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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: MORE/PAGING routine needed ...
Message-ID: <14420@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 11 Nov 90 03:56:37 GMT
References: <1244@eci.UUCP>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <1244@eci.UUCP> lll@eci.UUCP (Linda L. Lassor) writes:
>Has anyone a callable c routine that acts like MORE or PAGE?  I need
>to incorporate such a routine in some programs that need to display
>files a few lines at a time, and don't want to have to do a
>system("more filename") call to do it.

I never understand requests like this.  A functional requirement is
described, then the obvious solution is immediately rejected.  What
exactly is the objection to system("more filename")?