----- Original Message -----
From: "Rein Klazes" <rklazes(a)xs4all.nl>
To: <wine-patches(a)winehq.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:13 PM
Subject: SetEndOfFile fix
> hi,
>
> This fixes office 97 MSword error (disk full or write protected) when
> saving files on a vfat partition. MSword calls SetEndOfFile() which
> uses ftruncate() that, in Linux, cannot grow files in this filesystem.
>
> BTW. A google search shows that the ftruncate problem has been
> mentioned at least 3 times on c.e.m.w. in the last 6 months Since
> nobody entered a fix, I could be overlooking something...
This was a great catch. It was the reason Scandisk complained about
OutlookExpress's files (see my message from 1/11/2001). However your fix
still fails on my outdated kernel (2.2.12-20). The attached version seems to
work better on this kernel.
Guy