MR> One thing that is sure to make it puke is for one of the
 MR> icons to have an  invalid filename character in it, namely
 MR> the '&' character.  As we all  know, OS/2 takes that to mean
 MR> another command is being given, and a command  like "r.ico
 MR> temp.ico" doesn't mean much.

 MR> To counteract this, I would like to detect for the presence
 MR> of this  character in any filenames and inform the user that
 MR> they must be renamed.   As of right now, the only way I have
 MR> of doing this is like this: 

   If( Pos( "&", current_icon ) \= 0 ) Then ...

   "&" *is* a valid character for filenames -- you are
accessing files that include this character in their names, yes?  All you
need to do is pass the file name enclosed in double quotes (
'"'current_icon'"' if I recall correctly).

 MR> I would like to redirect the output of the SAY command to a
 MR> text file which  is referred to, but I do not know how to

   I believe the proper REXX way is to use the ADDRESS keyword, but I
haven't worked with this myself.  You could also pass the redirector
symbols by enclosing them in quotes, as with the file name problem.

Jeff

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