RE: [U2] Question - retrieving file separation setting

2007-09-14 Thread Dan Fitzgerald
MST or UVFile should do it. Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:59:59 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Question - retrieving file separation setting In a Universe environment, (running either on Windows or *nix), does anyone know a fast way to determine the

Re: [U2] Universe and triggers

2007-09-14 Thread Ray Wurlod
Because you can not create a trigger on anything that's a directory, you can not create a trigger on a multi-level file per se (since the top level is merely a directory). However there ought to be nothing stopping you creating VOC pointers to the individual Type 18 second-level files and

RE: [U2] U2UG Wiki article on UV's SYSTEM(n) - I need help editing it.

2007-09-14 Thread Ray Wurlod
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Re: [U2] Question - retrieving file separation setting

2007-09-14 Thread Allen Egerton
Dan Fitzgerald wrote: MST or UVFile should do it. snip I'm obviously missing something, 'cause I can't find either of those in any of the online HELP files, in my VOC or in a refreshed MAP. Can you enlighten me a bit further please? Thank you. -- Allen Egerton aegerton at pobox dot com

RE: [U2] Question - retrieving file separation setting

2007-09-14 Thread Brian Leach
Allen From memory - Open FileName To FL Then Status FStat From FL Then FileType = FStat21 FileMod = FStat22 FileSep = FStat23 End End You may need to check the numbers (HELP BASIC STATUS) - those are off the top my head. Brian In a Universe environment, (running either on

RE: [U2] Question - retrieving file separation setting

2007-09-14 Thread Manu Fernandes
Use the STATUS stmt FROM filevar OPEN yourfile TO F.DUMMY ELSE EXIT STATUS F.STATUS FROM F.DUMMY ELSE EXIT TYPE = F.STATUS21,1,1 IF TYPE 2 OR TYPE 18 THEN EXIT MODULO= F.STATUS22,1,1 SEPARATOR = F.STATUS23,1,1 Regards Manu

Re: [U2] [OT] Primos emulator

2007-09-14 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
A cherished possession of mine is a 9-track tape of Oracle for Primos. I also have a controller board and a, yes, I have a Pr1me disk pack too. Maybe there's a support group for people who have have kept Pr1me disk packs? --dawn On 9/13/07, Drew Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've still

[U2] U2U London - Full Steam Ahead

2007-09-14 Thread Claude Masseron
Hi All, Just In Case, there was a posting yesterday mentioning that the U2U event in London may not happen. This is absolutely not the case, this event is going ahead as scheduled, I've just come off a planning call and we're all very excited about repeating the success of the Denver

Re: [U2] U2U UK You Need to Be There (BTW Register Now and Win an IPod)

2007-09-14 Thread Claude Masseron
Not sure where that information came from. There are no plans to cancel the U2U event in London, I've just come off a planning call and it's full steam ahead. Regards Claude Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598.

Re: [U2] [UD] create file

2007-09-14 Thread Charlie Rubeor
A lot more lines of code, but this should work. (Please double-check for typos.) FILE.IS.OPEN = 0 LOOP OPENSEQ '/path/file' TO FV ON ERROR PRINT;PRINT 'Could not open the /path/file file, status ':STATUS():'.' STOP END LOCKED

Re: [U2] [OT] Primos emulator

2007-09-14 Thread Martin Phillips
I threw out most of my Prime manuals a few years back and, just as one might expect, almost immediately wanted one of them. I still have a few, including the Hacker's Guide to the Prime, an internal engineering manual that I probably only keep because it has my name in the Acknowledgements

RE: [U2] [OT] Primos emulator

2007-09-14 Thread Norman Morgan
Dare we say that you are all past your Prime? === Norman Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brake.com === Lower your blood pressure -- slit your wrists.

Re: [U2] Question - retrieving file separation setting

2007-09-14 Thread Allen Egerton
Brian Leach wrote: Allen From memory - Open FileName To FL Then Status FStat From FL Then FileType = FStat21 FileMod = FStat22 FileSep = FStat23 End End You may need to check the numbers (HELP BASIC STATUS) - those are off the top my head. Brian Perfect. Thank you very

Re: [U2] Question - retrieving file separation setting

2007-09-14 Thread Allen Egerton
Manu Fernandes wrote: Use the STATUS stmt FROM filevar OPEN yourfile TO F.DUMMY ELSE EXIT STATUS F.STATUS FROM F.DUMMY ELSE EXIT TYPE = F.STATUS21,1,1 IF TYPE 2 OR TYPE 18 THEN EXIT MODULO= F.STATUS22,1,1 SEPARATOR = F.STATUS23,1,1

RE: [U2] UV sentence stack

2007-09-14 Thread Stevenson, Charles
The command stack is also available as @COMMAND.STACK, which actually compiles as SYSTEM(33). UV documentation erroneously says SYSTEM(33) returns only the last command, but Ray's right. It has the whole stack. I'm correcting the U2UG WIKI page for SYSTEM(n) to say: 33 Dynamic array

RE: [U2] [OT] Primos emulator

2007-09-14 Thread Stevenson, Charles
I work for what used to be Wang, but is now a part of Getronics, which is the Dutch parent company that is currently being bought by another Dutch company. (For you younguns still reading this thread, Wang was another of the players at the same time PR1ME was in it's prime.) Anyway, there's a

RE: [U2] [OT] Primos emulator

2007-09-14 Thread Garry Smith
Does that load on the 10 inch floppy disk? What was the size of that large disk for the Wang Word Processing Station? Garry L. Smith -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stevenson, Charles Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:24 PM To:

RE: [U2] [UD] create file

2007-09-14 Thread Larry Hiscock
You don't need to do the touch command. If the OPENSEQ takes the ELSE branch, but the content of STATUS() is 0, the file does not currently exist, but you can still WRITESEQ to the file handle, and the file will be created. Larry Hiscock Western Computer Services http://www.wcs-corp.com

RE: [U2] [OT] Primos emulator

2007-09-14 Thread Stevenson, Charles
Ha. I'm guessing the disk is emululated, too. Actually I don't think it's the Wang Word Processing Station, but something else. I don't remember what. Now you know as much, probably more than I do. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garry

RE: [U2] UV sentence stack

2007-09-14 Thread karlp
quote who=Stevenson, Charles The command stack is also available as @COMMAND.STACK, which actually compiles as SYSTEM(33). UV documentation erroneously says SYSTEM(33) returns only the last command, but Ray's right. It has the whole stack. I'm correcting the U2UG WIKI page for SYSTEM(n) to