c60a-2ce@e260-2b.berkeley.edu (Mikey) (11/13/88)
I was downloading a big batch of binhexed files from my Unix acct to my Mac when I first encountered the system error -37. I looked this up in all my references and could only glean this very descriptive explanation: bad name. What the hell? The thing that really vexes me is that I get this intermittently, and I can't find a pattern. I would use Xmodem (Y mode) and kermit on Unix, and I got this error for both! My Mac would receive a bunch of files properly in the batch, and then out of the blue I'd get this message, and my transfer aborts. PLEASE HELP! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please reply via e-mail; I just don't have enough time to go thru the entire newsgroup. Thanks a lot! c60a-2ce@web.berkeley.edu.......................................Mikey *** Call Tanelorn III! (415) 540-1180. The Apple/Mac BBS of Berkeley.
bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) (11/13/88)
Is it possible that one of the file names has a colon ":" in it? This is the only character considered bad in the HFS, as it is used to denote path names. From the sounds of it, you're downloading multiple files at once, and one of the files kills the transfer. This could explain why. Bob Hablutzel BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) (11/15/88)
In article <16930@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> c60a-2ce@e260-2b.berkeley.edu (Mikey) writes: >I was downloading a big batch of binhexed files from my Unix acct to my >Mac when I first encountered the system error -37. I looked this up in >all my references and could only glean this very descriptive explanation: >bad name. What the hell? >The thing that really vexes me is that I get this intermittently, and I >can't find a pattern. I would use Xmodem (Y mode) and kermit on Unix, >and I got this error for both! My Mac would receive a bunch of files >properly in the batch, and then out of the blue I'd get this message, >and my transfer aborts. PLEASE HELP! Bad file name error. Maybe the name of the volume you're saving your files to on the Mac is wrong. Maybe a non-printing character got into the file name. Maybe there isn't a file name (that is, it has zero characters). A good Mac program should give you full text explanations of these things when they happen, since it's only about a day's work and a fairly small STR# resource, but sadly, many developers don't bother. It would be possible to write an INIT that latched onto these stupid uninformative error numbers and automagically expanded them; maybe if I'm really bored I'll do it someday. A better solution would be for Apple to start building error reporting into the system. -- Tim Maroney, Consultant, Eclectic Software, sun!hoptoad!tim "Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion." - Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"
levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) (11/15/88)
I posted the following nearly two weeks ago but received no response
(maybe it didn't get out?) -- I'd really like to know how a -37 happens.
I typically start Excel by double clicking a renamed "resume" type
file which automatically opens up a macro file of my "utility" command
macros.
Often when I double click this file, I get an alert saying there was
an error (I don't remember the actual text) with file I/O, type -37.
If i clear the alert (press OK) and double click the same file, Excel
starts up normally. . . .
The usual stuff: This has happened with Excel 1.03, and 1.5; System
5.0 and 6.0.2; under Multifinder (I don't run often without) on 2.5
Meg Plus and SE. Also a goodly collection of INITs including Suitcase
(1.2 and II), Pyro! (2.? and 3), and others. And TMON (usually). I
tried rebuilding the desktop and it didn't help.
All the files (Excel, the resume file, the data files) are on the same
hard disk (which is also the startup disk).
Thanks / JBL
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INTERNET: levin@bbn.comsec@berlin.acss.umn.edu (Stephen E. Collins) (11/16/88)
In article <32310@bbn.COM>, levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) writes: > I typically start Excel by double clicking a ... [data file]. > > Often when I double click this file, I get an alert saying there was > an error (I don't remember the actual text) with file I/O, type -37. > If i clear the alert (press OK) and double click the same file, Excel > starts up normally. . . . I have also encountered this problem. However, I have very few INITs nor TMON, so they probably aren't related to the problem. I'm interested in any solution to the problem! ---- Stephen E. Collins sec@ux.acss.umn.edu ACSS Microcomputer & Workstation Systems Group sec@UMNACVX.BITNET University of Minnesota