Re: [Scid-users] scid problem with large pgn

2008-07-29 Thread Bogdan Burlacu
- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:01:05 +0200 > From: Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Scid-users] scid problem with large pgn > To: Bogdan Burlacu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL P

Re: [Scid-users] scid problem with large pgn

2008-07-29 Thread Marcin Kasperski
"Benoit St-Pierre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Incidently, that seems to offer a challenge for centralized, reference > databases, like the Centriscid. In case of my personal archive, I ended up keeping the database splitted by eco (take not-so-large PGN files one by one, pgnscid them, eco_clas

Re: [Scid-users] scid problem with large pgn

2008-07-29 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
I would include that answer into a FAQ, if I was editing the site. Wait, I am ! - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win gr

Re: [Scid-users] scid problem with large pgn

2008-07-29 Thread Mikhail Kalenkov
Hi, I had similar problem with large databases. I used the following trick: A Gzip compressed file (e.g. filename.pgn.gz) can be used with pgnscid conversion utility. So 1) first compress your PGN database gzip database.pgn 2) and then run pgnscid database.pgn.gz Mikhail Kalenkov. 2008/7/28 Bogd

Re: [Scid-users] scid problem with large pgn

2008-07-29 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
Incidently, that seems to offer a challenge for centralized, reference databases, like the Centriscid. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications wi

Re: [Scid-users] scid problem with large pgn

2008-07-28 Thread Alexander Wagner
Bogdan Burlacu schrieb: Hi! > I am having a bit of a problem with scid... when trying to convert/open > a 2gb pgn file: > - when I use pgnscid in a terminal, it starts converting but fails > at some point, saying "bus error" > - when I try to open that file in scid, it shows the progres

[Scid-users] scid problem with large pgn

2008-07-28 Thread Bogdan Burlacu
Hi everyone! I am having a bit of a problem with scid... when trying to convert/open a 2gb pgn file: - when I use pgnscid in a terminal, it starts converting but fails at some point, saying "bus error" - when I try to open that file in scid, it shows the progress bar and then it crashes