Paul,
  Thanks for the note.  Actually, it didn't quite work as described.  The
eventual solution was as follows:

run qedit.pub.sys;info="-c :sh *,y;exit: !ffile"

I'm not sure if this is the answer, but I suspect the problem relates to the
following documentation found on page 215 of the Qedit 4.5 manual:

INFO -- passes a string to the program as a parameter; either double quote (")
        or single quote (') is allowed as string delimiter, but embedded quotes
        are not allowed; the Info= string is upshifted if you use 'string', but
        not if you use "string".

For others on the list:
  I'll be sending Paul a copy of the new version, but I thought I'd save the
bandwidth of reposting here.  Any who want the new versions should let me know.

Ted
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