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    From Chris Jacobs@2:280/5555.11 to All on Mon May 4 13:35:35 2026

    Hello everybody!

    Found this in my log:

    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL FTools-W64-2.3.1.0 - Maint /D /N /O /P /R
    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL Processing hudson message base
    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL File status request error
    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL Exiting with errorlevel 1

    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL Maint Active: 0.0050 sec.

    What causes this?
    Do I have to do anything about it?

    Chris


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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Chris Jacobs on Mon May 4 15:16:13 2026
    Hi Chris,

    On 2026-05-04 13:35:35, you wrote to All:

    Found this in my log:

    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL FTools-W64-2.3.1.0 - Maint /D /N /O /P /R
    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL Processing hudson message base
    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL File status request error
    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL Exiting with errorlevel 1

    04 May 26 12:48:19 FMAIL Maint Active: 0.0050 sec.

    What causes this?

    It fails when trying to open the 'msgtxt.bbs' file (one of the hudson message base files). Or when it is size 0.

    When there are no messages in your hudson message base, it can't do any maintenance on it anyway. ;-)

    In that case you could specify the /J option to only do maintenance on the JAM message base areas. Or split it up in 2 maint calls one with /J and one with /H. In case at a later time there are messages in your hudson message base.

    Do I have to do anything about it?

    Maybe. ;-)


    Bye, Wilfred.

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