[Info-vax] Removing /identifier from rights list

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On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 9:28:07 AM UTC-4, VAXman- wrote:
> In article <a46ec1e1-2617-47a5-a451-cf30a973c5e4 at googlegroups.com>, RGB 
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> >Hi y'all!
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> >I think I might have a corrupt rightslist.dat file but short of deleting it=
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> > and recreating a new one - horror of all horrors - I'm trying to figure ou=
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> >t a way of deleting an identifier by its value attribute.
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> >Here's an example of one of my users with odd/corrupt id's.
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> > .........~=F6.....                 %X800100C5     =20
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> >  .........~=F6.....                 %X800100C6     =20
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> >  .........~=F6.....                 %X800100C7     =20
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> >  .........~=F6.....                 %X800100C8     =20
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> >  .........~=F6.....                 %X800100CA     =20
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> >  .........~=F6.....                 %X800100CB     =20
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> >  .........~=F6.....                 %X800100CD     =20
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> >  .........~=F6.....                 %X800100CE     =20
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> >  .........~=F6.....                 %X800100CF
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> >I don't know if it's possible but I'm trying to figure out a way of removin=
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> >g the suspect id's via the '%X8xxxxx" value.
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> >Anyone know if there is a way to do this at all?
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> $ ANALYZE/RMS/FDL SYS$SYSTEM:RIGHTSLIST.DAT/OUTPUT=RIGHTSLIST.FDL
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> Write program using FDL$PARSE (simplifies definition of all of the necessary
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> RMS structures)
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> The primary of the RIGHTSLIST.DAT file is the identifier value.  It is a bin4
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> key, so move the value you desire into the appropriate XABKEY fields and then
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> issue a SYS$DELETE (the RAB).
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> ... or ...
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> $ CONVERT the RIGHTSLIST.DAT to a flat file; delete the problem records; then,
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> $ CONVERT it back into the proper format using the RIGHTLIST.FDL.
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> It's VMS.  THere's more than one way to skin a .DAT. :)
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Thank you for the suggestion, sir.  Much appreciated.  I think I'm going to go with the CONVERT and see how that works out.
Thanks again.