[PennMUSH] Blasting my MUSH back to the stone age?

[Andrew Brockert]

The initial blank DB is generated by the code, so yes, it's quite 
possible. You probably did something that corrupted the DB to the point 
where Penn couldn't read it, OR broke the DB-reading code. Either way, 
it throws its hands up and starts fresh. This is why backups are a Good 
Thing.

Jeff Ferrell wrote:
> Hi, everybody!
>
> Interesting thing today -- I was doing some serious violence to my  
> MUSH (shutting down, restarting, occasionally PANIC-ing, etc), and all  
> of a sudden, I couldn't log in. I checked my database file, and it's  
> back to the initial "blank" DB -- one room, and the "one" character.  
> Is that even *possible*?! I've got some old backups, but I'd really  
> like to find my DB.
>
> Thanks!
> Jeff.
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