Re: SD2IEC REL support

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 20:11:55 +0100
Message-ID: <2091482.vFx2qVVIhK_at_rakete>
Am Freitag, 31. Januar 2020, 20:05:18 CET schrieb silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl:
> > On 2020-01-31, at 19:50, Jim Brain <brain_at_jbrain.com> wrote:
> >> sd2iec.de says:
> >>
> >> REL files:
> >>  ==========
> >>  Partial REL file support is implemented. It should work fine for
> >>  existing
> >>  files, but creating new files and/or adding records to existing files
> >>  may fail. REL files in disk images are not supported yet, only as files
> >>  on a FAT medium. When x00 support is disabled the first byte of a REL
> >>  file is assumed to be the record length.
> >>
> >> The questions:
> >>
> >> - how can I have an existing file when creating it "may fail" (and
> >> actually fails)? - what is "x00 support"?
> >
> > If you can create a simple test case that fails, I am happy to look into
> > it.  Though my contributions to sd2iec are miniscule, I did implement
> > some of the REL file support in there, and creating new files, adding
> > records, etc. seemed to all work for me when I tested.  It may have
> > suffered some regression, though, as it's been years.
> Jim - thanks for stepping-in! I'll send you the PRG I found it failing with.

the "big" testcase btw.... is c*base :)

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