At 6:38 PM -0500 8/30/99, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> USER DEFINED COMMAND FILE:  WHEREIS.CF.SYS
>>
>> anyparm ARG=!hpaccount
>> setvar cnt 0
>> if lft(hpstdin,2)="$S"
>>    showjob > stdlist
>>    whereis !ARG < stdlist
>>    return
>> endif
>> setvar n finfo(hpstdin,"eof")
>> while setvar (n,n-1) > 0
>>    if lft(setvar(buf,input()),1)='#'
>>       if setvar (pos, pos(ups("!arg"),buf)) > 0
>>          echo !buf
>>       endif
>>    endif


One small improvement: if you change "whereis" in line 5 of the command to
"!hpfile", then the command file can be called anything. In other words,
you don't have to hard code the name of the file within itself.


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