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At 10:39 14/02/97 +1000, Leon Martin wrote:
>Nick,
>> (snip - description of "blank filenames" problem)
>I've had this problem before also. However we DID get all our files back. I
>haven't done this for a while and my memory is a bit average but I think we
>found the following:
>In the case of a `blank' named directory I couldn't use or delete it but
>was able to rename it. I just give it a name like DEAD and leave it till
>the next disk re-format!
I think what you renamed was the directory *containing* the blank name,
not the blank named entity itself.
>Our experience, when you have a dir of files with a blank named file in the
>middle, was that we couldn't see any files past the blank one with the BD
>file utilities. However, if we exit the BD software and use the HP system
>FILER program, we could see the files and then copy them elsewhere.
>After that I used the FILER to delete all the files from that dir.
I've been able to recover all files *except* the blank-named one(s), using
exactly this method.
I think Nick's problem was compounded because one or more blank names
were in the top level (root) directory, so it could not be left there till
later.
>Leon.
Your memory is remarkable good Leon, but I probably had this problem a
bit more recently.. didn't you teach me those tricks nearly 10 years ago?
My last repeat was '93 or '94.
Long Live Pascal 3.22! :-;
Joseph.
-- Joseph Webster, Flow Cytometry Lab Centenary Institute Locked Bag No.6, NEWTOWN, NSW 2042, AUSTRALIA Phone: +61-2-9565-6110 Fax: +61-2-9565-6101
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