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11/12/93
NOTE FOR NETWORK USERS:
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We have learned of a serious problem that recent versions of CMFiler
have experienced on a particular Novell Netware 2.12 network. When the
"Wipe file" option on the Shift-O user options menu was set to Yes on this
particular network, both the target _and_ source files being copied were
completely obliterated by the wipe overwrite string "cfcfcf..." when
copying on the network drives.
We have not been able to locate the cause of this problem, nor reproduce
it on the Novell 3.11 we have access to, but have been working with the
network administrator to understand the behavior and the possible causes.
We have never observed this anomaly nor has it ever been reported for any
standalone computer or other network. We suspect a bug in one of the drivers
in this particular network's configuration; however we have been able to rule
out the possibility of a bug in CMFiler or a heretofore unnoticed
incompatibility with Novell netwares.
As a safety measure until this destructive behavior is understood and
corrected, we have disabled the feature that wipes the old copies of files
in the target path prior to creating the new copy.
Our sincerest apologies if this has caused any problems on other networks.
If you are a network administrator, please inform us of your experience
with the "Wipe file" feature, positive or negative, and tell us the
brand and version of your network software.
Charley Martin, NoVaSoft