Re: Paging file

["John Earl" <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lief,

I have to call B.S. on this...

> because you don't do this. The question was not really
> if and how one can change a save file, but solely if objects
> can be different in memory and on disk for extended periods
> (like hours) and the save file was positive proof that the answer
> is YES. and, BTW, this *did* cause me gray hair several
> months ago as I *was* hit with this and couldn't understand

I'm sure that all of your hair has been gray for YEARS, not just months!

:)

jte


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: Paging file


> From: <jpcarr@tredegar.com>
> > how do you change a savf in memory again?  Is there a real production
> > example(without esoteric programming capabilities?)
>
> by definition, this falls in the exotic category. But you can actually
> just read it the normal way and update as you go, but you have to
> pay attention to checksums, etc, so not for the faint of heart.
>
> > How come this hasn't killed all of us in last 15 years?
> >
>
> because you don't do this. The question was not really
> if and how one can change a save file, but solely if objects
> can be different in memory and on disk for extended periods
> (like hours) and the save file was positive proof that the answer
> is YES. and, BTW, this *did* cause me gray hair several
> months ago as I *was* hit with this and couldn't understand
> why when I restored from the save file I just changed that
> the changes were gone. Why would I change the save file?
> To circumvent a bug in IBM's CHGOBJD. (Had to do with
> debugging information).
>
>
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