Subj : Re: more chess To : Jasen.Betts@xspamp42.f531.n640.z3.f From : CBFalconer Date : Thu Dec 06 2001 07:45 am From: CBFalconer Jasen.Betts@xspamp42.f531.n640.z3.fidonet.org wrote: > > Hi Steve. > > 29-Nov-01 10:54:20, Steve wrote to Rodney.Hester@xspamp11.f45.n396.z1. > > S> If (as Rodney interprets it) you mean by "truncate" to remove ALL > S> of its content, an even easier way i > > By truncate I mean "cut the end off". > > S> If you intended to start writing to a file at a specific position, > S> overwriting whateve was beyond it, you can use @fileseek, followed > S> b its original end, the original information might be left over... > > I want to keep the start but lose the end of the file. > most other languages with %@fileseek like capabilities can do that. > I've given up trying, I now write a tag and a pointer to the last record of > the file saying where the file was meant to end when the program sees this > it rewinds back to the record I intended to be last. I tried it out, and seems impressive. However I noticed notes about 4dos 7 (I am running 6.02), and that the black pieces on black are invisible. Maybe a couple of notes on where the dependencies are would be useful? It doesn't accept moves here. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer@yahoo.com) (cbfalconer@XXXXworldnet.att.net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. (Remove "XXXX" from reply address. yahoo works unmodified) mailto:uce@ftc.gov (for spambots to harvest) --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-2 * Origin: Mach2 Systems (1:342/3) .