The change in the global directory format was required because GT.M went from 8 character identifiers in V4.4-004 to 31 characters in V5.0-FT01 (which also now provides a $Increment() function for atomic increments outside transactions).
-- Bhaskar On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 06:25, Nancy E. Anthracite wrote: > Just in case there are others of you who, like me, don't read directions, > when > you install the new version of GTM, you need to do the following (Bhaskar > bailed me out - AGAIN): > > "Before upgrading an existing global directory (.gld) file, ensure > that you have a backup copy of the old .gld file. GDE does not provide > an option to downgrade a global directory to the V4.x format." > > So, assuming the $gtm_dist and $gtmgbldir are set correctly, executing > mumps -run ^GDE to enter GDE, and then typing exit, will upgrade the > global directory. Remember to back it up. > > So this is what that looked like - before and after. Note that I have the > rundown alias in .bash_profile and .bashrc which is why it only says > "rundown" > > alias rundown="$gtm_dist/mupip rundown -r \"*\"" > > BEFORE: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rundown > %GTM-E-GDINVALID, Unrecognized Global Directory file > format: /home/nancy/VADemo/g/mumps.gld, expected label: GTCGBDUNX004, found: > GTCGBDUNX003 > > AFTER: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ GDE > %GDE-I-LOADGD, Loading Global Directory file > /home/nancy/VADemo/g/mumps.gld > %GDE-I-VERIFY, Verification OK > > > GDE> exit > %GDE-I-VERIFY, Verification OK > > %GDE-I-GDUPDATE, Updating Global Directory file > /home/nancy/VADemo/g/mumps.gld > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rundown > %GTM-I-MUFILRNDWNSUC, File /home/nancy/VADemo/g/mumps.dat successfully rundown > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Nancy Anthracite > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members *************************************************************************** This electronic mail transmission contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by another person is strictly prohibited. *************************************************************************** NOTE: Ce courriel est destine exclusivement au(x) destinataire(s) mentionne(s) ci-dessus et peut contenir de l'information privilegiee, confidentielle et/ou dispensee de divulgation aux termes des lois applicables. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, ou s'il ne vous est pas destine, veuillez le mentionner immediatement a l'expediteur et effacer ce courriel. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
