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From: kushmer@bnlux0.bnl.gov (christopher kushmerick)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Statusof a msdos file after dos error
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Date: 6 Dec 90 01:29:06 GMT
Organization: Brookhaven National Lab
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After a file has been opened (Via assign, reset/rewrite) what is its
status following a disk operation that results in dos reporting an io error?


Here is the exact situation:

turbo pascal 5.0

I open a file. the reset/rewite occurs with success.

Now I do an operation, and it fails, perhas, for example, because the
user took the diskette out of the drive. What is the status of the file?
Do I have to close it? Can I close it? should I close it?

It should be obvious that I am compiling this with {$I-} set so that I may 
process my own io errors.



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Chris Kushmerick
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