Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!jfw%mit-ccc@BRL.ARPA From: jfw%mit-ccc@BRL.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: recovering clobbered aliases file Message-ID: <3287@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jul-83 22:40:12 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3287 Posted: Wed Jul 20 22:40:12 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jul-83 12:59:51 EDT Lines: 14 Well, since my little program has been sent out, I might as well add some caveats to it: when my program recreates the alias file, you will need to massage the results in the following manner: all characters which were quoted in the original by \ will have the 0200 bit set (as in: mp: mp@mit-vax \mp ), and all characters which were in strings will also have the 0200 bit on the quotation marks will be there; I can't remember if the \ appears. I think so. If your editor cannot handle such files, a simple repair to my program would be to replace the printf with something smarter. Also note that comments are stripped out, and the lines are in random (one hopes) order. Your woes are minimized; they are not over... Have fun, jfw @ mit-ccc (John Woods) i.e., I admit it. I wrote it. Thanks, Mark...