Re: Extracting names from dead lists

You can use the convertdb.pl script to change old DB_File databases to 
text, then transfer them to the new machine and run convertdb.pl again 
to convert the text databases back to DB_File format.

Michael



John L wrote:
> I had an mj2 setup running on an old BSDI box. The box died, 
> terminally, last month. Fortunately, I was able to recover all of the 
> data, which I now have on a USB disk. My new mj2 setup runs on FreeBSD.
>
> There's a couple of lists from the dead server that I'd like to 
> resuscitate. How do I do it? If need be, I have another old box 
> running BSDI, if it's easier to move lists to another box running the 
> same libraries.
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, [email protected], Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for 
> Dummies",
> Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor
> "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.
>