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Editing temporary files on the HP3000 and keeping them temporary

3.17. Editing temporary files and keeping them temporary

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By default an EDITOR /keep will place files in the permanent domain.

The following technique shows how you can edit a temporary file and have it remain in the temporary domain:

:EDITOR
/text MYFILE
*** WARNING *** TEXT FILE IS IN TEMP DOMAIN. (*1)
< make required changes >
/:purge MYFILE,temp
/:file MYFILE;temp
/keep *MYFILE
*** WARNING *** KEPT IN PERMANENT DOMAIN. (*2)
/yes
/:reset MYFILE
/exit
END OF SUBSYSTEM
:

Notes:
*1) Message will NOT be displayed if your temporary file does not exist.
*2) Message can be ignored as it's only displayed if the TEXTed file was in the temporary domain.
 

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