[m-dev.] Re: corrupted file

[Fergus Henderson]

On 19-Oct-2001, Adam HENDRIX <hendrix at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Zoltan Somogyi wrote:
> 
> > On 19-Oct-2001, Adam HENDRIX <hendrix at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > > > Could you please send me a backup copy of
> > > > /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/.INSTALL.in,v
> > > > from about a week ago - the current copy has
> > > > been truncated.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Simon Taylor.
> > > > 
> 
> I can restore from Fri 12th Oct. Is this an acceptable restore point?

Any point from 2001-07-10 (July 10th) onwards would be acceptable,
so long as that copy of the file isn't corrupt.

(One quick test to see if the file is corrupt is this:
if it doesn't end in a newline, then it is corrupt.)

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