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From: landay@cory.Berkeley.EDU (James A. Landay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Copying a file over itself
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Date: 20 Jul 88 04:40:59 GMT
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In article <565@philmds.UUCP> leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) writes:
>In article <4507@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> landay@cory.Berkeley.EDU (James A. Landay) writes:
>>Last night (at 3AM) I accidently copied a file over itself.
>>This seems to trash the file rather than touching the date
>>or doing nothing.  Will this be fixed in the new ROM version? (Atari?)
>
>Tried it with a 14K file (i.e. copying from the Desktop), but the
>contents remained the same. The date was changed.
> [stuff deleted ]
>So the next question is perhaps: what ROM version are you using now?
>
>      Leo.
>
I am using the US TOS ROM that is the one available prior to the Megas
(it is probably 1.5 years old)

I just tried it again.  I first booted with a disk that had no auto
folder or desk accessories.  I then copied the file (an 18K text file, a
1K file seemed to work fine) to the same directory.  Got the message
file already exists give new copy name (or whatever it says.)  Left it the
same.  Copied the file.  Looked at it.  It is a repeat of the first 20
lines or so, over and over.

What the hell is this?  Does anyone have a program that will return my
ROM identification so that we know which ROMs have it?

By the way, why does deleteting files take so long compared to MeSsyDOS.

THANKS,



hanks
James
James A. Landay

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