Hello...
> Subject: updating a unix file through metacard
> Status: RO
>
> Is there a way to update a file through MetaCard. Do you make the changes
> first then close the file or do you do it antoher way.
>
Here are a couple ways to update a file using MetaCard.
1) Edit the file from MetaCard, but outside of a MetaCard stack.
(use the MetaCard "shell" command to perform any UNIX editing you
normally execute from the command line; this might involve "sed"
commands, for instance)
2) Edit the file inside a MetaCard stack.
(open a file for update; read that file into a MetaCard field;
use MetaCard commands to make edits to that field; write that
field back to the original file; close the file)
-- Sincerely,Clark Parsons Learning Products Engineer Hewlett-Packard Company Fort Collins, Colorado USA clarkp@fc.hp.com 1-229-3323