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From: nnn@po.CWRU.Edu (Nik N. Nik Mahdi)
Subject: Help with Shell!!
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Hi,
  My main diskette has a read/write error, but I do not know where
it is and what file(s) cannot be read. Is there a PD software that
can give you which files are on the bad block(s), or in other words,
a program that can scan all the files on the disk and tell you
which of them is in "good condition" and which one is not?
  Now my main question, since I have some of the files unreadable,
my shell fails to let me repeat the previous commands by hitting 
the cursor keys. When I do that, nothing appears at all. Do you
know which file is responsible for giving me such feature? I tried
to erase and recopy all files in the s directory, but it's no good.
Also, can anyone tell me what those files (such as SPAT, DPAT, 
Shell-Startup, etc) are for? 
  Thanks alot for your help.

-Nik.

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