RE: Recovering corrupted FrameMaker SGML 5.5.6 files

["Miess, Robert P (N-Advanced Software Resources)" <robert.p.miess@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Tom,

Thanks for the feedback.  I've run a head, and the beginning of each file is
fine.  I know the cause of the corruption, and have taken action to prevent
future corruption.  It has little to do with FrameMaker.  There are no
backups.  As you note, my goal is to recover the data.  I've tried removing
the last few bytes, and that hasn't worked.  I'll try cutting more off, just
to see whether that might work.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Thomas Neuburger [SMTP:thomasn@twelfthnight.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:03 PM
> To:	Miess, Robert P (N-Advanced Software Resources); 'framers@omsys.com'
> Subject:	Re: Recovering corrupted FrameMaker SGML 5.5.6 files
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> Just a thought -- since you're on Unix, run a head command on these files 
> and on known good files. Make sure the first lines are the same.
> 
> About forcing, no, but you might try cutting an increasingly longer tail 
> off the file until you find the largest piece that -will- open.
> 
> Presumably, your main interest is in recovery and you've checked your 
> backups, etc., for the most recent recoverable data. Most of the time,
> this 
> kind of corruption occurs because of a "bad save" and there's some recent 
> backup that will get the project going again. It's hard to imagine how
> data 
> insertion occurred, except manually.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Tom Neuburger
> 
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> 
> Miess, Robert P (N-Advanced Software Resources) wrote:
> 
> >I have several FrameMaker SGML 5.5.6 files on a Solaris system that have
> >been corrupted, apparently by the insertion of small amounts of data.
> >
> >FrameMaker SGML won't open them.
> >
> >Is there a way to force FrameMaker SGML to open these files? Is there a
> >checksum or some other integrity check that is likely preventing them
> from
> >opening? If so, is there a way to bypass that check?
> >
> >        Bob Miess
> >
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