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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Friday, 7 Dec 1990 09:59:49 EST
From: John G. Spragge <SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Message-ID: <90341.095949SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Statusof a msdos file after dos error
References: <2350@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <1990Dec7.053930.14807@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>

On closing the file: If the actual error was disk drive open, I
would hesitate. I suspect that if the user had gone so far as to switch
the disks, a close might destroy the new disk's directory (and/or FAT).

In any case, your action should ideally depend on the exact nature of the
I/O error, and to some extent, on the suspected nature of the user.

disclaimer: Queen's University merely supplies me with computer services, and
            they are responsible for neither my opinions or my ignorance.

John G. Spragge