Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!pm111 From: pm111@tharr.UUCP (Paul Martin) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: UUCP and CPM Plus Message-ID: <1524@tharr.UUCP> Date: 19 Dec 90 22:55:26 GMT References: <1490@tharr.UUCP> Reply-To: pm111@tharr.UUCP (Paul Martin) Organization: Public Access to Usenet in the UK Lines: 18 In article ns@iddth2.id.dk (Nick Sandru (langt haar)) writes: >>What is the convention for the "true" file length byte in CPM Plus? >>(It's set by setting flag f6' and putting the byte value in CR). >>I assume it is the number of unused bytes in the last sector. Is this right? > >It is the number of the _used_ bytes in the last 128-byte record. If that's so, is a value of zero in this place mean that the last block contains 128 used bytes? The "unused bytes" scenario seems more natural... Clarification anyone? -- If life is just a bowl of cherries, you'd better watch out for the stones. Paul Martin. pm111@tharr.uucp INTERNET: pm111%tharr.uucp@ukc.ac.uk <-- tharr *free* public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 -->