John writes:

> Since this is a type of logging file, I would also add the Fcontrol (don't
> remember the number) that forces the data to be written to disc.  Pass the
> FD name to the intrinsic as the file number.  If you do this, you don't
> need GMULTI.

In some situations, I do the same thing.

However, be aware that for "large" files (and, no, I don't know the
breakpoint for this), this can be an extremely expensive operation
(similar to FUNLOCK's cost ... both of which are much more expensive
than one would expect).

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