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From: bill@wfhami.UUCP (Bill Hogsett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.lang.rexx
Subject: AREXX--Need Help
Message-ID: <0365.AA0365@wfhami>
Date: 24 Nov 89 15:56:10 GMT
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I am trying to write an AREXX macro to do the following:

	(1) Sort comp.sys.amiga articles I have read by date.

	(2) Join the sorted articles into one file in date order.

	(3) Archive the file.

	(4) Move the file for later uploading to a BBS.

Stripped to the essentials, here is the macro:

	(1)'ls -ftHPX 1 -F "type %n  >>vd0:comp.sys.amiga\n" 
	    DH0:unix/mail/news/comp/sys/amiga >vd0:script'

	(2) 'execute vd0:script'

	(3) 'lharc a usenet comp.sys.amiga'

	(4) 'mv usenet.lzh arc:'

Line 1 works fine and creates a script which will sort the files by date and
type them to the file VD0:comp.sys.amiga.  The script works when invoked from
AmigaDos or if lines 3 and 4 above are deleted or commented out.  However,
with the last two lines in the macro the second line does not execute.

What am I missing?  Any help will be appreciated.






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