Re: Prodos Error $40 ?

[Robert Furman <sadsit@mindcrime.ax.com>]

On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, David Arnett wrote:

>    I thought I had Shrinkit working okay.  I have unshrunk 2 files 
> already & they work perfectly.  However, I am getting an error message 
> trying to unshrink certain programs.
>    The message I get is simply Prodos Error $40, which apparently means 
> 'Syntax Error' (very little help).
>    I am using UNSHRINKII+ .  The programs I have trouble with are the 
> Agate & Kermit terminal programs, and DHIRES.SHK.  The programs that 
> worked are ZLINK and MACDOWN.  I even tried downloading another copy of 
> Agate from a different site.
>    These programs were downloaded as BINSCII & converted to SHK.
>    Is there a problem with my copy of BINSCII, UNSHRINKII+ or with the 
> BINSCII Files that I downloaded? Or am I simply not setting something up 
> right?  I use Prodos 1.8 on an unenhanced ][e.
> 
> 
David,
According to the Prodos Technical refernce manual Prodos error coide $40  
is an : "INVALID PATHNAME" error not a sysntax error. I would check the 
pathnames in the files or possibly see if there is a chance of directory 
damage on your system.


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