"James Shanks" <SHANKS AT us.tivoli DOT com> writes:
> addtrap causes a format change trap to be issued after every execution.
> That is why we recommend that you issue a sleep between them if you have
> many in a single script or stop trapd while the script runs.

This is the first I've heard of such a recommendation. Good to know!!

As to fixing the trapd.conf file, is there a utility I can run to
parse it for errors, or does sending that change trap  perform such a
task? 

Thanks so much for all the input! 
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