Whoa - two answers in one day!

Arthur Frank wrote:
>
> My question, and please bear with me if this is *way* basic:  how
> do I determine that my input file reached EOF?  If I always used
> the same-named input file, that would be great (I could use FINFO
> to determine the # of lines until EOF).  I guess I could rework
> the command file so that it accepts the input file as a parameter,
> which is copied to another name, which is then used as input...
> Ok, I'll probably do that, but I still want to know if I can
> determine EOF from the redirected input file.  Call me curious.

Okay - you're "Curious".

Tad did it in his CNV125CF from the "File manipulation" thread:

> setvar n finfo (hpstdin,"eof")
> while setvar(n,n-1)>=0
>    setvar rec!n input()
> endwhile

(by the way that was a *great* example of redirection!)

Enjoy!

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