"Jan" wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a WS with W2k pro on it. When I run a console program on it
> and redirect to a file, the process crashes (dr. Watson et al) after
> generating about 15,6 Megs of output (it should be 90 megs or so :-)
> ). No matter what I tried, I can't get it to work. Strange thing is
> that the program works perfectly well without redirection and also
> works fine WITH redirection on some other workstations though they
> were installed from an other w2k image.
>
> so :
> myprogram.exe (=> ok)
> myprogram.exe > my_test.txt (crashes after a while)
>
> Does anyone know what this means ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> J

Just for fun I tried this command from a Command Prompt:

for /L %a in (1,1,100) do type 100k.txt >> 1G.txt

100k.txt is a pure text file (i.e. no hex characters inside). The
command generated a 1 GByte file without any problems.
It follows that the problem must be related to your machine.

- Try specifying a different target drive, e.g. D: instead of C:.
- Scan your PC with an external virus scanner,
e.g. on www.antivirus.com ("free online scan").
- Run chkdsk /F to check the integrity of the disk.
- Examine your Event Viewer.

> 100k.txt is a pure text file (i.e. no hex characters inside). The
> command generated a 1 GByte file without any problems.
> It follows that the problem must be related to your machine.

Thanks for the answer. In the meantime I switched workstations and it
runs fine now.

J