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From: grunwald@anchor.colorado.edu (Dirk Grunwald)
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Subject: Re: String functions in TeX: instr and extract
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Date: 30 Aug 89 15:04:37 GMT
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would

\def\VmsFileName#1::#2:[#3.#4]#5.#6;#7{
 \gdef\nodename{#1}
 \gdef\devicename{#2}
	..etc..
}

work?