Dave,
If you are simply trying to examine the contents of a message file using the
PRINT command, for example, you can use the CI's COPY command to create a
copy of the message file.  This doesn't actually do a record-by-record read
the way FCOPY does, so the original file is preserved.  You can then print
the copy.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald R Horner [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:40 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: nondestructive print of message file


Check the intrinsics manual for FCONTROL.  There is a parm that set a read
of a message file to be non-destructive.

Ron Horner
HP3000 Systems Administrator
JCPenney Logistics
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David T Darnell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:36 PM
Subject: nondestructive print of message file


> How do I print a message file without records getting deleted by the
> destructive read?
>
> -Dave
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