convert msdos to unix

[Bob Stockler]

Walter Vaughan wrote (on Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 09:54:59AM -0400):

| Rafael Bromet wrote:
| 
| >Well it seems that i might have it all wrong, on the unix filepro 
| >utillity menu option 4 say's  CONVERT FILES FROM MS-DOS FILEPRO  I 
| >have used this before and it worked, i just pop in a diskette and it 
| >converts the database from dos format to the unix format nicely, but 
| >when i tried to access the database in unix useing file creation as an 
| >example i get this filepro error "File has been illegally modified"
| >or are you guy's saying that, that option does not work anymore?
| 
| Well that's interesting. I too have that as an option.
| 4  Convert files from MSDOS filePro
|   @/fp/scripts/doconvert
| 
| However, I don't have that program in *my* scripts directory :-(
| Otherwise I'd help you debug it.
| 
| Anyone else not have it?
| 
| # cd /appl/fp/scripts
| # ls -l
| total 88
| -rwx------  1 root  wheel   1204 Oct 19  2004 addunlock
| -rwx------  1 root  wheel    838 Oct 19  2004 devlist
| -rw-------  1 root  wheel   1751 Oct 19  2004 fp.list
| -rwx------  1 root  wheel   3407 Oct 19  2004 fpbackup
| -rwx------  1 root  wheel   2902 Oct 19  2004 fprestore
| -rwx------  1 root  wheel   5508 Oct 19  2004 setperms
| -rwx------  1 root  wheel  64688 Oct 19  2004 sitepwd
| -rwx------  1 root  wheel   2472 Oct 19  2004 whatdev
| 
| And it's nowhere on the box...
| # locate doconvert
| #
| 
| So I guess it's
| 1) either a script that was a add-on purchase with 5.0
| 2) or Someone forgot to add it to the scripts directory
| 3) or Someone forgot to remove it from the default util menu
| 4) I've got a 4.X util menu (most likely possible)
| 
| My guess for your problem is that the map file is not being converted is 
| why
| your problem is happening. I can't be of much more help without the script.

I have the script "doconvert".  It's a shell wrapper for kicking off
the "$PFPROG/fp/xferdos" executable.  However, executing 'strings'
on that program doesn't disclose the error message mentioned in the
original post (or anything like it) in this thread.

Bob

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