GStigers wrote,

> the file is no longer there. I am guessing that I lost the original when
> I tried to keep, and the work file either when I OKd Clearing, or when I
> signed on to the other account.

Bad news, sir.  Quoting from the latest What's Up, DOCumentation:

Warning About Saving Files Across Accounts

There is a bug in MPE/iX 5.5 that may cause you some difficulty if you try to
keep files across account boundaries. Qedit (or EDIT/3000 for that matter) may
purge an existing file in another account, but not be able to keep the new
file. The end result is that you can end up losing your work. If you get this
error message with Qedit,

   Existing file apparently purged, but still cannot save new file.
   Fclose Err: Security

save your file in the local account, then manually move it across to the other
account. HP is investigating this as SR 5003-356063. They have classified it as
a serious problem.

Best head for that last full backup.

With sympathies,
Ted
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Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Serv, Southern Adventist University
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