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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: TxEd Plus problems and a gotcha with the FFS
Keywords: TxEd won't save, and delete is FINAL
Message-ID: <1070@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 88 15:22:41 GMT
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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[Will someone remove all sharp objects from the room so I don't injure
 myself?]

Problem #1:
TxEd Plus can't deal with an apostrophe in a directory name even though
it is a legal character.

Problem #2:
I haven't been able to verify what caused the problem, but last night
TxEd Plus was refusing to save a modified file under the original name.
It would save the modified file to "Txed.temp", but the original file
was never touched. Nothing has changed since the last time I
successfully used TxEd except for replacing NEWCON: with ConMan 1.3's
NEWCON: mountlist entry. I doubt this was the problem since it was still
there after switching back to NEWCON:.

(ARGH! I also installed ARexx on my hard drive, perhaps it's doing me a
"favor" behind my back?)

That problem is annoying, but the real killer is that due to a
combination of command history, fast fingers, and a slow brain, I
deleted my startup-sequence. 

Ok, no problem, just get undelete. What do you mean "Insert disk in
DF0:" ????

Ok, move onto DiskSalv then. But after running disksalv there is no
trace of the deleted file. No writes were done the hard drive after my
screwup (in fact I used the LOCK command to make sure!), but the file is
not there. Am I correct in assuming that some of the redundancy of the
OFS was traded for the speed of the FFS? 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It looks like daily backups from here on out.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland    580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
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