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Possible Bug in DOSLFN 0.41f (Users)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 22.01.2023, 18:51

Hello,

this is the test case:


- MS-DOS 7.1
- DOSLFNMS.COM 0.41f loaded
- drive C:, FAT32, 8 GB
- in directory C:\X there's one (text) file, "xxx", 150 bytes.

C:\X>copy xxx con.lst



Nothing spectacular - the file "xxx" is "copied" to the screen! However, DOSLFN also creates a directory entry, "con.lst", with size 0 and all dates set to 1980, no file attributes. This file cannot be deleted anymore ( error "access denied" ). What's worse, some programs, including ZIP.EXE, seem to "hang" when they try to create a .zip file containing that "con.lst" file. MS ScanDisk does not detect any errors.

If DOSLFNMS is NOT loaded, the copy operation does NOT create directory entry "con.lst".

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Complete thread:

• Possible Bug in DOSLFN 0.41f - Japheth, 22.01.2023, 18:51
  • Possible Bug in DOSLFN 0.41f - jadoxa, 23.01.2023, 03:41
    • Possible Bug in DOSLFN 0.41f - Richard, 23.01.2023, 05:26
      • Possible Bug in DOSLFN 0.41f - jadoxa, 23.01.2023, 12:14