[Zope] Undo is no longer available

[Jim Fulton]

Tony McDonald wrote:
> 
> At 11:31 am +0100 23/9/99, Tony McDonald wrote:
> >I don't seem able to undo anything anymore. One of my 'sub-managers'
> >was renaming something and said he came across an error. I tried
> >clicking the 'Undo' button and got 'System Unavailable' with this
> >traceback;
> >
> ><!--
> > Error type:  error
> > Error value: unpack str size does not match format
> > -->
> ><P>
> ><hr width="50%">
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >-->
> >
> >I've also found that I went over quota on the account that this Zope
> >installation is running on...this is bad news, right?
> >
> 
> Answering my own mail, it's a slow day in ZopeLand.
> 
> Basically, the Data.fs file was stuffed.

What do you mean by this?  Did you have trouble restarting Zope?

> I couldn't use Undo or add
> any other objects.

Did this persist after a restart?

> I had to replace it with the Data.fs file I had
> (fortuitously!!) saved from the night before.
> 
> Warning to others: check your quota on accounts that you run Zope
> under. It seems there's no way to recover from this situation, other
> than to use a backup (if you've got one).

You should be able to recover by just restarting Zope.

If not, please report this problem to support@digicool.com.
 
Jim

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