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From: aran@dcs.gla.ac.uk (Aran Lunzer)
Subject: ObjectWorks handling disk-full errors
Message-ID: <D2Eqz3.FGF@dcs.gla.ac.uk>
Organization: Computing Science Dept., Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 18:21:02 GMT
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Hi - please could someone tell me whether there is a fix for this:

Running ObjectWorks 4.1 on Unix, with my file space on a shared disk, 
there are inevitably times when the disk momentarily becomes full.  
If Smalltalk happens to be writing a file at this point, a "No space 
left on device" error is raised.

The problem is that even if I abandon the operation, clear plenty of
disk space and try again, Smalltalk fails to recognise that there is
now space to proceed.  It seems that as soon as a disk accessor encounters
a "no space" condition it becomes completely and permanently unusable.
This is a serious bummer when the accessor in question is the one that
handles the image or change file.

Is there any way around this?

Thanks.
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Aran Lunzer                              aran@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk
Department of Computing Science          Tel: +44 (0)141 339 8855 x8330
University of Glasgow                    Fax: +44 (0)141 330 4913
Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland   
