Paul, at 07:41 on Nov 28 1996, you wrote to All ...

PF> G'day i have a problem.. I can not reverse a text file!? the 
PF> only way that i could think about doing it is to read the 
PF> last line, the append if to the new file?.. But how would you 
PF> get the last list?

PF> while not eof(normalfile) do
PF> begin
PF> while not eof(normalfile) do
PF> begin
PF> read(normalfile,string);
PF> end
PF> writeln(newfile,string);
PF> end

You cannot write to a text file open for input without closing it first.

David
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