Kevin B. O'Brien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 21:24 -0500, RickSisler wrote: > > Kevin B. O'Brien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > [...] > > > Rick, I don't know how many ways I can screw this up, but now I discover > > > that the strfile command is creating an empty file. I start with a file > > > that is over 19K large, and the output is a file that is 32 Bytes. > > Actually, the file is a binary file with a header so fortune can read > > it randomly, IIUC. Which is why its smaller. > > > > > So > > > now it is saying that it cannot find any fortunes. > > is your file setup like this? > > > > % > > quote 1 > > % > > quote 2 > > % > > quote 3 > > % > > > > if so, then could you post the output of the terminal results? > > maybe shed some more light (yeah I'm reaching now) > > Ok, first I created a simple test file as follows: > > % > "Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time > to reform." -- Mark Twain > % > > Then I create the DAT file as follows: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signatures]# strfile kobtaglines1.txt > "kobtaglines1.txt.dat" created > There was 1 string > Longest string: 103 bytes > Shortest string: 103 bytes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signatures]# > > But when I check the properties of the resulting kobtaglines1.txt.dat > file, I see that the file is 32 Bytes long. > > Thank you, Hey Kevin, Send me the file and not to the list. I'll try it here and see if the file size is the same.
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