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From: beckhaus@joan.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE (frank bechhaus)
Subject: Re: Error in DMS !
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.083154.18043@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
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Summary: shell problem ?
Keywords: shell
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Reply-To: beckhaus@joan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (frank bechhaus)
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1991 08:31:54 GMT

In article <91155.143734OEYO8729@TREARN.BITNET> OEYO8729@TREARN.BITNET 
(Cem TURGAY) writes:

>I have a DMS version 1.02. ...
>Yesterday, I requested some others from same site. But I can't
>unmash them ! (with DMS WRITE RAM:.....dms)
>DMS gives an error: Info header not found. Invalid DMS archive.
>                    Fatal error !
>But, but their TEST and VIEW don't give any error. Test and view say
>this is a DMS archive, info header at d659 and archive is OK !
>But WRITE option doesn't think like TEST and VIEW !

Do you use a shell ?  I've seen a similar problem recently with unmashing
an archive while running CShell 5.xx. In most cases this works without
problems, but some archives appeared to be corrupted.
After quitting the shell the same archives could be unmashed without any
difficulties.


Frank Bechhaus  |  beckhaus@joan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de  |  <>< IXOYE
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