Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!dg-rtp!dg!archive!bkahn From: bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Shrinkit GS (current version) Message-ID: <741@dg.dg.com> Date: 9 Aug 90 14:03:58 GMT References: Sender: root@dg.dg.com Reply-To: bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) Distribution: comp Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 60 In article , sandvig@poincare.geom.umn.edu (Cary &) writes: |> [...] |> problems I've discovered using Shrinkit GS: |> |> * there is an error in the coding of the uncompress routines that causes it |> to incorrectly report a corrupted archive when unpacking large files or |> disks that were very full |> Could you pls explain the details of this a bit further. What do you mean by 'large files' or 'very full'. Can you tell me what you were unpacking or the size of the files/disks? Andy cant be expected to fix something w/o having a better idea of what may be wrong or where to start... |> * there is a user interface design flaw in the delete dialog... delete |> should not be the default option, or if a folder is selected for delete |> the user should be propted for confirmation... this flaw enabled me to |> accidentally delete nearly 7 Meg of archives |> Ill pass this along. I could be wrong but I dont recall any exact requirements on what defaults to use for the delete screen. Some programs Ive seen have 'Delete' as the default, others have 'Dont Delete'. Ill poke around the HIG some more... |> * there is a possible error in the delete routines themselves.. this is |> related to the above problem... when I exited Shrinkit GS to exhume my |> files I discovered, much to my disapointment, that they were in some way |> deleted incorrectly... and, thus, none of them could be recovered... the |> error lies somewhere in the code to flip the halfs of the key blocks... What did you use to try and recover the deleted files? What happened when you tried to recover the data? Keep in mind that if you did any writes to the disks between deletes then you may not be able to recover the deleted files! |> |> Other information: |> |> just in case these errors are not universal this is my system configuration: |> * Apple IIgs - ROM 3 |> * 3.125 Meg Ram |> * 209Meg SCSI HD (6 32Meg partitions, the rest in the 7th) |> * Apple HS SCSI DMA controler |> |> nothing else attached to my system should be effecting this... |> -- |> |> -Cary |> (.sig pending) If you can post some more information Ill relay it to Andy and post any responses I get... Bruce (bkahn@archive.rtp.dg.com)