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- From: egray@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Emmet P. Gray)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives
- Subject: [comp.os.linux] Patch #6 to Mtools v2.0
- Followup-To: comp.os.linux
- Date: 2 Sep 1992 00:19:57 GMT
- Organization: US Army Corps of Engineers - Construction Eng Research Lab
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- Approved: adam@soda.berkeley.edu
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- X-Original-Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 04:09:45 GMT
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- Archive-name: auto/comp.os.linux/Patch-6-to-Mtools-v2-0
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-
- This is to annouce the posting of patch #6 to the Mtools v2.0
- distribution package to comp.sources.bugs. I understand that the
- version of Mtools that most (all?) Linux users have is a "splinter"
- version. So, you might have to struggle with the patch file to
- make it work.
-
- This patch will add the following features:
-
- 1) Mtools commands now use advisory locks to preclude two
- processes from writing to the same DOS filesystem. You must
- edit the Makefile to choose one of the 3 lock methods:
- -DLOCKF, -DFLOCK, or -DFCNTL.
- See the Configure file for more details.
-
- 2) An error detection routine has been added to determine if the
- FAT encoding scheme in the devices.c file is correct.
-
- 3) Mtools commands now return exit codes with the following
- meaning:
- 0 = success
- 1 = utter failure
- 2 = partial sucess/failure. (at least one successful
- operation, but at least one failure)
-
- It also corrects a bug when Mtools is used on machines that have 16 bit
- integers. However, machines with 16 bit integers are limited to FAT
- tables that are less than 64k in length.
-
- Mtools v2.0.5 was posted to the comp.sources.unix news group the 2nd week
- of January 92 as v25i097 thru v25i099.
-
- The "always current" version of Mtools and all the patches are available
- via anonymous ftp from cerl.cecer.army.mil (129.229.1.101). I've also
- placed the code in the /tmp/mtools directory on ftp.uu.net, but I can't
- say how long it will stay there.
-
- Emmet P. Gray US Army, HQ III Corps & Fort Hood
- ...!uunet!uiucuxc!fthood!egray Attn: AFZF-DE-ENV
- fthood!egray@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu Directorate of Engineering & Housing
- Environmental Management Office
- Fort Hood, TX 76544-5057
-
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