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From: shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Finder/Appleshare copying: ERROR #8053
Message-ID: <51375@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 91 09:47:46 GMT
References: <0704AC3C40C002C4@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <0704AC3C40C002C4@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu> EWINGRA@CTRVAX.VANDERBILT.EDU writes:

>I've been having problems for a long time regarding my GS accessing
>an Appleshare server.  I used to have a small Mac SE I was using as a server
>but lately I've been using my Mac IIfx running Personal Appleshare under
>System 7.0b5.  Regardless of the server, sometimes, completely unpredictably,
>the Finder will be unable to make the copy from server to either hard
>disk or RAM disk, saying "Unable to Complete Operation, Error #8053".

If the finder ever says anything like that, it's safe to look at the low byte
and translate it into a GS/OS error code.  In this case it's $53, parameter
range out of error.  "But how could I be getting that?" you say.

Every once in a while AppleShare seems to give back bogus auxtypes with the
high word of the auxtype set to $FFFF (in fact, the whole auxtype is
$FFFFFFFF).  And, because you're trying to drag something from the AFP
volume to the ProDOS volume, the ProDOS FST has to OK the parameters sent
either in the create or setfileinfo calls (you could OSBRK using GSbug on
either to figure out if this really was the case, but it probably is). 

If you do a _SetFileInfoGS using the exerciser on the AppleShare volume
(on the particular file of course), setting the value to something
that the ProDOS FST understands (ie, less than $10000), the error will stop
showing up.

Seeing as how this just also happened to Jim Merritt today also, I'll have to
go talk to one of our network gurus and see what's up.

andy

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