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- NEWSWEEP ADVISORY - - - - ALL VERSIONS
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-
- There is a serious and potentially destructive problem with NewSweep
- by Dave Rand when using ZRDOS, ZSDOS, NovaDOS or any other DOS which
- does not reconstruct the allocation vector for permanent media with
- each disk system reset. This problem occurs when using the Rename
- option to reassign a file to another user area. Although the
- directory entry for the file will be correct, the allocation vector
- for the disk bearing the file will indicate that all blocks of the
- "renamed" file are unassigned and any subsequent assignment of blocks
- to files may well reallocate portions of the renamed file, destroying
- some or all of the data therein.
-
- IF USING ZSDOS, ZRDOS, NOVADOS OR ANY OTHER DOS HAVING A "QUICK" RELOG
- FOR PERMANENT MEDIA, NEVER USE THE NEWSWEEP (R)ENAME OPTION TO ASSIGN
- A FILE TO ANOTHER USER AREA ON THE DISK ON WHICH IT RESIDES.
-
- Lindsay Haisley