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From: FORSTER@cs.umass.EDU (David Forster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Copying a file over itself
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Date: 21 Jul 88 16:31:00 GMT
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pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!landay@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (James A. Landay) writes:

>...
>I am using the US TOS ROM that is the one available prior to the Megas
>(it is probably 1.5 years old)

So am I.
>
>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.
>
I have had similar problems, but the files are created by uEmacs 3.8f on a
RAMdisk.  I've wondered before how the files got to be that way.  Maybe someone
out there can give us information on how the file ``system'' is built? (I know,
the system isn't that bad, but I've worked with better and faster ones.)

- David Forster
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