Thanks Wally. I keep forgetting that I can use fileview. The good thing about
UniData is that I don't need it nearly as often :-). Dump is just like a hex
file viewer. Plus will follow the links backwards and forwards. Read only so
not dangerous.
I meant to not give quite enough details to actually run fileview. As you said
- very dangerous.
Colin Alfke
Calgary, Alberta
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From: Wally Terhune
I'm not familiar with the Pick(r) DUMP command, but you can peer into a
group with fileview...
Simple syntax:
$UDTBIN/fileview -g1 VOC
You can dump blocks using the -b option (useful for overflow blocks -
chasing the links).
Different arguments for part files in dynamic files, etc.
Also - Colin typoed with the 6.0 option for 'zapping' a group.
fileview
-gn -zv FILENAME (group n, 'z'ap, 'v'erify (eg prompt 'are you
sure'))
No fileview is not documented. Designed as an engineering tool.
Originally
designed to GENERATE file corruption to test 'guide'. So - be careful.
If
you just type the command with no arguments, it spits out 2 pages of
syntax
- you can see the 'randomly generate' options... skip 'em.
There are a number of examples of using this utility on slides in the
presentations I've made at conferences over the past few years and are
on
the infamous 'survival kit cd'.
Wally Terhune
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