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From: burleigh@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Frank Burleigh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Reading a directory proper
Keywords: how do you access the directory itself?
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Date: 11 Apr 90 12:48:58 GMT
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TC2's findfirst() and findnext() functions access file and
directory names in a directory.  But how does one read the
directory per se to get access to a file's (or directory's)
allocation information?

I'm thinking about adding a minimal undelete to a program 
I'm writing and it would seem one has to follow a file's
allocation chain in the FAT to do anything useful.

If anyone has any C code that shows how to access the 
directory, and/or code that follows a file's allocation
chain in the FAT, I'd be very interested in seeing it.

E-mail responses would be fine.  I'll summarize for those
with a similar interest.

Much thanks.

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Frank Burleigh  burleigh@cica.cica.indiana.edu
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