Re: Moving SE Database and logfile

Ok you have found the problem Let me explain how I resolve it With a very little C program I directly modify the file <xxx.dbs/systables.dat> by replacing the string containing the word <syslog>. You can directly see it with: grep syslog xxx.dbs/systables.dat You just have to create the new logfile cat /dev/null > xxx.log for e Axel Sander wrote: > Hi, > I successfully moved my SE 5.x to a new partition by just copying all > database files. I discovered one problem: > After moving the files the old logfile *must* still exist in the old > directory (could be length of 0) given by the systables. When I try > "dbaccess - -" and "start database xxx with log in "newpartition...";" > there is a database error if the old file is not accessible. > Is there any way to avoid this? Is there a command to stop the logging > (like "start database xxx with nolog") ? > > Axel