report cards read-only on floppy

[Chris Aitken]

Mike Oliver wrote:

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> I have to say I'm not sure why you want to do in-place
> editing of files on a floppy in the first place.  Flexible
> media are inherently error-prone, and every read and every
> write is another chance for them to screw up.  What I'd
> do is copy the file to my local hard disk, edit it there,
> and then copy it back.  That way you do only one read
> and one write.

That's a good idea. and I would still always have the most recent 
version on floppy to take to another PC when the need arises...

>   (You might want to shred the copy remaining
> on your HDD afterwards, for privacy reasons.)
>
> If the write permissions won't let you copy it back, just
> blow away the whole filesystem on the floppy and make
> a new one.

Good idea. Thanks.

Chris
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