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--- Barry Lake <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> But may I make a suggestion? The more command files you have lying
> around the more cumbersome it becomes to track them and maintain
> them.
yes, that's true however, at some point, larger scripts are actually
easier to maintain if they're in pieces.
> Although the CI doesn't currently support "functions" as
> in posix shell programming, the "function" concept can be roughly
> simulated using command file "entry points".
all the more reason to call to get the two beta patches that do create
support for ci functions.
hmmm....and if i'm remembering correctly paul is still (and will
remain) on 6.5. imo, paul is our best mpe script writer. i'd sure
love to see him be able to install these patches -- but they would have
to be backported! hmmm.... - d 'see my earlier email :-)'
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Donna Garverick Sr. System Programmer
dgarverick -at- longs -dot- com
925-210-6631 Longs Drug Stores
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are.
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