Problems with sort

[Uter...@uni-augsburg.de]

When I tried to run the crack program I got the following
error message from sort:

sort: 0653-657 A write error occurred while sorting.

Does anybody else had this error and what's the reason?

Thanks, Ralf

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[Tim Bell]

Probably due to the temporary sort file in /var/tmp filling up the
/var file system.

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[Adam Shostack]

Uter...@Uni-Augsburg.DE, (in article <CK4tr...@Yuri.CC.Uni-Augsburg.DE>) wrote:

>When I tried to run the crack program I got the following
>error message from sort:

>sort: 0653-657 A write error occurred while sorting.

>Does anybody else had this error and what's the reason?

I'm not sure what the cause is; you'll probably get human
readable error messages if you install and use gnusort.

Adam

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[Thomas Braunbeck]

In article <2ijbs6$4...@hsdndev.harvard.edu>, ad...@bwh.harvard.edu (Adam Shostack) writes:
|> Uter...@Uni-Augsburg.DE, (in article <CK4tr...@Yuri.CC.Uni-Augsburg.DE>) wrote:
|>
|> >When I tried to run the crack program I got the following
|> >error message from sort:
|>
|> >sort: 0653-657 A write error occurred while sorting.
|>
|> >Does anybody else had this error and what's the reason?
|>
|> I'm not sure what the cause is; you'll probably get human
|> readable error messages if you install and use gnusort.
|>
|> Adam
|>

Use your documentation! My info gives:

0653-657 A write error occurred while sorting or 0653-657 A write error
occurred while merging

Possible Causes

ú You used the sort command, and the file system became full while the
file was being processed.

ú Write permission to the directory containing the temporary files was
removed while the sort was in progress.

Procedures for Recovery

ú Ensure that there is enough disk space for the sort to be completed.

Enter the df FileSystem command while the sort command is processing
the file. The df command displays information about space available on
a file system.

The sort command creates temporary files in either the /usr/tmp
directory or the /tmp directory. Writing is unsuccessful if the file
system containing the temporary directory becomes full. If you are not
sure which directory is used for temporary file storage, enter the sort
-T /usr/tmp FileName command to create the temporary files in the
desired directory.

If the sort fails because the file system containing the temporary
directory is full, do one of the following:

- Use a directory in a file system that has more space.

- Increase the file system size using the chfs command.

ú Verify that you have write permission on the directory containing the
temporary files.

Enter the ls -la DirectoryName command to list permissions. Use the
chmod 777 command to change write permissions, if necessary.
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[Ian Sharrock]

In article <2ijbs6$4...@hsdndev.harvard.edu>
ad...@bwh.harvard.edu "Adam Shostack" writes:

>Uter...@Uni-Augsburg.DE, (in article <CK4tr...@Yuri.CC.Uni-Augsburg.DE>)
> wrote:
>
>>When I tried to run the crack program I got the following
>>error message from sort:
>
>>sort: 0653-657 A write error occurred while sorting.
>
>>Does anybody else had this error and what's the reason?
>
> I'm not sure what the cause is; you'll probably get human
>readable error messages if you install and use gnusort.

It happened to me when trying to build the bigdict file; I got around it
by using 'sort -T <directory>', to force the temporary files into a specified
temporary directory. I did this by hand - I couldn't get it to work within
a shellscript, even thought there's oodles of free space in the normal
temp directories on my box.

Ian

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