From: "Larry and Debbie-Lyn Robinson" <robinson@VISI.NET>
> From: "George Greer" <greerga@circlemud.org>
>
>
> > On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Peter Babcock wrote:
> >
> > >i need HELP :) (dont we all) one of our imps was editing
> > >the Handbook and for some reason the mun crashed
> > >and now we cannot get it started again
> > >below is the error
> > >
> > >Mar 6 17:41:02 :: 2400 rooms, 172800 bytes.
> > >Mar 6 17:41:04 :: SYSERR: Format error, room #-1, direction D0
> > >Quick boot mode -- rent check supressed.
> > >Using file descriptor for logging.
> >
> > That frequently means your file is empty.
> >
> > It can mean other things, of course.
>
> yeah, like a dropped (or EXTRA) tilde (~) or a missing roomflag or
roomtype,
> or ...
>
> I just happen to be trying to fix one of those myself. As I type, even.
>
> RECOMMENDATION:
>
> STEP ONE:
> Option ONE: Comment ALL of the offending file, and uncomment it piece
> by peice (what I'm currently doing) until the problem comes back.
>
> Option TWO: Comment the offending file a bit at a time, until the
> problem goes away.
>
> STEP TWO:
> figure out what is wrong with that particular room
>
> check for extra ~, missing ~, missing params, invalid params, wacky
> comments, et cetera
>
> (can you tell I don't liek this part :)
>
For the record:
The error was .... <drum roll>
an extra ~ in the description for D0 of one room.
(I -REALLY- hate regression testing)
Larry Robinson@visi.net
Aspiring Galactic Overlord
http://users.visi.net/~robinson/
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