From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Exclusive access to drive
Date:	Fri, 09 May 1997 08:57:05 -0400
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Paul Campisi wrote:
> 
> > It is generally not recommended to run CHKDSK while another program 
> > has some files open.  If you try that from Windows' DOS box, for 
> > example, you will also see error messages from CHKDSK.

>    I can run CHKDSK from a Windows DOS box with no error messages.

start a print job in windows 3.1, then, while it is still being spooled,
go to a dos window and type chkdsk. it will most probably tell you
errors were encountered on the disk. if you had also specified the /f
parameter (please do not do it) you would end up with a not so nice
looking fat.
> 
>         Ok.. What I am doing is trying to write a shell program. (Like
> TCSH) Which allows for file completion, history, and all other TCSH
> like commands.  So when I am at my prompt in my program, everything 
> works so far except for CHKDSK, which gives the problems listed in the 
> previous message.

the only thing that comes to my mind is the tsr example by charles
sandman:

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2tk/djgpptsr.zip

-- 
   Sinan
 
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