NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  Filer.exe v4.21 (950331) PTF for NetWare v4.x
README FOR:  41FILR.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
NetWare 4.01
NetWare 4.02
NetWare 4.1

ABSTRACT:

Filer.exe v4.21 (950331) PTF fixed an issue where  negative numbers are
displayed for "Space used by compressed files" and "Space used if files were
not compressed" on large volumes.



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ISSUE: 

Filer shows negative number in "Space used by compressed files" and "Space used
if files were not compressed"

 The calculation for  "spaceInUseCompressed" and
"spaceNeededForCompressedFiles" was modified.  Previously these values were
calculated by multiplying the precompressed sectors/compressed sectors by the
sector size and dividing by 1K.  On large volumes (2 gig and larger) this
multiplication can cause the CPU's 32 bit registers to roll over thus providing
an invalid result.  Modified the code to divide the precompressed
sectors/compressed sectors by 1K and then multiply the result by
 sector size.


Self-Extracting File Name: 41filr.exe

Files Included     Size     Date      Time

..\
      41FILR.TXT     (This file)
      41FILR.TXT            2544          3-8-96      2:18:48 pm
       FILER.EXE          882650          5-2-95      5:45:14 pm


Installation Instructions:

NOTE:  Always make a backup of applicable files before applying new fixes.
 1)  Flag FILER.EXE contained in the PUBLIC directory normal or sharable,
read/write.
      FLAG FILER.EXE N  -or-  FLAG FILER.EXE S RW
 2)  Rename FILER.EXE contained in the PUBLIC directory to FILER.ORG.
 3)  Copy the FILER.EXE provided with this update into the PUBLIC directory.
 4)  Flag the new FILER.EXE sharable, read only.
      FLAG FILER.EXE S RO



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