aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg) (08/13/90)
I'm having a problem with expire and I can't find the problem in the cnews docs. It appears to be a problem with the history file, but I don't know what the solution would be. Before I try to rebuild the history file, does anyone know for sure what this: expire problems: expire: wrong number of fields in `...' expire: bad return from doline(): `' means, and what the correct solution is to it? thanks, aem -- a.e.mossberg / aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu / aem@umiami.BITNET / Pahayokee Bioregion I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (08/14/90)
In article <1990Aug13.135321.240@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg) writes: >I'm having a problem with expire and I can't find the problem in the >cnews docs. It appears to be a problem with the history file, but I >don't know what the solution would be. Before I try to rebuild the >history file, does anyone know for sure what this: > >expire problems: >expire: wrong number of fields in `...' >expire: bad return from doline(): `' This means "empty or mangled line in the history file", and the simple fix is a rebuild. -- It is not possible to both understand | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry