> :SETVAR TYPE "T"
> :PURGE BUTYPE
> :FILE BUTYPE;REC=-1,,F,ASCII;DISC=1;SAVE
> :ECHO !TYPE > *BUTYPE
> The CI cannot write to output file. (CIERR 9096)
> REMAINDER OF JOB FLUSHED.
> CPU sec. = 4.  elapsed min. = 1.  TUE, MAR 18, 1997, 11:41 AM.

I've just been experimenting with this sort of thing today
(I want to have backup jobs and certain critical user-streamed
jobs write a record of start and end times to an easily
accessible global job log which is a flat file).  What
you need to do is change the above to something like

!setvar type "t"
!if finfo ('butype','exists') then
!     purge butype
!endif
!build butype;rec=-1,,f,ascii;disc=1
!file butype=butype,old;acc=append
!echo !type > *butype
! .... etc .....

HTH,
Ron Burnett
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