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From: schwartz@nynexst.com (S. H. Schwartz)
Subject: Re: "Unknown magic number..." errors
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.212635.15093@nynexst.com>
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Organization: Expert Systems Lab., NYNEX Sci. and Tech., White Plains NY
References: <1991Apr22.150433@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 91 21:26:35 GMT

In article <1991Apr22.150433@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov> karl@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl Anderson) writes:
>When I run filemgr on some (but not all) of my machines, I get the
>following error messages:
>
>Unknown magic number mail folder
>Unknown magic number raster file
>Unknown magic number SunWrite document
>Unknown magic number vfont definition
>Unknown magic number SunDraw document

Sounds like you're executing the SunView version of filemgr, rather than
the Open Windows version.  Check your PATH variable -- verify that the
OW directories are searched first.  On my machine, filemgr is in
	/usr/openwin/bin/xview/filemgr
Typing 'which filemgr' should give you something similar.

-- ShS
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