See what happens when the development people move to the other side of the building? We have a program that quickly runs down the file checking each block for corruption. It's essentially an optimized version of Stan's algorithm for finding a messed up message file. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Message files - how to detect corrup Author: Mark Sexton <[log in to unmask]> at Internet-Link Date: 9/18/95 4:46 PM Gee, at one time I would have expected someone from Quest to *answer* a question like this. ---------- From: Lou Pendley To: Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L Subject: Message files - how to detect corruption Date: Monday, September 18, 1995 1:32PM Is there any way to detect file corruption - specifically -> BAD VARIABLE BLOCK STRUCTURE (FSERR 105) It appears that after system failures message files can be corrupted, and we'd like to know if they are after a system failure. Please respond to this via e-mail, as I don't belong to the list anymore. Lou Pendley Quest Software [log in to unmask]