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Subject: Re: Strange ´Options´ in Chest319 ? (maybe for Dann Corbit?)

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 02:47:58 05/27/02

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On May 23, 2002 at 16:37:19, F. Huber wrote:

>I have troubles with ´Chest319´:
>
>Chest doesn´t show the option I gave, but always shows the filename
>of the input file instead. If I set the options with the environment
>variable CHEST_OPTS, it shows: Options = (null).
>
>Is this a bug in Chest, or is my Windows98 the reason for this
>strange behaviour (because Chest is compiled for WinNT)?
>Or am I making anything wrong in calling Chest with options?
>
>I hope anyone can help me,
>Franz.
>
>
>I call:  chest319 -LSr problem >solution
>
>and get the file ´solution´:
>
>CHEST version 3.19, 18-Dec-1999
>Options = problem   <===================== look at this!
>Input file: 'problem'
>Reading job:
>W:  Kb4 Dd1 Te8 Lb2 Bd5 (5)
>S:  Kb7 La6 Bb5 Bb6 (4)
>FEN: 4R3/1k6/bp6/1p1P4/1K6/8/1B6/3Q4 w - -
>analysing (mate in 3 moves):
>Solution (in 3 moves):
>	Lb2 - h8
>Time (virt) = 0.110 sec
>
> Lh8 Ka7 Da1  Kb7 Dg7+
>     Kc7 Dc2+ Kb7 Dh7+
>	      -*- Dc6+
>
>end of solution tree
>Total Time (virt) = 0.160 sec

Despite the incorrect option output, the given options are really in effect.
So, may be it is just wrong option documentation (Option = ...),
while the rest appears to be ok.

Cheers,
Heiner



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