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  • YTMAINT Error...

    From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to All on Wed Aug 13 15:05:00 2025
    I'm only getting this with one game:

    Yankee Trader Maintenance program
    by Alan Davenport

    (Revision 03/14/94)

    This should be run once per day.

    Compressing Message Base's

    Path/file access error in module YTMAINT at address 11EB:676B

    Hit any key to return to system

    It hasn't run since JUL 7th I think. I'm not sure what's going on, it's running with the rest of my games. I tried copying the executable from a different game, but still get that error.

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to MARTIN KAZMAIER on Thu Aug 14 09:38:03 2025
    Compressing Message Base's

    Path/file access error in module YTMAINT at address 11EB:676B

    I would run YTCONFIG and make sure that any paths set up there exist and
    are spelled correctly.

    Also, make sure that the BAT file that is running YTMAINT is switching to
    the directory that the game resides in before it runs. Mine looks like
    this:

    E:
    cd\DOORS\YT
    YTMAINT

    Not sure what OS you are running on, but if it is linux or a version of
    windows that allows for file ownership, I would also make sure that all of
    the files in that directory are owned by the proper user (i.e. the user ID
    that the BBS instance runs under). I know it is a DOS door but I am nearly certain the host OS will still enforce file ownership rules.

    Mike


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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Mike Powell on Thu Aug 14 13:01:00 2025

    Compressing Message Base's

    Path/file access error in module YTMAINT at address 11EB:676B

    I would run YTCONFIG and make sure that any paths set up there exist and are spelled correctly.

    I checked ytconfig and didn't see ANY paths.

    Also, make sure that the BAT file that is running YTMAINT is switching to the directory that the game resides in before it runs. Mine looks like this:

    E:
    cd \DOORS\YT
    YTMAINT

    Mine is similar
    cd \ele\doors\dosdoors
    ytmaint

    Not sure what OS you are running on, but if it is linux or a version of windows that allows for file ownership, I would also make sure that all
    of MP> the files in that directory are owned by the proper user (i.e. the
    user ID MP> that the BBS instance runs under). I know it is a DOS door but
    I am MP> nearly certain the host OS will still enforce file ownership
    rules.

    I'm using Windows 10 32 bit. The directory is available to everyone.

    Thanks, but that all looks good...

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  • From Martin Kazmaier@1:340/1101 to Mike Powell on Thu Aug 14 15:59:00 2025

    Compressing Message Base's

    Path/file access error in module YTMAINT at address 11EB:676B

    I ran ytmaint from the command line in the correct directory to get this error... I may need to totally re-install.

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