[Coco] 'arc' copy command and Stack Overflow (ERROR #207)

[Willard Goosey]

Yeah, under stock os9 files can't have names that start with a number. 

Seems like a silly restriction but I'm sure there was a good reason...


Willard 

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-------- Original message --------
From Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
Date: 01/25/2015  6:32 PM  (GMT-07:00) 
To coco at maltedmedia.com 
Subject Re: [Coco] 'arc' copy command and Stack Overflow (ERROR #207) 
 

Allen, I use 'arc' every day. I copy full 120mg vhds back and forth with no problems.
My crc is definately different, it's $B12074
I don't know if it's later, but it's not the same. The only problem I've run into is if it hits a file with the 'share' bit set. It will come to a halt if it does. Also, it dilikes directories starting with numbers. Doesn't os9 advise against this? Example 'NITROS9/6309L2/MODULES'. It doesn't stop, but copies no further than the 6309L2, and moves to the next tree.
I pulled this file from my old floppies as I couldn't find it anywhere in any of the archives when I started pulling out my old Coco stuff a few years ago. Fom trying to disassemble it to fix the above problems, I found it was written in C. I have also found (since then), what I beleive is the source in the OS9UG disks. If it is the same, it's a Carl Kreider program.
It's on my "Favorite OS9 Utilities" disk here (along with a few other gems you may like):
https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/favorite-os9-utilities


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-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 25, 2015 5:24 pm
Subject: [Coco] 'arc' copy command and Stack Overflow (ERROR #207)


I seem to have more files than the excellent 'arc' copy utility can handle. My 
arc is Edition #2 (CRC $CFA2A1). Is there a later version or did I just hit a 
wall?

Strange, since I would have used ARC to copy all of this to the old Compact 
Flash card. Maybe I ran in to this and had to do it in sections.

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