schoch@sheba.arc.nasa.gov (Steve Schoch) (09/28/90)
I get this error message from expire: /usr/lib/newsbin/expire/expire: wrong number of fields in `...' /usr/lib/newsbin/expire/expire: bad return from doline(): `' There is no blank line in the active file (egrep '^$' active failed). What's going on?
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (09/28/90)
In article <1990Sep27.201702.1624@news.arc.nasa.gov> schoch@sheba.arc.nasa.gov (Steve Schoch) writes: >/usr/lib/newsbin/expire/expire: wrong number of fields in `...' > >There is no blank line in the active file (egrep '^$' active failed). The error reporting isn't quite all it should be, in spots here and there. This is a problem with the history file, not the active file. -- Imagine life with OS/360 the standard | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology operating system. Now think about X. | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry