[sword-devel] A question about Generic book modules

[David Haslam]

If I watch the folder for the full datapath while I'm running the original command, the same thing happens!

They appear and vanish !!!!

Best regards,

David

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On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:10, David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:

> I followed Timmy's sensible suggestion, which was something I'd pondered myself already.
>
> Now here's what I observed.
>
> Files lbc1646.dat and lbc1646.idx appeared momentarily in the Make folder, but simply vanished when lbc1646.bdt finished being created.
>
> Does anyone have a plausible explanation for such bizarre behaviour?
>
> Were they moved to some unknown destination or simply deleted?
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
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> On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 13:34, Timmy <tim.bze at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> As Tom also mentioned, I run the command on linux, in your case, like this:
>> ..\utils64\xml2gbs -fO ..\Import\OSIS\OSIS-lbc1646.fix.xml lbc1646
>>
>> Windows also can have issues if there are spaces in the path. I don't know if your full path has any spaces, but you might want to try running from c:\ directly, or some path that has no spaces.
>>
>> After command runs, the 3 files are in current directory. If it does not work on Windows then there might be wins problem, not sure.
>>
>> --
>> Timmy Braun
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 6:23 AM David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Tom,
>>>
>>> The module name is [LBC1646] (as specified in my .conf file), and that points to the right module path.
>>>
>>> This was the command in my CMD file, all of which are stored in a folder called Make under my Sword path.
>>>
>>> ..\utils64\xml2gbs -fO ..\Import\OSIS\OSIS-lbc1646.fix.xml ..\modules\genbook\rawgenbook\lbc1646\lbc1646 2>..\Log\error.log
>>>
>>> NB. utils64 is a symbolic link to where I installed the Windows edition of Sword utilities (x64 version).
>>> Likewise, the Import folder is one I created some years ago. The Log folder is similar.
>>>
>>> This command created the file called lbc1646.bdt in the right place, but did not create the other two files.
>>> And, yes, I've looked for them elsewhere too!
>>>
>>> So am I doing something wrong or is there a deficiency in the Windows edition of xml2gbs ?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> David
>>>
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>>> On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 12:57, Tom Sullivan <info at beforgiven.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> David:
>>>>
>>>> You will have cd to a temporary directory xml2gbs as xml2gbs just puts
>>>> its output in the current directory, then copy files from that temporary
>>>> directory to your .sword library as below, along with your .conf file.
>>>>
>>>> All three of those files are created simultaneously.
>>>>
>>>> After you copy from the temporary directory, you should have a .conf
>>>> file in .sword/mods.d, (done manually), and then from your temporary
>>>> directory: in .sword/modules/genbook/rawgenbook/somemodulename the three
>>>> files *.bdt, *.dat, *.idx.
>>>> An images directory should be there also if there are images.
>>>>
>>>> This is Linux. I do not know what Windoze will do.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> Tom Sullivan
>>>> info at BeForgiven.INFO
>>>> FAX: 815-301-2835
>>>> ---------------------> It's apparent that the .dat and .idx files are
>>>> needed for the module to function aright.
>>>>
>>>> > When I tried to open the new module in Xiphos, nothing was displayed.
>>>> > So please would someone explain how I can make these two files so that my new module will work correctly.
>>>> > Best regards,
>>>> > David
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>>>> > On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 11:18, David Haslam dfhdfh at protonmail.com wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > I have just used xml2gbs to create a Generic book module for the first time.
>>>> > > It created a module file with extension .bdt in the right location.
>>>> > > All Generic book modules I've installed from CrossWire also have two more files in the module folder.
>>>> > > One with extension .dat and one with .idx
>>>> > > I have not found anything on our wiki that describes what software tool is used to create these two files, nor an explanation of what they are for.
>>>> > > Please would someone enlighten me.
>>>> > > Best regards,
>>>> > > David
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