For number one, you could also open the file in BASIC and do a
VAR=FILEINFO(<FILE.VAR>,#) where number is any number between 1 and
about 15.  File type is returned with a var of 4 in our system.

On 2/6/08, john reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1.  we use ANALYZE.FILE <FILE.NAME> .. it gives the scoop on anything
> not a directory and a little bit on dynamic files.
> 2. That's an indication of some type of memory leak or stack overflow
> I think. I'm pretty sure its an abnormal condition.  You could
> probably duplicate it in a sub calling itself until it gets either too
> deep or too big maybe.  The 'printer segment removed' I think is a
> symptom of the abnormal condition.
>
> 3. If you dont require specific key characteristics, you can use
> 'SAMPLED'.  SELECT <FILE.NAME> SAMPLED 2000 , will take every 2000th
> record as they occur in the file I believe.
> john
>
> On 2/6/08, Doug Chanco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> >    I am back to "re tooling" my mind from jBASE to Universe (although
> > one question is not vendor specific)
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.      In universe how can I tell what type of pick file I am looking
> > at (type 2,3,4,5,6, etc ....)
> > 2.      I am getting a few (very few) "PRINTER MEMORY SEGMENT REMOVED"
> > errors in root's emails but the few I am getting (roughly 3 a day) I
> > cannot seem to figure out what's causing them.  All our root cron jobs
> > are either using uvcron or PHANTOM to start the universe program.
> > 3.      does anyone have a suggestion on RANDOMLY (or as random as
> > possible) a way to SELECT a file?  I am trying to get @ 500 RANDOM
> > records from a file with 850,000 items.  I have some ideas such as
> > selecting the entire file and then every "x" records do some math
> > operation and if even use this record but since I am a "pup" compared to
> > some of you "I have been doing pick forever vets" out there I thought I
> > would throw this out and see what comes back.
> >
> >
> >
> > The keys look like
> >
> >
> >
> > 51037517
> >
> > 51037516
> >
> > 15312939
> >
> > 51037518
> >
> > 15312936
> >
> > 51037519
> >
> > 51037512
> >
> > 51037513
> >
> > 51037515
> >
> > 14137791
> >
> > 51037514
> >
> > 51037510
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks everyone!
> >
> >
> >
> > dougc
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