From: richard AT stardate DOT bc DOT ca (NOSPAM) (Richard Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: open() / write() doesn't fail on disk full? Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 06:51:24 GMT Message-ID: <37255dd7.23151469@news.rapidnet.net> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 NNTP-Posting-Host: wlp26.rapidnet.net X-Trace: 26 Apr 1999 23:51:25 -0800, wlp26.rapidnet.net Lines: 13 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:27:39 +0800, robk AT cyberway DOT com DOT sg (Rob Kramer) wrote: >Hi all, > >I noticed that open/write or fopen/fwrite seem to handle my disk running >out of space as if nothting special is going on. I would expect them to >bomb and set errno appropriately. Instead, I get return codes which are >the same as normal operation. Is this a DOS thing? Don't kow about a DOS thing but Win95 seems to have the same problem. Several programs I have been using and ran out of space just went on their way blindly. May be its an MS thing?