahn@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) writes: >Has anyone had any luck using the Orca Compress utility on 5.0.2?? Every >thing I try with it gives me a ProDOS access error... Under 5.0.x, COMPRESS works only on volumes that *don't* have any files open. On your boot disk, the *:System:System.Setup:Sys.Resources file is always open. So boot up from a different disk when you want to compress directories on your boot volume. Mike Westerfield of the Byte Works is well aware of the situation. He consider's GS/OS's refusal to do block writes to a volume with open files to be a bug, and Apple considers it a feature. Keeping a floppy handy to boot from when needed is a reasonable solution. -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.