I should take an "English as a Second Language" course.
Sounds like Miguel understood the question and I did not.  Sorry.  :-(

/* REXX */
'PIPE STEM MYSTEM. | APPEND < OLD FILE | > NEW FILE A'

 ... letting "NEW FILE" have the contents of "OLD FILE" and then the
contents of the stem.


On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Shimon Lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Won't this put the stem records *after* the original contents
> of SECOND FILE? The OP said:
> > 2. append an existing file after the above file
> which I understand to mean that the stem records must be
> *before* the original contents.
>
> Shimon
>
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date:   Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:00:48 -0400
> >From:   Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject:   Re: pipe question
> >To:   [email protected]
> >
> >   "Ooo ooo, Mr. Cah-terr!"
> >
> >   /* REXX */
> >   'PIPE STEM MYSTEM. | > FIRST FILE A | >> SECOND FILE
> >   A'
> >
> >   On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Lionel B. Dyck
> >   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >     I am trying to build a pipe to do the following:
> >
> >     1. copy records from a stem into a file
> >     2. append an existing file after the above file
> >
> >     I don't seem to be having any success with it and
> >     would appreciate any good example or some
> >     direction.
> >
> >     Thanks in advance
> >
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