Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl Zip drives bug?

[bart.lateur@skynet.be (Bart Lateur)]

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:05:32 +0900, robinmcf@altern.org wrote:

>After trying to access a directory on my Zip drive for about an hour and
>thinking it was my programming that was at fault, I discovered that MacPerl
>doesn't recognise the Zip drive as a mounted volume. Is this a bug or is
>there a specific way to access the drive? ie is it a DEV for MacPerl?

Can you check to file paths on the drive, e.g. the disk name, for
embedded null bytes? If there are any of those, trying to open such a
file will fail.

I once noticed this effect on PC formatted floppies.

	($\,$,) = ("\n"," ");
	foreach(@ARGV) {
		print $_;
		print map { sprintf '%02X',$_ } unpack 'C*',$_;
	}

	Bart.

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