Well, yes, a sensible last resort - but the result was no match found!
Best regards, David Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:16, Tom Sullivan <i...@beforgiven.info> wrote: > David: > > One last suggestion: Windoze (used to at least) has pretty good file > search capabilities. Search your whole machine for the missing files. > > Tom > > Tom Sullivan > i...@beforgiven.info > FAX: 815-301-2835 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On 6/3/20 9:10 AM, David Haslam wrote: > > > I followed Timmy's sensible suggestion, which was something I'd pondered > > myself already. > > Now here's what I observed. > > Files lbc1646.dat and lbc1646.idx appeared /momentarily/ in the > > Make folder, but simply vanished when lbc1646.bdt finished being > > created. > > Does anyone have a plausible explanation for such bizarre behaviour? > > Were they moved to some unknown destination or simply deleted? > > Best regards, > > David > > Sent with ProtonMail https://protonmail.com Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 13:34, Timmy tim....@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > Hi David, > > > As Tom also mentioned, I run the command on linux, in your case, like > > > this: > > > ..\utils64\xml2gbs -fO ..\Import\OSIS\OSIS-lbc1646.fix.xml lbc1646 > > > Windows also can have issues if there are spaces in the path. I don't > > > know if your full path has any spaces, but you might want to try > > > running from c:\ directly, or some path that has no spaces. > > > > > > After command runs, the 3 files are in current directory. If it does > > > not work on Windows then there might be wins problem, not sure. > > > * > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Timmy Braun* > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 6:23 AM David Haslam <dfh...@protonmail.com > > > mailto:dfh...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Tom, > > > > > > The module name is [LBC1646] (as specified in my .conf file), and > > > that points to the right module path. > > > > > > This was the command in my CMD file, all of which are stored in a > > > folder called Make under my Sword path. > > > > > > ..\\utils64\\xml2gbs -fO ..\\Import\\OSIS\\OSIS-lbc1646.fix.xml > > > ..\\modules\\genbook\\rawgenbook\\lbc1646\\lbc1646 > > > 2>..\\Log\\error.log > > > > > > NB. utils64 is a symbolic link to where I installed the Windows > > > edition of Sword utilities (x64 version). > > > Likewise, the Import folder is one I created some years ago. The > > > Log folder is similar. > > > > > > This command created the file called lbc1646.bdt in the right > > > place, but did not create the other two files. > > > And, yes, I've looked for them elsewhere too! > > > > > > So am I doing something wrong or is there a deficiency in the > > > Windows edition of xml2gbs ? > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > David > > > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 12:57, Tom Sullivan > > > <i...@beforgiven.info <mailto:i...@beforgiven.info>> wrote: > > > > > > > David: > > > > > > > > You will have cd to a temporary directory xml2gbs as xml2gbs > > > just puts > > > > its output in the current directory, then copy files from that > > > temporary > > > > directory to your .sword library as below, along with your .conf > > > file. > > > > > > > > All three of those files are created simultaneously. > > > > > > > > After you copy from the temporary directory, you should have a .conf > > > > file in .sword/mods.d, (done manually), and then from your temporary > > > > directory: in .sword/modules/genbook/rawgenbook/somemodulename > > > the three > > > > files *.bdt, *.dat, *.idx. > > > > An images directory should be there also if there are images. > > > > > > > > This is Linux. I do not know what Windoze will do. > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > Tom Sullivan > > > > i...@beforgiven.info > > > > FAX: 815-301-2835 > > > > ---------------------> It's apparent that the .dat and .idx > > > files are > > > > needed for the module to function aright. > > > > > > > > > When I tried to open the new module in Xiphos, nothing was > > > displayed. > > > > > So please would someone explain how I can make these two files > > > so that my new module will work correctly. > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > David > > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > > On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 11:18, David Haslam > > > dfh...@protonmail.com <mailto:dfh...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have just used xml2gbs to create a Generic book module for > > > the first time. > > > > > > It created a module file with extension .bdt in the right > > > location. > > > > > > All Generic book modules I've installed from CrossWire also > > > have two more files in the module folder. > > > > > > One with extension .dat and one with .idx > > > > > > I have not found anything on our wiki that describes what > > > software tool is used to create these two files, nor an > > > explanation of what they are for. > > > > > > Please would someone enlighten me. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > David > > > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > > > > > > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > > > > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > > > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > > > > > > > > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email > > > Security.cloud service. > > > > > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > > > > > > > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > > > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > > > > > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > > > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
