Won't boot anymore...

From: Ryan Guthrie (guthrie@HENGE1.HENGE.COM)
Date: 12/01/97


I had my mud running over the weekend and when i went to reboot it, it
would get to the point of loading the mobs/clans then crash when someone
were try to telnet there...

Anyways seems like one of the mobs names is to long?  Anyways would like
your input on what to do...  Thanks


 0  0x80683cc in parse_mobile (mob_f=0x81cb3f8, nr=1) at db.c:1034
1034      mob_proto[i].player.name = fread_string(mob_f, buf2);
(gdb) list
1029
1030      mob_proto[i].player_specials = &dummy_mob;
1031      sprintf(buf2, "mob vnum %d", nr);
1032
1033      /***** String data *** */
1034      mob_proto[i].player.name = fread_string(mob_f, buf2);
1035      tmpptr = mob_proto[i].player.short_descr = fread_string(mob_f, buf2);
1036      if (tmpptr && *tmpptr)
1037        if (!str_cmp(fname(tmpptr), "a") || !str_cmp(fname(tmpptr), "an") ||
1038            !str_cmp(fname(tmpptr), "the"))



Mon Dec  1 14:51:14 :: SYSERR: fread_string: string too large (db.c)




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