poneill@AMSAA.ARPA ("Patrick J. O'Neill") (01/08/86)
On our VMS system, we have an RP07 which has periodically given us trouble. Recently, a directory file became corrupted, preventing us from accessing any of the files in that directory. As this was a very recent directory, it wasn't backed up yet. Is there any way to patch the directory file, or any other techniques to recapture the "lost files" ? I have tried $ANALYZE/DISK/REPAIR , but to no avail. Thank you in advance. Patrick O'Neill
OC.GARLAND@CU20B.COLUMBIA.EDU (Richard Garland) (01/10/86)
To recover the files in the corrupt directory, ANAL/DISK will do it, however, first set the directory file to be a non-directory: SET FILE FOO.DIR/NODIRECTORY Next be sure you can read all the files on the disk so ANAL will find all the forward and backward links: SET PROC/PRIVILEGE=BYPASS (you've backed up the disk first, right?) Then do the ANALIZE. You may need several passes if it gets certain errors. ANALIZE/DISK/REPAIR/CONFIRM (the /CONFIRM lets you decide on a case by case basis. If its *really* corrupt, the /CONFIRM will take forever). Do this over again until you see no more errors. Then the files that were in the bad directory should be in SYS$LOST. This procedure works. Good luck. Rg -------