F. Alfredo Rego writes:
> (1) What is the solution (it is so simple that you will cry when you hear
> it; so simple that it had escaped a bunch of VERY knowledgeable systems
> programmers).

The simplest would be:

        :ALTSEC newdbfile;COPYACD=olddbfile,FILENAME

This assumes that the way Adager creates the newdbfile before replacing the
olddbfile is compatible with :ALTSEC.
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