Re: HELP on open text file in read/write mode

Posted in 1997

Bryan Tonnet — 29 May 1997 14:38:47 +1000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In <5micel$eef@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> Letchu.MAL_at_PG1E02@ca.slr.com writes: > Hi Gurus, > Can we open a text file using I-4GL in read and write mode? > As per the manual if we issue the command START REPORT to <file name> > the file is immediately opened for output and if the file already > exist then the previous contents are lost. > I'm not quite sure what you need, but if you want to append to a text file try ; START REPORT [report name] TO PIPE "cat >> [filename]" if you're on *nix. If NT, then I don't know [and dare I say that I don't really care?] Bryan Tonnet batonnet@phase4.com.au -- Bryan Tonnet batonnet@phase4.com.au