File with No Name, HP Consort 32

(no name) ((no email))
Fri, 14 Apr 1995 18:31:48 -0400 (EDT)

You'll need to get to the operating language level to retrieve the files.
I'd suggest you call Becton Dickenson in San Jose (800- 448-2347)and talk to
Joe Dahldigen.

The file with no name is at the top of the list in the directory in which it
is stored. When you try to open the directory from Lysys II, you get the
message that 0 files are present, even though all the files are still there.
The file that has no name is nearly impossible to retrieve, but all the other
files can be gotten to through the COMMAND LANGUAGE.
You will however not be able to access the 1 file with no name, nor can you
delete it. SO... Any files that you would put into this directory in the
future would like wise be unaccessible. SO NEVER USE THAT DIRECTORY AGAIN
AFTER YOU GET THE FILES OUT OF IT.
You never be able to delete the directory because it has a file in it,(the
unnamed file) unless you take every thing off the hard drive, and have BD
reinitiate the hard drive.

How do I know this. I had a casual user of my FACScan do this (create a file
with no name) in a directory that had about 10 megabytes of data files in it
on my old FACScan that only had about 20 megs available for the user on the
hard drive. I was able to save all the data except the one no name file. I
never used that particular directory again during the next two years. Now I
have the new work station with the Apple Quadra 650 and CellQuest, but thats a
different story.

The folks at BD were very patient with me and talked me through the command
language over the phone to save my data. I suspect they will do the same for
you.


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