Just a wild guess on my part but if I was doing it that's the design
logic I'd use... regardless of what Phil Askey says.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>><snip>
>>Opening the CF door does exhibit different behavior from the power
>>switch but I think it's clearly by design. Opening the CF door
>>activates another soft switch that stops writing as soon as the current
>>file or file set (raw + JPEG) is written. It definitely does not stop
>>writing immediately and I could not force a corrupted file. However,
>>anything beyond one file or file set is discarded.
>>
>
> Thanks! I didn't know those details. I guess I've very seldom been at
> risk anyway..
>
>>I say I can see that this is by design since I think the logic is thus:
>> "Uh, oh! You opened the damned door and I'm still writing. If you
>>hit that eject button it's possible that I might be writing the FAT at
>>that time and if the FAT gets trashed you're in the hurts... and there's
>>nothing I can do now to stop you if you suddenly yank out the CF card.
>>However, I'm fast enough that I can probably compete the current file
>>write before you can get your thumb on that eject button. I'm gonna
>>finish this one but then I'm gonna have to shut down so you don't
>>completely screw yourself."
>>
>
> Not the worst logic in the world. Thanks again for the research.
>
> Moose
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