Date:	Fri, 02 May 1997 13:02:42 +0100
From:	Matthias Paul <PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject:	Re: POWER rename program?
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Reply-to:	Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Message-id:	<2105F0C7A6C@reze-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de>
Organization:	Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Joseph Morris wrote:
> I need something that renames a file by directly manipulating the FAT.
> 
> Any attempt to delete or write to the file (eg a re-compile) results
> in a sharing violation error despite the fact that NOTHING is sharing
> the file with anyything else.
> 
...
> Does anyone know of a program that can do this?

I think, what you need is a small utility to free orphranted System 
File Table (SFT) entries for the locked file.  Some while ago, I had 
written such a tool, but I cannot remember it right now, if it worked 
well under Novell DOS.  As I recall, support for one necessary API 
function was missing in the kernel implementation, or were there 
differences in the SFT entries???  I have to check this out at home, 
again.  If successfull, I'll send you the utility...

Bye,

 Matthias
 


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