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June 24, 1993
Here is a copy of the GED-Fix program that I created for people who shouldn't
be editing their corrupted GEDCOM files. The response to GED-Fix has been
great. GED-Fix makes four passes (I know, that's a lot) over the GEDCOM
file, deleting syntax errors (garbage), grammar errors, and finding hanging
pointers. If an individual is pointing to a FAM record and the FAM record
does not point back, it will point back when GED-Fix is done. If an
individual points to a FAM record and the FAM record is not there, GED-Fix
will create a new FAM record.
I got my experience to write this program while I was working as a contractor
for the Family History Center at the LDS Church, where the GEDCOM file format
was developed. My job was to write software that would test the integrity of
GEDCOM files. I later developed GED-Fix to actually FIX bad GEDCOM files.
To learn more about GED-Fix, run GED-Fix (see instructions below to learn how
to run GED-Fix) and press the F1 key on your keyboard.
No installation is required, GED-Fix is ready to go. Please make sure
GED-Fix has enough disk space to do its magic.
Please read warrant.txt for WARRANTY information before starting GED-Fix.
TO RUN
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At the DOS command prompt, type:
gedfx myfile.ged
Or type
gedfx
This is a completely working version of GED-Fix. Please help support
genealogy utility development by registering this product.
Thank you,
Larry Maddocks