Author: James T. Walker
Date: 12:26:33 04/12/01
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On April 12, 2001 at 12:29:42, Paul wrote: >On April 12, 2001 at 11:32:22, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Hello John, >>I was afraid you were going to ask me that! The file is "Datacomp.exe". You >>copy it to the directory where the TB's are located. Then type this line: >> >>For %f IN (*.emd) DO datacomp t %f >> t.txt >> >>Then check the "t.txt" file for errors. I remember there was originally a >>problem with case sensitivity in the *.emd files. I don't remember how it was >>resolved. I got all of this from Eugene Nalimov. He seems to be a very nice guy >>and very helpful. >> >>I don't know where to get the file now. Maybe Mr. Nalimov will give it to you. >>I thought it was on Bob' site but I just checked and did not see it. >>Jim > >Hi Jim, > >the above looks like what you have to do, but is not totally correct I'm afraid. > >1. copy datacomp.exe to the tb directory > >2. open a dos window, change to the tablebase directory, and type in: > > for %f in (*.emd) do echo datacomp t %f >> checkall.bat > >3. open checkall.bat in a text editor, substitute all "EMD" with "emd >> >report.txt" and close the file > >4. run checkall.bat (from the dos prompt or by doubleclicking in windows) > >5. check the file report.txt that was produced in step 4. > >If you see any error messages or strange lines redownload that particular >database file. This is from the top of my head, so it's probably wrong also :) > >Groetjes, >Paul Hello Paul, It looks like you have a work around for the old file. The original problem was with the "EMD" being caps as you indicate. Jim
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