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E/L (and possibly others) 1.99q9 BUG: will not recognize filename
Environment:
E/L 1.99q9 running under FreeBSD 2.1R (XFree86 3.1.1)
486DX4/100, pretty typical system with SCSI drive (Adaptec 1542CP
controller), 16 MB RAM
Running MSWord 5.1a in the Executor environment
*NOTE* This is a FreeBSD system. I wish I had a linux system to test it
on, but unfortunately hardware is scarce in this household. If any kind
soul out there who has Linux, Executor, and MSWord has a few free clock
cycles and wouldn't mind testing this to see if it is a real bug or not,
please do so, I'd appreciate it greatly.
Anyway, here's the bug: I was working on a file, and saved it as "FAQ-
Running Executor under FreeBSD". AFAIK this is a valid Mac filename, and
Word didn't complain because it allowed me to save under that name. Ok,
so the file is there (I checked). I shutdown my computer because it was
bedtime.
I got up the next morning and decided to continue working on this file (I
wasn't done yet). I fired up Executor and ran MSWord. I went to the
"File...Open" dialog and tried to retrieve the file. BUT IT DID NOT
APPEAR IN THE "OPEN FILE" DIALOG BOX. I popped open a UNIX shell window
and did an ls. It's not my imagination; the file really did exist.
Weird. Furthermore, the file appeared under the MSWord "last <x>
documents" list, and I am able to select it there and the file DOES
open.
I then looked in Browser, and the file DID NOT APPEAR IN THE BROWSER
WINDOWS EITHER.
FYI the file was saved in the UNIX filesystem, NOT in a "hfv" file. I
tried saving this file in a HFV file, and I got the error "Disk not
found" from MSWord.
There's either one of three things wrong here:
a) "FAQ- Running Executor under FreeBSD" is NOT a valid Mac filename, and
either Word and/or Executor was at fault in NOT telling me "hey, that's
not a good filename" when I saved it.
b) "FAQ- Running Executor under FreeBSD" IS a valid filename, and
something is wrong with Executor's filesystem handling code or something.
c) This is a FreeBSD-specific problem, and does not happen under other
Executors (i.e. running under real Linux, or DOS, or whatnot). This
is why I would be very grateful if someone who has a Linux or other
system could test this for me.
Enclosed please find a TAR file containig the bad file I mentioned. As
stated, this is a MSWord 5.1a document.
Thank you for your assistance.
Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212
TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072
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bad.tar.gz
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