Re: Extended attributes question

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:42:50 UTC, Paul Ratcliffe
<abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 19 Nov 2005 11:31:49 GMT, Bob Eager <rde42@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:13:44 UTC, "Pete"
> ><khadhargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a way to copy files to a FAT16 CF card and not have EA DATA .
> >> SF get written thereon? I've tried eject before closing the window,
> >> copying from both OS/2 and DOS windows yet this file always gets written
> >> on the card. I have a new MP3 player which absolutely refuses to work
> >> with this file on the card; the older version of the same player could
> >> care less.
> >
> > Two solutions:
> >
> > 1) Delete the file after the copy:
> >
> > attrib -h -s -r x:ea?data.?sf
> > del x:ea?data.?sf
>
> The problem is that the kernel seem to keep the file open.

Yep, doesn't work.

> > 2) Strip EAs from the MP3 files first:
> >
> > for %x in (*.mp3) do eautil %x nul /s

This did it. The work-around is: create a special folder (on one of my
HPFS partitions), copy the MP3s into it, change the names to 8.3 (this
wasn't necessary with the older player, but it ignored ea data. sf),
close the wps view of the folder, open an OS/2 command prompt, run this
script against them, do a fresh FAT format on the card if ea data. sf is
present, then use a CL to copy the mp3s to it, eject (I used rmb on the
icon), and voila. A bit complex perhaps, but it certainly has the
desired advantage of not having to use doze.

Many thanks,
Pete

> I don't think this stops the EA file from getting created. It seems to
> do this as soon as you copy anything to the drive. I'm sure I've even
> seen it happen just by doing a "dir".

--

.

Relevant Pages

  • MMC CARDS -"locked attributes" & "write protected"
    ... The last MP3 player I had, had defective earphone jacks, and so I removed ... The replacement came back, and when I stuck the card into it, I tried to ... There is NO clear "turn write protection off" anywhere in XP and there is as ... far as I can tell, no DOS commands etc., to force the disk to be overwritten ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.file_system)
  • Conflicts in MMC Cards - locked attributes & "write protected"
    ... The last MP3 player I had, had defective earphone jacks, and so I removed ... The replacement came back, and when I stuck the card into it, I tried to ... There is NO clear "turn write protection off" anywhere in XP and there is as ... far as I can tell, no DOS commands etc., to force the disk to be overwritten ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.file_system)
  • Re: UMS Head Units?
    ... seeing more and more HU's these days with SD card slots built into the ... In the advent of the iPod/ MP3 player becoming so popular it seems ... the content to an audio stream and transfer this back to the head unit. ...
    (rec.audio.car)
  • Re: Eep
    ... First draft will have a "proper key" keyboard, built-in SD card based ... I would forget about the MP3 player and go for divIDE+ with an SD to ... for extra memory, though getting it up to 128K will be nice for ... WIth the Harlequin SE on the way, ...
    (comp.sys.sinclair)
  • Re: USB 2 Still Slow
    ... compatible) to a port on the add-in card you are getting maximum speed. ... My mp3 player used to provide a pop up message when I ... > stating I have a "Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller" so I'm ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
Loading