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FreeDOS XCOPY (rxcopy 1.3) dir attrib bug + patch (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 22.09.2007, 04:51

Hey guys,
I dunno if any of you change your DIR attribs a lot (like me), but
there's a very tiny bug in the current FreeDOS XCOPY tool (from "BASE"). See
below for an example plus my fix:

=== *** XCOPYDIR.BUG *** ===

[ DR-DOS ] Fri  9-21-2007>vv c:\home\check3d
C:\HOME\CHECK3D\*.*

DADOS              (DIR)              Apr,16,2006   06:41:16pm   ...R
check3d  exe       55,136             Dec,16,1995   11:13:10am   A...

[ DR-DOS ] Fri  9-21-2007>vv bin
D:\RAMD\BIN\*.*

oldxcopy exe       15,547             Sep,11,2005   10:22:26pm   A...
xcopy    exe       15,702             Sep,21,2007   02:16:16am   A...

[ DR-DOS ] Fri  9-21-2007>bin\oldxcopy c:\home\check3d 1 /i /s
Copying C:\HOME\CHECK3D\CHECK3D.EXE
1 file(s) copied

[ DR-DOS ] Fri  9-21-2007>bin\xcopy c:\home\check3d 2 /i /s
Copying C:\HOME\CHECK3D\DADOS\DEFAULT.S
Copying C:\HOME\CHECK3D\DADOS\DEFAULT.PAR
Copying C:\HOME\CHECK3D\DADOS\INFOI.PCX
Copying C:\HOME\CHECK3D\DADOS\INIC.PCX
Copying C:\HOME\CHECK3D\DADOS\OBSINI.PCX
Copying C:\HOME\CHECK3D\DADOS\DEFMET.PCX
Copying C:\HOME\CHECK3D\CHECK3D.EXE
7 file(s) copied

[ DR-DOS ] Fri  9-21-2007>scrndump
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -Nar \ramd\xcopy\source\rxcopy/makefile \ramd\source\rxcopy/makefile
10c10
< UPX=upx --8086
---
> UPX=upx --ultra-brute --lzma --8086
23c23
< CFLAGS=-w -M -f- -Z -a- -O -k- -K -ln -e
---
> CFLAGS=-w -a- -O -k- -K -ln -e
diff -Nar \ramd\xcopy\source\rxcopy/xcopy.c \ramd\source\rxcopy/xcopy.c
624c624
<       if (fileblock.ff_attrib == FA_DIREC &&
---
> if ((fileblock.ff_attrib & FA_DIREC) &&
871c871
< }
\ No newline at end of file
---
> }
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hope this helps!

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Complete thread:

• FreeDOS XCOPY (rxcopy 1.3) dir attrib bug + patch - Rugxulo, 22.09.2007, 04:51 (Users)
  • FreeDOS XCOPY (rxcopy 1.3) dir attrib bug + patch - Rugxulo, 23.09.2007, 01:41
    • FreeDOS XCOPY (rxcopy 1.4) released - Rugxulo, 28.09.2007, 13:00
    • FreeDOS XCOPY (rxcopy 1.3) dir attrib bug + patch - Rugxulo, 26.04.2008, 21:21