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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Q: Orca's COMPRESS utility
Keywords: ORCA, COMPRESS
Message-ID: <44279@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 26 Aug 90 00:32:49 GMT
References: <822@dg.dg.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <822@dg.dg.com> bkahn@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bruce Kahn) writes:
>Has anyone had any luck using the Orca Compress utility on 5.0.2??  Every
>thing I try with it gives me a ProDOS access error...

Under 5.0.x, COMPRESS works only on volumes that *don't* have any files
open.  On your boot disk, the *:System:System.Setup:Sys.Resources file
is always open.  So boot up from a different disk when you want to
compress directories on your boot volume.

Mike Westerfield of the Byte Works is well aware of the situation.  He
consider's GS/OS's refusal to do block writes to a volume with open
files to be a bug, and Apple considers it a feature.  Keeping a floppy
handy to boot from when needed is a reasonable solution.
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