Re: Swarm corrupts.

[Rick Riolo]

In unix/linux, files that start with . (dot) are typically 
configuration files of one kind or another for various programs. 
They can be displayed by including the -a on the ls command, eg:
  ls -a ~
will show all files, dot and otherwise, in your $HOME directory.
Use
   man ls
to see more about options on the ls command.

- r


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On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Li An wrote:

> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 22:42:00 -0500
> From: Li An <address@hidden>
> Reply-To: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Swarm corrupts.
> 
> Thanks, Paul. reinstalling the rpms did temporarily fixed the problem, but 
> later it came back again. Deleting the .swarmArchiver as suggested in your 
> FAQ web fixed the problem. An interesting finding: I removed it by using rm 
> .swarmArchiver, and the model ran OK. Then I went to another model, and 
> found the .swarmArchiver file was back again. So I re-deleted it, and it 
> ran well--question: is this a permanent solution? or this can only be fixed 
> by doing something else such as updating the swarm?
> 
> By the way, is .swarmArchiver a hidden file? I cannot see it by using ls or 
> in the gnome Start here window.
> 
> 
> At 08:41 PM 12/30/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >Li An wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>The problem mentioned in my last email was fixed by reinstalling the rpms 
> >>using:
> >>rpm -ivh --replacepkgs *.rpm
> >>I have another related question: if I move the packages (as shown as 
> >>*.rpm above) to another directory, say /home/anli/myApp/, and issue the 
> >>above command again, then will these packages be installed elsewhere 
> >>(/home/anli/myApp/), or simply overwrite the previously-installed one at 
> >>a unchanged directory? Simply put, it does not matter where you put the 
> >>rpm's, the installation of them will always go to the same place (in my 
> >>case, under /usr)?
> >
> >No matter where you put the *.rpm file, when you install it, it goes into 
> >the place it is intended to be (unless you tell it otherwise by trying to 
> >change the prefix.)
> >
> >Learn the RPM system. Do
> >
> >rpm -qilp swarm-xxx.rpm
> >
> >
> >to see where the files in a package are going.
> >
> >I think the other problem you had was this one:
> >
> >http://lark.cc.ku.edu/~pauljohn/Swarm/SwarmFaq/SwarmOnlineFaq.html#5.5
> >
> >
> >and I don't think reinstalling the rpms made it go away. I think running 
> >some other model that updated .swarmArchiver fixed it, or perhaps running 
> >the model as a different user made it seem to go away. (did you test swarm 
> >as root, perhaps?).
> >
> >>Thanks,
> >>Li
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
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> Li An
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