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From: AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons")
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Subject: DOS 3.3 text files
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Date: 10 Jun 88 10:20:57 GMT
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>From:         Michael Williams <tramp!williamm@boulder.colorado.edu>
>Subject:      DOS 3.3 Text Files

>As a simple example, the following append
>program won't work for me.  Why not?

>100 PRINT "APPENDING F2 TO F1:":PRINT
>110 PRINT CHR$(4);"OPEN F2"
>120 PRINT CHR$(4);"READ F2"
>130 PRINT CHR$(4);"APPEND F1"
>140 PRINT CHR$(4);"WRITE F1"
>150 ONERR GOTO 500
>160 INPUT X$
>170 PRINT X$;
>180 GOTO 160
>500 PRINT CHR$(4);"CLOSE"
>510 PRINT "DONE APPENDING"

That won't work; every CHR$(4) command cancels any other CHR$(4) command
already in effect.  You'll have to do a "READ F2" right before the INPUT,
and a "WRITE F1" right before the PRINT.  Note that you should NOT have a
semicolon after that PRINT if you really want to append the files--there
won't be any carriage returns added to the file with the semicolon there.

>Thanks,
>Remo
>BIT: WILLIAMS_MS%CUBLDR@VAXF.COLORADO.EDU

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