I cant imagine such a tool would be too difficult to write. The trick, though, is that you'd want to be careful of circular chains of pointers that could put a simple depth first traversal into an infinite loop. Basically, I think you'd need something like the "mark and sweep" algorithm used in garbage collection, where every time you visit a file, you make a record of the fact so that if you ever find yourself there again, you know to skip it.
--- steven mcphelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no FM tool of which I am aware. So you would be looking for > a > class III utility. Since you already have dangling pointers, you > cannot use > the Fileman edit -@ syntax to delete the record since the pointed-to > record > is already gone. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Beckley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:59 PM > Subject: [Hardhats-members] How to clean up dangling pointers? > > > > I thought Fileman used to have a utility that cleaned up dangling > > pointers but I don't seem to be able to locate it. Does anyone > have a > > utility that will clean up the dangling pointers in a file? Thanks > in > > advance. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive > Reporting > > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save > time > > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, > etc. > > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive > Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, > etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ===== A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
