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Conference csc32::consolemanager

Title:POLYCENTER Console Manager
Notice:Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS:
Moderator:CSC32::BUTTERWORTH
Created:Thu Aug 06 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1541
Total number of notes:6564

1513.0. "PCM action fails it there exists file CONSOLE$ACTION:'action'.BCK" by VELI::KORKKO (Veli K�rkk� @FNO, 879-5512) Fri Apr 04 1997 11:13

Colleague wanted to enchance our FM_PAGER action routine today so that it
would send an GSM SMS message instead of pager message. After those (fairly
minor edits to CONSOLE$ACTIONS:FM_PAGER.COM) the action failed consistently.

It took quite a few hours and bit of luck to figure out problem. The procedure
CONSOLE$ACTIONS:FM_PAGER.COM was correct but somehow PCM just failed always
with launching the action. 

The problem turned out to be the back that this user had made a precautionary
copy of FM_PAGER.COM to name FM_PAGER.BCK (in console$Actions).


Apparently PCM, in searching for "action".COM or "action".EXE  actually
found this "action".BCK and either did not know what to do with it or maybe
tried launching that file as an VMS executable.


Seems that one would be better off with making safety copies to "action".ORG
or "action".SAV


_veli

P.S. PCM version was V1.6-201.
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1513.1CSC32::BUTTERWORTHGun Control is a steady hand.Fri Apr 04 1997 13:077
    Veli,
      Good work. You analysis is correct. The .BCK file was found
    first when PCM did a wildcard search for the file because .BCK
    comes before .COM or .EXE in the ascii collating sequence.
    
    Regs,
      Dan