Be careful on using $NEWPASS because it does have predefined size limit to
it (the actual limit for the size of $NEWPASS escapes me, but I've been
burned by that wall before).   :-)


Ray Shahan

"There is so much good in the worst of us,
and so much bad in the best of us,
that it behooves none of us
to talk about the rest of us"
                  --Robert Louis Stevenson?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Willis [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:43 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] Removing deleted recs from KSAM/xl file
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded.
>
> Ron and Stan are correct - the original build of the files should
> include the REUSE option.
>
> For now, though, I will use Tracy, Chris, and Mike's suggestion of using
> FCOPY.
>
> I especially liked Mike's idea:
>
> fcopy from=ksamfile;to=$newpass;new
> fcopy from=$oldpass;to=ksamfile
>
> Simple. And can be used on any nm ksam file.
>
> Thanks again. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
>
> Jay
>
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