FINDSDDFERROR(1) NAME FindSddfError - Help pinpoint location of errors in an SDDF file SYNOPSIS FindSddfError DESCRIPTION The FindSddfError program reads an SDDF data file and reports the offset of each packet. This can be helpful in debugging a corrupt binary or converted binary SDDF file by narrowing down the location of an error in the file. The program first prompts for the number of packets to process before invoking a 'DEBUG' routine on subsequent packets -- if -1 is entered the DEBUG routine will not be called. It then prompts for the name of the SDDF file to read, and finally for the name of the file where valid packets are written in ASCII SDDF format. There is no buffering of data being written to the output ASCII file so the last packet in that file should be a good indica- tion of the last valid packet in the input file. SEE ALSO Ruth A. Aydt, The Pablo Self-Defining Data Format COPYRIGHT Copyright 1994, The University of Illinois Board of Trustees. AUTHOR Ruth Aydt, University of Illinois Pablo Environment Nov 26, 1994