Subj : close file in REXX
To   : Bryan Rubingh
From : Murray Lesser
Date : Fri Aug 04 2000 12:04 am

(Excerpts from a message dated 08-03-00, Murray Lesser to Bryan Rubingh)

Hi Brian--

ML>(Excerpts from a message dated 08-02-00, Bryan Rubingh to All)


BR>I've written a REXX program which reads one file, changes a few
 >lines as it reads and writes to a second file, doing the above one
 >line at a time.  When it reaches the end of the first file, I want
 >to copy the second file (the one REXX created) to another location.
 >I've tried just doing:
 >copy file2 file3
 >but I get an OS/2 error when running the program that file2 is in
 >use. Is there any way in REXX to close the file so that the OS can
 >copy it?

ML>    You have some other error, if file2 is the newly-created file.
 >There is no OS/2 restriction against copying an open file to another
 >file. There _is_ a restriction against copying a file _to_ an open
 >file.

   Sorry, Brian.  You were right and I was wrong.  You cannot use an
open file in a copy command, in either direction.  I guess I am just
getting forgetful in my old age :-(.  But (as you have also been told by
others), you do use the 'command' option of the REXX STREAM function to
close a file.

   Regards,

       --Murray
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