Re: truncated file

[Leslie Bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

If you didn't re-save the file, this should do it. Leave XyWrite and reenter.
>From the command line enter this:

DEFAULT 1A=1.

That will allow you to read past the EOF marker.

Then, call up the QUIT1.TMP file. You should be able to see all of it. If you
saved the file prior to attempting this routine, do not bother. It's hopeless.

This will not work in any version prior to 4.0x for DOS.

Caballero wrote:

> Dear List,
>   I once knew how to solve this problem, but it has not come up for a
> long time. Today, however, I was working away and XyWrite locked up (I
> was scrolling while I had some distant text defined). I had to do a
> "warm" reboot. When I returned to the file, both the original and the
> "QUIT1.TMP" that XyWrite saved for me have the same problem: no data past
> the second page of the file. The back-up version is rather old and I will
> have lost data, so I'm hunting for a sweeter solution...
>   I seem to recall that there is some trickiness with a false EOF
> marker that can be removed through clever means. But I can't recall the
> method. I appreciate any help.
>
> Cheers,
> Carlo
>
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> Carlo Caballero
> Asst. Prof. of Music
> College of Music, Campus Box 301
> The University of Colorado
> Boulder, CO 80309
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> "Dickens was little read, except by the public." --Maurice Baring, "The
> Nineties"

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