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I have a text file called "notes" which periodically gets truncated to 44k and the contents become a single line saying:
"has been modified and will not be repaired."
When I run the file command on it I get:
"notes: OS/2 REXX batch file text".
I have no idea why, and have never used an OS/2 batch file. I'm getting tired of restoring it from backup. Any ideas?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
The file command just tries to determine the file type based on what it knows about various file formats, and is more or less a guess. The file may have issues with permissions or whatever you are using to edit it.
Yes, and the file command is usually pretty accurate. The question is why is the file getting truncated? It's not specific to the editor because the file has been edited with emacs (in terminal), Aquamacs, and TextWrangler. It is possible, though not verified that it happens after doing "Repair Disk Permissions" in Disk Utility. There doesn't seem to be anything odd about the permissions:
-rw-r--r-- 1 sg staff 925857 Jan 16 14:11 notes
Perhaps someother app is using the name notes. I'd rename the file. Create a backup. Try myComments.txt or notes.txt. You could try changing the permissions to read only. Might get some error message.
text file gets truncated to single line saying: has been modified and will not be repaired.
