Personally I vote for #1 - true file handling capability. Statements like: OpenFile CloseFile ReadFile WriteFile PositionFile LockFile UnLockFile Should cover about 95% (or more) of my needs. John At 99/01/10 06:55 PM , Stan Sieler wrote: >Steve Bloom writes: >> I am trying to use "<" and ">" redirection to send information from a >> job to a print file. I tried doing this: <snip> >> Instead, each line opens a new Spoolfile. > >Yep. > <snip> > >Lobby for one or both of: > > 1) true file handling capability within CI (e.g., open a file, get back > a handle (file #), and ability to use it in commands (echo >!filenum) > or in new CI functions (e.g.: WRITE (filenum, "this should be line two") > > 2) request "open printer APPEND" to search for the job/session's most > recently created (and not-yet-printed) spoolfile, and open it for > append mode. Note: I haven't thought a lot about possible ramifications > of this. > >-- >Stan Sieler [log in to unmask] > http://www.allegro.com/sieler.html -------------------------------------------------------------- John Korb email: [log in to unmask] Innovative Software Solutions, Inc. The thoughts, comments, and opinions expressed herein are mine and do not reflect those of my employer(s), or anyone else.