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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

2103.0. "Error from Analyze/RMS on Cardfile" by COMICS::BELL (Speaking instrument Truss Middle ?) Mon Jan 22 1990 11:53

      Can anyone please tell me why an ANALYZE/RMS of a cardreader file
    gives the following error :

    +++
                       .
                       .
                 File Monitoring: disabled                             
                 Global Buffer Count: 0                                
         ***  VBN 13:  Last stream record does not contain a delimiter.
         Unrecoverable error encountered in structure of file.         
                                                              
         The analysis uncovered 2 errors.                              
    ---

      This applies to all the card files I've tried under both v1 and v2
    DECwindows  (VMS v5.1-B/5.2/5.3).  All the files work fine but I was
    wondering if there's a simple explanation. (eg., is ANA/RMS slightly
    behind the times ?  _Should_ there be a delimiter on the last stream
    record ?)

    [ Sorry if this has been mentioned before but nothing useful turned up
    from DIR/TITLE=CARD, DIR/TITLE=RMS or keyword CARDFILER ]

    Thanks for any information,

    Frank

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2103.1		PSW::WINALSKI	Careful with that VAX, Eugene	`Mon Jan 22 1990 18:04`	4
	It's because the cardfiler files have the STREAM_LF RMS attribute, but there is not a trailing LF character after the last record. This is totally harmless. --PSW