Craig:

In this instance, all roads read to Rome. Yuck, yuck.

Thanks again to all who replied, and Craig, yes yours is another solution.

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> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] How to parse a Session Name from a TEMP File
>
> OK,
>
> I admit I've been deleting items without reading them, but this one caught
> my eye before the delete button could be hit. I don't know how appropriate
> this solution is to the problem being discussed, but there is a
> "workaround"
> class solution that is available using file equations and MULTI access.
>
> Consider the following input file:
> : print xinfile
> Line number 1.
> Line number 2.
> Line number 3.
> Line number 4.
> Line number 5.
>
> And the following script:
> : print xscript
> file zzz=xinfile,old;multi
> echo Starting now...
> input invar < *zzz
> echo !invar
> input invar < *zzz
> echo !invar
> input invar < *zzz
> echo !invar
> input invar < *zzz
> echo !invar
> input invar < *zzz
> echo !invar
> reset zzz
> echo All done.
>
> If you execute the script normally, you get the behavior that has been
> described:
> : xscript
> Starting now...
> Line number 1.
>
> Line number 1.
>
> Line number 1.
>
> Line number 1.
>
> Line number 1.
>
> All done.
>
> But if you add the following modifications, you get this output:
> : file yyy=xinfile,old;multi
> : xscript < *yyy
> Starting now...
> Line number 1.
>
> Line number 2.
>
> Line number 3.
>
> Line number 4.
>
> Line number 5.
>
> All done.
>
> This is works because you're doing exactly what Ted said to do. By using
> redirection to the script, you're causing the CI to open the input file.
> It
> will be kept open until the command file xscript completes. Because we've
> specified MULTI access, all opens of the file share the same data pointer,
> which gets advanced each time someone reads from the file. The input
> commands in the example script could be replaced with executions of other
> scripts, programs, or whatever suits your fancy.
>
> Hope there's some usefulness in this!
>
> Take Care,
> Craig
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Because then the CI would need to either keep a record counter, so that
> it
> > could seek to the correct record of the file or else have kept the fil
> open.
> > It's that "have kept" part that's what's sticky.  In other words, this
> > should work:
> >
> > :comment get line 1
> > :input < myfile
> > :comment get next line
> > :input << myfile
> >
> > But if we go that way, then when should the CI close a file it has open?
> > The implications of it, by default, keeping open every file it opens are
> not
> > particularly good.
> >
> > Ted
>
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