At 05:05 PM 4/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
>My current db_60_6.itm file has date stamps from Jan 22, 2001 through
>today April 12, 2001. Though articles are only from April 6, 2001
>through today. I have a backup db_60_6.itm file that has dates from Sep
>22, 2000 through April 2, 2001. I also have an edited db_60_6.itm that I
>created from the backup with date now from March 26, 2001 through April
>2, 2001.
>
>What I need to do is get the messages from the period March 26, 2001
>through April 2, 2001 back and to be able to be read.
>
>You say to restore the db_NNN_6.itm and do check_buckets and
>rebuild_index. I am concerned that I will overwrite or delete the
>existing articles which would be a BAD THING (tm)
>
> From the files I have indicated can you tell me the best way to get the
>articles from March 26, 2001 through April 2, 2001 somehow prepended the
>articles that are readable now.
>
>I have not done anything to the piles.
copy your modified or backup db_60_6.itm file to db_NNN_6.itm where 'nnn'
is an unused
number below 10000, then do the
tellnews check_buckets
tellnews rebuild_index
That should make all the items in it readable.
ChrisP.
