Re: [CommodoreOne] Saving a File

From: Ruud Baltissen (Ruud.Baltissen_at_abp.nl)
Date: 2001-09-21 09:21:28

Hallo Matthew,

> That's why it might be easier just
> doing everything a track at a time for very large files.

There is one eeny teeny problem. The moment I save a file, the drive has no
idea of the size of the file to be received. So how should it know wether to
reserve a track or a sector?

But I must admit that reserving complete tracks makes sense when creating
images or formatting a disk/partition: the size is known on forehand and
thus can be acted on it. And I can free the sectors of the very last track
not needed at the end of the operation. I don't have to change anything to
my FS as a BAM-unit is a track.
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