[IRCServices] Edit the db directly?

[BeenJaminG at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/18/99 3:35:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
simon at online.com.hk writes:

> Hi all,
>  
>  Is it possible to edit the chan.db and nick.db by the text editor directly?
>  It is because I got the corrupted database, but it seem I found out which
>  entrys make
>  the services seg. fault.
>  
>  Thank you.
>  
It won't be possible to edit the databases with a text editor, they are 
binary-mode files.  Why not try dropping the problem nick/channels as a 
temporary measure? Sometimes this will get rid of a corrupted entry.

- bstu
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