Help - Unidata and SAVE.LIST with BY.EXP

Tom Packert

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Mar 26, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/26/99

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Hello,

I tried something today that seemed like it should work. I am running
Unidata 3.3.2.58 on DGUX.

SSELECT SOME.FILE BY.EXP SOME.FIELD
SAVE.LIST TP

Overwriting existing saved list
can not open file: savedlists/__TP'.

The save list works fine for all other selects, but not with the BY.EXP.
Hmm! Checked the VOC entry for SAVEDLISTS. Tried deleting the list TP
first, but nothing lets me save a list if it is BY.EXP'd

Is this just our Unidata, can someone confirm or deny this is a problem?
Thanks.

Tom

joe igo

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Mar 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/29/99

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As far as I know UNIDATA will not let you save a list after you do a BY-EXP

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Thomas Zogg

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Mar 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/29/99

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I'm on UniData 3.3.2.5.9 and I CAN save a BY.EXP list

I do a simple SELECT <FILENAME> BY.EXP <FIELD>
SAVE.LIST XX

All works fine here

Thomas
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>Hello,
>
>I tried something today that seemed like it should work. I am running
>Unidata 3.3.2.58 on DGUX.
>
>SSELECT SOME.FILE BY.EXP SOME.FIELD
>SAVE.LIST TP
>
>Overwriting existing saved list
>can not open file: savedlists/__TP'.
>

Kevin King

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Mar 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/29/99

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Sounds like a permissions problem to me -- probably the permissions
of the parent directory. Or, if your SAVEDLISTS file is a DIR -type
file, check the permissions on the item TP000.

--Kevin
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jackie....@ardentsoftware.com

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Mar 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/30/99

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Kevin,

I believe you are on track here but there is a bit more info to consider. I'm
guessing the person who asked originally is on UNIX. On UNIX you have two
files SAVEDLISTS and savedlists (on NT since its case insensitive we can't do
that so one is something like SAVEDLISTSL). The SAVEDLISTS file you know and
love as a file that contains your saved lists (whoa). The savedlists file is
used internally by UniData for selects and sorts especially those involving
BY.EXP. Normally you shouldn't have to worry about it, its there, the default
permissions are good, UniData uses it when it needs to and generally cleans
up after itself. Sounds like someone tightened down on the permissions or the
umask caused them to be too tight. Loosen those pups up and try again.

Jackie Burhans
Ardent Software, Inc.
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Tom Packert

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Mar 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/30/99

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You guys are right!

Thanks to Mark Rathbun who responded via email too.

The savedlists file (in lower case) is missing from the Unix level. It is
there in the VOC but not in the directory for the account. I put it back
and voila. It works.

Thanks to all!

Tom

jackie....@ardentsoftware.com

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Mar 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/31/99

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Glad we could help. Here's an interesting tip: there is a UDT.OPTION (26?)
that you can put in your LOGIN VOC item which will check each time you login
to an account that all the right support files are there (savedlists, etc.)
and create them if necessary.

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