[Coco] Recovering files

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:55:45 -0600, Robert Gault  
<robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Bob Devries wrote:
>> Is there a utility that will show me the sectors (clusters) which are  
>> allocated to a file, or will I need to write that myself?
>>  While I'm about it, is there a coco OS9 programme similar to the  
>> OS9/68K "CFP", which takes wilcard input, and applies it to a command  
>> line you specify, especially for programmes which don't handle multiple  
>> command line parameters (like for instance, deldir), and outputs a  
>> single command line per wildcard match? (Did I explain that  
>> sufficiently?)
>>
>
> You have not specified for which Coco OS. If you are attempting to track  
> a file in OS-9, use dEd. It won't automatically give you the requested  
> information but with the tech section of the manual will permit display  
> of the needed disk sectors.
>
> I sell a raw disk editor for Disk Basic which looks and feels much like  
> dEd. It will link to a file, follow the FAT, and display only those  
> sectors assigned to the file. However, the best use per your question is  
> that described above. Use the tech information for Disk Basic disk  
> structure along with the program to repair the FAT table in T17S2.
>
> My guess is you are just interested in OS-9. It should not be too  
> difficult to write a program to open a directory, find the required  
> file, read the directory entry, and trace the file descriptor links  
> while compiling a table of data.
>

    Didn't SDIR -f offer that functionality? I haven't used it in so long,  
I can't remember.

-- 
L. Curtis Boyle