DOSFS

[Joel Sherrill]

Angelo Fraietta wrote:
> 
> I found a free chkdsk program on the free dos site
> 
> http://www.freedos.org/freedos/software/lsm2html.cgi?file=base/chkdsk.lsm
> 
> I had a free cluister in the file. This found and fixed it (or at least
> let me oiverwrite it)

What is the licensing of this code?  If it is possible, it might make
sense to include it in the RTEMS distributions since it is a function
that makes sense to call to get a disk check.

--joel

> Angelo Fraietta wrote:
> 
> > I am having trouble sometimes if I get a corrupted file on a dos fs --
> > I suspect lost chains or the likes. The files says it opens fine,
> > however, it does not get written. I suspect that the file has become
> > corrupt because if I go to a dos prompt and physically delete the
> > file, it works.
> >
> > This is a rare occurrence, however, I have had it three times today.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a diagnostic that will run through the filesystem
> > and fix these types of error. I just need to be able to overwrite the
> > corrupt file.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> 
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