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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!sis!viking.sheridanc.on.ca!rob From: rob@viking.sheridanc.on.ca (Rob Naccarato) Subject: pwd_mkdb limit solved Message-ID: <DqH0sx.7y@relay.sheridanc.on.ca> Sender: news@relay.sheridanc.on.ca (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: viking.sheridanc.on.ca Organization: Sheridan College, Ont., Canada X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 13:14:57 GMT Lines: 17 > I have written a perl script to format the file > properly, but when I execute pwd_mkdb, it fails at about the 17779th > record (there's roughly a total of 18000 records). It complains about > "line too long". The line in question is not too long; there are other > lines previous to this that are much longer. Can someone help me out > here? Stupid, stupid, stupid little programming mistake on my part! I forgot to close the file before executing pwd_mkdb on it. Funny how the error was "line too long", though. Thanks to all who emailed suggestions! -- Rob Naccarato rob.naccarato@sheridanc.on.ca