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Why are there sometimes strange lines on screen when something goes wrong with a script?

April 26, 2017screen Script Strange wrong

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Why are there sometimes strange lines on screen when something goes wrong with a script?

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If there’s an error running a dbmstools script, e.g. it can’t find the directory you told it to use, you’ll sometimes see what’s called a stack trace on screen, followed by a (hopefully understandable) message about what went wrong. The trick is to look at the last line for the message.