Glenn Cole wrote:
>    Similarly, if you want to change a UDC, you may have to keep the
>    file under a different name. (Even if you "unregister" the original
>    UDC file, other users may still be pointing to it.) Changing a
>    command file, on the other hand, generally does not run into this
>    problem.

Here's a neat POSIX trick to solve that:

:RM.HPBIN.SYS /MYACCT/MYGROUP/MYUDCFIL

This will purge the file *even if it is open*.  Try it, you'll like it!

Speaking of POSIX, here's another solution:

>    You'd probably have to play some games with this, though, because
>    MPEX will (by default) prompt you when the screen is full. Here,
>    it would take the response from the 'cmds' file, which would 'eat'
>    the next print command. (I think 'print' has an option where you
>    can override this behaviour.)

%PRINT FOOBAR;PAGE=0

> While I have not used it myself, I have heard very good things about
> a tool called "Magnet", which I believe was written originally by
> Allegro Consultants. It used to be sold through SRN (Software Research
> Northwest). I think it's now part of one of the "toolboxes" from
> Lund. I'm sure someone would be happy to provide further details.

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Thanks for the kind words!  MAGNET is *much* faster than MPEX's
%PRINT;SEARCH= (since it was designed to do one thing well: search files for
strings).  It is sold by Lund (http://www.lund.com or mailto:[log in to unmask]).
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