xfer only likes maps

[Barry Wiseman]

Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> Barry Wiseman wrote:
>> SunOS
>> xfer 5.0.13D4
>>
>> command line:
>>
>> xfer -lf /tmp/p3.xfr -t pendng
>>
>> This results in a p3.xfr file containing only the map.  (Data, 
>> screens, reports etc. all missing.)  Running xfer interactively 
>> without command line flags, same result.
>>
>> The logfile reads:
>>
>> Start of transfer log  Tue Oct 28 16:03:50 2008
>>
>> filePro file. Name = 'pendng'
>> Extent = 'map'  Type = M
>> Error while opening file `/u/appl/filepro/pendng/m':
>>        No such file or directory
>>
>> Error while opening file `/u/appl/filepro/pendng/o':
>>        No such file or directory
>>
>> Error while opening file `/u/appl/filepro/pendng/p':
>>        No such file or directory
>>
>> Error while opening file `/u/appl/filepro/pendng/t':
>>        No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> [much more of the same snipped]
>>
>>
>> Number of blocks transferred  =    33
>> Number of retries made        =     0
>>
>> End of transfer log.  Tue Oct 28 16:09:25 2008
>>
>>
>> What's going on?

> Barry,
> 
> Make sure xfer was installed with 4755 mod and owner filepro.
> 
> If it is wrong, then try after you fix it.
> 
> Otherwise, I got no idea.  But I know it will not collect files it does 
> not own.
> 
> Nancy
> 

Thanks, Nancy.  suid bit was in fact not on, so I fixed that, but since 
I log in to this box as user filepro it made no difference in my case.

Looks to me like the list of filenames to be read is being assembled 
incorrectly inside the program.  I see the no. of errors reported = the 
no. of files in the filename directory.