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Date: 21 Dec 92 18:20:00 GMT
From: paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!aplcen.apl.jhu.edu!ddsdx2.jhuapl.edu
!dlc@gatech.edu  (Dave Collard x7468)
Subject: Re: I/O and the LRM
Message-ID: <1992Dec21.182000.25255@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
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In <1992Dec21.163435.22675@software.org> smithd@software.org (Doug Smith) write
s:

>In article <206@hathor.CSS.GOV> jeffe@hathor.CSS.GOV (Jeff Etrick) writes:
>> 
>> 
>>  The following is taken from the LRM:
>> 
>> >>function NAME(FILE : in FILE_TYPE) return STRING;
>> 
>> >>Returns a string which uniquely identifies the external file currently
>> >>associated with the given file (and may thus be used in an OPEN
>> >>operation).  If an environment allows alternative specifications of the
>> >>name (for example, abbreviations), the string returned by the function
>> >>should correspond to a full specification of the name.
>> 
>> >>The exception STATUS_ERROR is raised if the given file is not open.
>> 
>> 
>>  I have used the function successfully many times to get the external
>> name of a currently opened file but what I don't understand is the
>> comment about it being used in an open statement. Why would I want to use
>> this statement in an open since the file must already be opened or
>> STATUS_ERROR will be raised.
>> 
>> Thanks for the help,
>> 
>> Jeff

A file can be opened more than once.

For example, to write sequential data to standard out:

  CHSEQ.Create(SysOutfile, CHSEQ.Out_File, Text_IO.Name(Text_IO.Standard_Output
));

A file can be opened with shared access, at least on some systems, by
using the write FORM parameter.

--Thor