Author: James T. Walker
Date: 16:38:29 12/14/00
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On December 14, 2000 at 15:34:25, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >On December 14, 2000 at 09:10:52, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On December 13, 2000 at 23:51:32, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >> >>>On December 13, 2000 at 23:38:19, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>The last couple of days I discovered that Fritz 6 would not run on my second >>>>computer. I believe I have tracked the problem down to corrupt tablebase files. >>>> Since Fritz/Junior/Hiarcs and I think most all programs do some kind of test >>>>when initializing the engine/tablebases and they all refuse to run if only one >>>>is bad, how hard would it be for the engine to tell me which one is faulty? >>>>Since I now have 180 tablebase files that would be a great help. >>>>Does anyone know if this is possible? Bob? Eugene? >>>>Jim >>> >>>I am assuming that you are using compressed TBs, as everybody else. If so, >>>download DATACOMP.EXE from Bob's site (it's part of the tbexe.zip in the TB >>>directory), and then run >>> FOR %f IN (*.emd) DO datacomp t %f >>t.txt >>>from the command line in the directory that contains your TBs. After it'll >>>finish check the file t.txt for the possible errors. >> >>This is what I get in the t.txt file. >>datacomp: file "KBKNBB~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >>datacomp: file "KBKNBW~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >>datacomp: file "KRKNBB~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >>datacomp: file "KRKNBW~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >>datacomp: file "KQKNBB~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >>datacomp: file "KQKNBW~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >>datacomp: file "KPKNBB~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >>datacomp: file "KPKNBW~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >>datacomp: file "KNKNBB~1.EMD" should have extension ".emd" >> >>etc. etc. >>Is it complaining that my ".EMD" will not work because of the Caps? >>Jim > >Unfortunately, yes :-( I'll fix it in the upcoming next release. > >Eugene > >>>Eugene Hello Eugene, Thanks for the help and updated file. I already deleted all the files and copied them all back to the HD again. Since I have put them on CD's it's not hard to do. Regards, Jim
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