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to: Gisbert Rudolph
from: Barry Blackford
date: 2002-12-11 22:42:02
subject: Possible Allfix Bug

Hello there Gisbert!

11 Dec 02 at 05:42, Gisbert Rudolph writes to Bob Seaborn:

 BS>>       Not necessarily, AllFix checks for freespace, and if it's over
 BS>> 2gb, the value wraps and becomes a negative number, causing AllFix
 BS>> (and other programs) to think the drive is full.

 >>> Is it something you can weave directly into AllFix code in a future
 >>> release?


 BS>>       Should be able to simply avoid a freespace check I hope.

 GR> Switches:

 GR>    -NoSpaceChk   Do not check for sufficient disk space

 GR> I don't know which Allfix version has this switch involved first. I am
 GR> running:

 GR>    ALLFIX Universal, v6.00.018 . fileecho processor . 09-Jul-00 14:22

 GR> ... I have had a look at the documentation for ALLFIX version 5.13. The
 GR> switch is known in this version too.

On thinking about this, if it was a free space reporting problem, why does
it move files okay where there are no duplicate filenames, it's only where
the file already exists that t he problem is encountered?

Best Rgds, Bazz
barry{at}glonet.co.nz

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