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corrupt output and syntax files- anyone have an explanation?

Cleland, Patricia (EDU)

Recently I moved some output and syntax files from one directory to another by highlighting the files and copying them (dragging-and-dropping) to a new directory.  In general, things worked fine.  However, a couple of files have been corrupted. 

 

This is an output file:

 

PK




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mæ#vJ

 

I still have the original files, so I can use them.  I’d be curious if anyone has any suggestion as to what happened in the copying.

 

So far I haven’t found any problem with the data files.

 

Pat

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Re: corrupt output and syntax files- anyone have an explanation?

Rick Oliver-3
What's the extension on the "output" file? This looks like an attempt of a text editor to render a binary file. So if the output file is a binary spv file but it has an extension of sps, you might see something like this when you open the file.



From:        "Cleland, Patricia (EDU)" <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email]
Date:        03/01/2011 03:17 PM
Subject:        corrupt output and syntax files- anyone have an explanation?
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>




Recently I moved some output and syntax files from one directory to another by highlighting the files and copying them (dragging-and-dropping) to a new directory.  In general, things worked fine.  However, a couple of files have been corrupted. 
 
This is an output file:
 
PK

 <„‰=











outputViewer0000000000.xmlþÊ

•TÝn›0
~
Ï7»)ÚNkP¥?›*%m•dÒ¤¦
œ€Uc#Û

Òi{–<Kžl6Ih;mRÊ} çû|Îwìž7CKŠ
‑aßía
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]RUFŸ[Áºø"=ø B¤À:`yxe%É@®Ê¬ôÁ`¥WìE=?\O2ü-ÂaB<©Üá™Ú¾ÕH7‡ƒ¡Ñ{\£h‡«ëÚ­O\!3ï¸×ó½­£á$É¡åJžØT늤mï»rFïˆu|÷ØmTŠã‘9°ø®Òe¥Cok…‰àšPnÞœ-È1÷-3É0X˜â̤sʨ^E¸ÝÛöÔ4Õy„ûý~Ùt¤C‘uŒFÄÀr!“UAxzKì#g"ÃH¯ÊÝÖL
mæ#vJ
 
I still have the original files, so I can use them.  I’d be curious if anyone has any suggestion as to what happened in the copying.
 
So far I haven’t found any problem with the data files.
 
Pat
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Re: corrupt output and syntax files- anyone have an explanation?

Cleland, Patricia (EDU)

I think that’s the problem.  It looks like I’ve saved an output file (.spv) as a syntax file (.sps), although I don’t know how I did that. It also seems to have over-written the original syntax file. 

 

Thanks.

Pat


From: Rick Oliver [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: March 1, 2011 5:28 PM
To: Cleland, Patricia (EDU)
Cc: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: corrupt output and syntax files- anyone have an explanation?

 

What's the extension on the "output" file? This looks like an attempt of a text editor to render a binary file. So if the output file is a binary spv file but it has an extension of sps, you might see something like this when you open the file.



From:        "Cleland, Patricia (EDU)" <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email]
Date:        03/01/2011 03:17 PM
Subject:        corrupt output and syntax files- anyone have an explanation?
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>





Recently I moved some output and syntax files from one directory to another by highlighting the files and copying them (dragging-and-dropping) to a new directory.  In general, things worked fine.  However, a couple of files have been corrupted. 
 
This is an output file:
 
PK



 <„‰=























outputViewer0000000000.xmlþÊ



•TÝn›0


~


Ï7»)ÚNkP¥?›*%m•dÒ¤¦
œ€Uc#Û


Òi{–<Kžl6Ih;mRÊ} çû|Îwìž7CKŠ
‑aßía


<)åY„¿O¿:gø< s Öƒ  D›H'%Mˆð4¯¤JÉê]A[1]Å$ê­¡ãžßC§ÁÉIðé3­&’'t?Bד)ÞÒáË`v?¾û6‑üög7£Ùä~2™M¦ƒéÍÄxü~꼤xÖ3­F–plÒ[1]C³ LF¦®"œk]žg,W•J¹‰(<»ñ–j»ÅÑö˜`™Éƒq™$eÞésÁþ
]RUFŸ[Áºø"=ø B¤À:`yxe%É@®Ê¬ôÁ`¥WìE=?\O2ü-ÂaB<©Üá™Ú¾ÕH7‡ƒ¡Ñ{\£h‡«ëÚ­O\!3ï¸×ó½­£á$É¡åJžØT늤mï»rFïˆu|÷ØmTŠã‘9°ø®Òe¥Cok…‰àšPnÞœ-È1÷-3É0X˜â̤sʨ^E¸ÝÛöÔ4Õy„ûý~Ùt¤C‘uŒFÄÀr!“UAxzKì#g"ÃH¯ÊÝÖL


mæ#vJ
 
I still have the original files, so I can use them.  I’d be curious if anyone has any suggestion as to what happened in the copying.
 
So far I haven’t found any problem with the data files.
 
Pat