> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Penney [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> 
> Haven't done this in a long while, have searched the 
> Archives, for more time than I care to relate, zero results: 
> I have a UDC that is being accessed by, say, 70 Users, yet I 
> need to implement a File command and save it so that they get 
> the new version when they next logon. [...]

The shell's "rm" command can [and will] purge a file even though it is "in use" by others; (effectively each user retains a suddenly-temporary version of the file; when the last person closes the file, it gets removed from the system)  If you have MPEX, the keyword ;INUSE on the %PURGE command does the same thing.

You can then keep a new copy of the file with the same name; new users get the new version.  [watch out for the "window of opportunity" if a user logs on between the time you reply "y" to the purge prompt and subsequently save the new version...]

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