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4-6
4.2.3
RECOVER
Syntax
RECOVER I HORECOVER
Abbreviations
[H01RC
Default
HORECOVER
Control
Type
Processing mode for the main input file on invocation
Description
The
RECOVER
option can be used to help you reconstruct edited files if a fatal
system
error
occurs during AEDIT-86 operation or if an unintentional termination
of
an
AEDIT
-86 session occurs using
QUIT
Abort.
If
a crash occurs, reinvoke AEDIT-86 with the
RECOVER
control. The
RECOVER
control can be specified only for the main input file and only in the invocation line.
When
RECOVER
is
specified, AEDIT-86 takes the entire memory contents as the
input file.
If
the memory contains previously edited file(s), your file must be recon-
structed.
RECOVER
is, however, only a means for the
reconstruction-you
must
identify, gather, and connect
the
relevant text portions in memory.
RECOVER
may be used only
if
the memory allocated
to
AEDIT-86
in
the current
activation is the same as
that
used
in
the previous activation. This implies
that
RECOVER
is probably useless on virtual-memory-based systems or
in
a multitask
environment.
The
reconstruction process
is
difficult or impossible if the edited file
is
so large
that
it
is
spilled to extra memory
or
to temporary files. The memory content
in
such a
case does not reflect the entire file contents.
If
an input file is specified, the input file is not read when RECOVER
is
in
effect,
but it serves as an output file for the
QUIT
Update command.