[Simh] RDOS file status

Dell Setzer dsetzer at panix.com
Mon Jan 25 08:27:39 EST 2010


The CLEAR <filename,...> command will set the use count on a file to zero.

It takes a couple of optional switches: /A to clear all files in the 
current directory, /D to clear device entries also, and /V to show the 
names of the files cleared.

Hope this helps,
...dell

On Sun, 24 Jan 2010, David and Jan Takle wrote:

> In RDOS, how do you clear a "File is in Use" status?
> Sometimes when debugging, an open file does not get closed properly and I am
> left with an "in use" status on the file even after rebooting. Is there a
> CLI command to clear this?
> Thanks,
> ~David
>



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