Hi, Lucho pointed out that DELTREE got error 5 because it had code which does "if OEM ID is 0FDh and CX is 0 or -1, then explicitly exclude the DIR attribute when resetting file attribs in preparation of deletion". This code is triggered by 2035a as it sets CX to 0, which is needed by 32RTM DOS extender. The -1 value marked VERY old DOS-C / FreeDOS kernels which needed the special DELTREE behaviour to avoid directories becoming files (oops)...
The solution is two-part: The http://fdos.org/kernel/ page has kernels which ignore dir attribute access when you change file attributes (although it is common and okay to just respond with error 5, as 2035a does), and I have a patched version of DELTREE (which also is a bit smaller, less than 3 kB UPXed) which works with kernel 2035a. No reply from Raster about it yet, strange... http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/deltree-1.02f.zip (temporary location) Eric ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
