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Subject: Submission for mod-computers-vax
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Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 03:54:20 EST
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From: paul@cernvax.UUCP (paul)
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Subject: One writer, many readers on a VMS text file. How?
Keywords: VMS shared-files RMS
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Date: 5 Dec 86 08:54:18 GMT
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My program has a text "logfile" open for writing. I would like to use the
DCL Type command to read what it's written so far. Does anyone know what
FDL and/or other magic I need to do this? 

My attempts with FDL so far do allow me to Type the file but, because it's
never been closed, all I see is emptiness. DIR/FULL says 0/n blocks have
been used. I can watch "n" slowly increasing, but 0 stays stubbornly zero!

Paul Burkimsher
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