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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Directory Sizes
Message-ID: <34458@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 31 Aug 89 00:15:54 GMT
References: <8908301820.AA21124@trout.nosc.mil>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8908301820.AA21124@trout.nosc.mil> orcus@pro-lep.cts.com (Brian Greenstone) writes:
>Okay, here's a problem that really puzzles me.  I have been downloading fonts
>from AppleLink, and there must be about 600-700 files in my System/Fonts
>subdirectory.  This is fine, but whenever I go into Prodos 8 and try deleting
>a file from the FONTS sub, it does permanent and quite fatal damage to the
>directory.  [...]

Do you have access to a disk-repair program that will tell you what the
damage was?  (And verify that there was not already some damage *before*
you deleted a file.)

I want to try to duplicate your problem:  what version of ProDOS 8 were you
using?  Can you delete *any* file in the directory?  Or just one near the
beginning? the end?

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