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echo: os2prog
to: David Noon
from: Bill Hemenway
date: 1995-01-05 20:03:40
subject: Rexx

DN> On Monday, 01-02-1995  Bill Hemenway wrote to All about "REXX" as
 DN> follows:

BH> Is there a REXX function that will allow me to write to
BH> a text file that already exists without wiping out what
BH> is already in the file. WHat I want to do is have say

 DN> Hi Bill,

 DN> You will need to call the STREAM() function twice or thrice:

 DN>    path_filename = 'D:\DATA\Some_old_file_or_other'
( Some deleted )
 DN> Note the double '=' in the comparison. This forces exact string
 DN> comparison instead of 'numeric fuzz' constrained comparison. It can
 DN> save you some debugging anguish.

 DN> I hope this is something like what you want.

 DN> Regards

Yes I think this is exactly what I need. Thanks

Bill


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