>>I keep getting the error "Insufficient disk space to write to file"...
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>>The file is 60 megs but I've got 5.5 gig free on the drive...
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>>Any ideas what could cause this?
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>Yep - it has to do with how the DISKSPACE() function is implemented in FPDOS and FPW; ythe number returned is a 32 bit integer; in the case of FPDOS, it wraps around; FPW actually reports negative values above 2GB.
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>With Novell volumes, I've used the ability for the operating system to limit the available disk space for the user to work around the problem in the past; I'm not certain how to deal with this in a pure DOS environment, or with local drives running under Win9x.

But this is a program that's been running fine for years. I'm only taking out the user interface so that it runs unattended. I haven't changed any of the old code.

Thanks