Buettner, Wolfgang wrote: >We have a pretty old application that uses XEDIT and macros to manipulate >files.
>It appears that if the target of "locate /string/" is not found the ^ symbol >is displayed on the console. Not nice, but I can live with that as it happens >not so often. >However, if and only if the application runs in a DISCONNECT virtual machine, >also each ":line number" command writes the content of that line to the >CONSOLE LOG file which adds thousands unneeded ones. >Is there a way to avoid that? Maybe I have overseen something in the books . The ^ symbol is because MSGMODE is SHORT. Use SET MSGMODE OFF to suppress it (and turn it back on after the LOCATE command, or you won't see any messages!) The contents of the lines appearing is because VERIFY is ON. Use SET VERIFY OFF to suppress it. ...phsiii
