Hello everyone!

Arthur Frank wrote:
>
> 1.  Is there a way I could use FINFO to determine whether or not
> a file that exists (returns TRUE from FINFO("filename",0)) is a
> temp file or permanent file?

From http://www.denkor.com/hp3000/command_files/:

http://www.denkor.com/hp3000/command_files/XEQs/fdomain.txt

PARM file
# FDOMAIN.XEQ - DISPLAY A FILE'S DOMAIN.
# Tim Ericson, Leonard S. Berkowitz & Paul Gobes
IF FINFO ("!file","EXISTS") THEN
    IF (FINFO ("!file","FOPTIONS") ) BAND 2 = 2 THEN
        ECHO !file is TEMPORARY
    ELSEIF (FINFO ("!file","FOPTIONS") ) BAND 1 = 1 THEN
        ECHO !file is PERMANENT
    ENDIF
ELSE
    ECHO !file does not exist.
ENDIF

> 2.  Is there some way I could make a temporary file permanent
> *without* SAVEing it  (i.e. can I copy the temp file to a
> permanent file, leaving the temp file alone)?

:COPY TEMPFILE NEWFILE
:SAVE NEWFILE

hth!

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