Reindexing and data file problem (AREV Specific)
At 10 APR 2000 05:48:25PM k.jackson wrote:
Does anyone know why I can't list a data file or rebuild its indexes? When I try to list the file, I get a message "error in the operating system file c:\r5058478.vf3". When I try to rebuild indexes, I get the message "error during sort file initialization". When I try to use the "dump" command, I get "dump.fix.temp" has not been created.
At 11 APR 2000 09:08AM Dale Walker wrote:
Others may be better at this one. At first blush I would think that you have some corruption in either your data file or the !file. When you say you rebuilt your indexes does that mean that a)you manually turned off all indexing for the data file so that the !file goes away and you recreate the indexing or b)does that mean that you used the option under indexing in the menu system?
If b) I would suggest try a). If a) then I would, (here I go again) create a new file and copy the records from the old to the new, rename the old, rename the new to the original filename, and index the newly defined file. (dont forget to copy the dict.oldfilename to the dict.newfilename with the O option)
Dale
At 11 APR 2000 01:02PM Dale Walker wrote:
I was curious as to which version of arev you are using. I looked under search for vf3 and found that it could be related to OI.
Also, the reference is to c:\ also a operating system file *.vf3
Dale
At 11 APR 2000 01:16PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com" onMouseOver=window.status=Click here to visit our web site?';return(true)]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
The inability to create a temporary view file (.vf?) or to create temporary sort files suggests that the path you have set for the creation of temporary files in the environment either does not exist or is write protected in some way.
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At 11 APR 2000 01:20PM k.jackson wrote:
I am using Arev version 2.12.
At 11 APR 2000 01:26PM k.jackson wrote:
No setting to the temp file has been changed in a very long time. In fact, I don't even remember where this is done. When I try to update (rebuild) the index through the menu, I get the message "error during sort file initialization". Is this a temp file problem? When I try to list records for any file, I get "physical error writing c:\r9841447.vf3" in file DOS." (This number changes every time.)
At 11 APR 2000 01:50PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com" onMouseOver=window.status=Click here to visit our web site?';return(true)]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:
These are both temp file problems. Are you out of disk space perhaps? Is the disk bigger than 2 Gig?
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At 11 APR 2000 02:25PM Warren wrote:
a) Either the volume is full
b) DOS FAT root directory table can only hold 512 entries. If this is a Win9x root directory this is essentially halved to 256 entries (short and long file name entries). I don't recall the limit for FAT32 but it exists also.
c) There could be file or directory error.
Steps to correct:
1) check available volume space, delete unused and temp files
2) Clean up the root directory - delete any temp files ARev and other processes created - move files to subdirectories or move directories to other volumes - utilities like CleanSweep or Magic Mover will help maintain any application links.
3) run scandisk or chkdsk on the volume
Temp files should always be written to a directory under the root of any volume due to the limitations of (b)