PROBLEM #1 (10 JULY 1990 - JCB):

  The ACCOUNTNG.DAT files were producing errors pertaining to invalid records
when the /BINARY qualifier was used, otherwise there did not seem to be any
problem.

SOLUTION #1:

  After talking with DIGITAL support, they said this type of problem can be
produced if system time is reset after startup.  To pull the "good" infor-
mation from these files, follow the following steps:

        1.  create .COM file with the following command:
            $ ACCOUNTING/BINARY/OUTPUT=ACCOUNTNG.GOOD  ACCOUNTNG.DAT.1

        2.  submit the following file to batch with the added
            qualifier:  /CPU=00:01:00.00

        3.  rename ACCOUNTNG.DAT.1 ACCOUNTNG_BAD.DAT

It was noticed that after 1 minute of CPU time, the size of "good" information
did not change, hence the reason for 1 minute.  How much information is lost,
is not known.  If this job is not in batch, non-ending error messages are
displayed to your terminal.  If the /CPU qualifier is not used, the .LOG file
produced takes up all remaining space on your disk.

  Since this new ACCOUNTNG.DAT.1 file has a new date, the creation date must
be reset so that quarterly accounting may be done - (quarterly accounting picks
up on the creation date of the files).  Use File Definition Language (FDL) to
do this as follows:

        4.  create/fdl=ACCOUNTNG.FDL  ACCOUNTNG.GOOD

        5.  edit  ACCOUNTNG.FDL
            right before the RECORD area add in a DATE area with
            a CREATION sub-area followed by a date specification
            (dd-mmm-yyyy).  EXIT from the editor.

        6.  convert/fdl=ACCOUNTNG.FDL  ACCOUNTNG.GOOD  ACCOUNTNG.DAT.1

        7.  delete  ACCOUNTNG.GOOD, ACCOUNTNG.FDL

This should complete the restoration of the ACCOUNTNG.DAT file.

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