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> From: Pat Shugart <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Reply - FTP Error
> Date: Monday, May 12, 1997 11:01 AM
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> I, for one, wished FTP would support message files. FTP's "limitation"
[..snip..]

Pat,

No you don't --- you don't want this...Remember that MPE will *delete* all
records read from the file.  Even the use of FCOPY will kill the contents
of the file, unless read with a specific FCONTROL option invoked (what
that is offhand, I'm not sure and I don't have LaserROM loaded right
now)...

I work around this by actually using FCOPY to copy the contents out to a
regular, ASCII file (which deletes the records), then copying the file
back, restoring the contents.  I can then safely FTP the new file and get
the contents.  A bit of a pain in the posterior, but a workaround
nonetheless...

Best,
Joe
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