[Coco] Intro and need some help (Was: Re: (no subject))

[Bill Pierce]

Bill
Try "attr file -d" This will make it a file then it can be deleted normally. If you do this to a real directory, it could lead to a lot of trouble.
It sounds like you're setting your file wrong when it's created
Use this:

#define READ 1
#define WRITE 2
#define UPDAT READ+WRITE
#define DIR 0x80
#define EXEC 8

Then creat/open(path,file,READ/WRITE/UPDAT)

Using which ever option you need. Then a directory should not be created.

Hope this helps
Bill P

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, Mar 9, 2013 6:58 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Intro and need some help (Was: Re:  (no subject))




A big tip of the hat to Robert Gault.  Those modules did the trick.
I now have a system with all the stuff I need at the moment.  And I
can rebuild my system without havingto resort to a floppy again.

Here's my next interesting one.  I compiled a program written in
C. (Actually taken from Unix.)  It opens a file for writting and
if not already there, creates it.  I wrote a bunch of text to it.
Closed it and exited the program.  Dir say that file is a directory.
IfI dir it I see all the text I entered.  Now the problem. How do I
get rid of it?  I can't delete it because it isn't empty. And I can't
empty it because those aren't really file names in the directory.

Suggestions?

bill

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