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   PID: GED+2 1.1.4.7   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   Hello Vincent,   
      
   03 Mar 24 00:37, you wrote to All:   
      
    VC> Hello All!   
      
    VC> Nope, I had to rerun a block of updates to try and trace why the   
    VC> program was locking up.   
      
    VC> Finally traced to a Rules file for POLITICS that look fairly old and   
    VC> for some reason program got in a loop when it could not read beyond   
    VC> the end of file. One problem was the wrong attributes for it but after   
    VC> that was fixed is still carried on looping so have to "assume" that   
    VC> there was some very bad data in   
    VC> the   
    VC> file so deleted it.   
      
    VC> Needless to say, now all updates have concluded correctly.   
      
    VC> May have to add additional tests after reading a record to cover   
    VC> possibly security issues and no not had to do that for all other   
    VC> application I have written although the bbs system is run a a high   
    VC> security test level (lot more checks) so that the system is always   
    VC> protected against possible hackers etc. The security is so high it   
    VC> does not trap ALL possible error codes. Must remember to look into   
    VC> this closely but not know - I am tired.   
      
    VC> and yes this problem had been running a few months - hence the   
    VC> duplicate runs on updates and even worse then the trace file is over 1   
    VC> GB - well over takes 30+ minutes to try and read it in to a text   
    VC> editor.   
      
    VC> For reference, during a 24 hour cycle it is below 25K.   
      
    VC> Just thought you might want to know :)   
      
   great Vincent! Thanks!   
      
   Regards,   
   --   
   dp   
      
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