From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: chkdsk, djgpp and win 95 (was Re: Exclusive access to drive)
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:35:50 -0400
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, A. Sinan Unur wrote:
> 
> > Volume LEEADR7     created 03-04-1997 2:17p
> > Volume Serial Number is 2C5D-14E1
> >    Processing cannot continue  - File allocation table bad
> >
> > invoking chkdsk on the command line in the same dos box gives the 
> > usual output. i will try the same with VC++ 4.0 at home.
> >
> > if i remember the original post correctly, his problem was that 
> > chkdsk would not be invoked at all. on the machine i tried this on 
> > at least, it will be invoked but gives and error.
> 
> No, the original problem was this exact error message, because CHKDSK
> doesn't scan the disk at all after printing it.

eli, thanks for the correction. here however is the real puzzle. not
only does the program

#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
 return system("chkdsk");
}

work correctly when compiled with 16 bit msvc 1.52 and 32 bit msvc 4.0,
it also works correctly when compiled using

gcc -Zwin32 chk.c -o chk.exe

(using the original ld.exe) with rsxntdj 1.3.1. i am not sure what this
shows. any ideas?  
-- 
   Sinan
 
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