Nice idea - but change @WHO to @PATH to catch the situation that you have two accounts with the same name under different paths.
When we were bit by this - as PI newbees in the early 80's - we just banned logto's and never used'em since. -- mats [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: > I was bit by that one a long while ago. > > If that's the case, best to do something like the following to make sure the > info is relevant to the current account. > > COMMON /PGMNAME/ FILE.POINTER,PGMNAME.INIT > IF NOT(ASSIGNED(PGMNAME.INIT)) THEN PGMNAME.INIT='' > IF [EMAIL PROTECTED] THEN > PGMNAME.INIT='' > OPEN '',FILE.NAME TO FILE.POINTER ELSE WHATEVER > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > END > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Mats Carlid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Another possibility is that You opened the file in the other >> directory and then LOGTO'ed the current. >> Especially watch out for file pointers kept in common - >> if You use them the open and logto may have been done >> outside the current program. >> -- mats >> >> Jeff Fitzgerald skrev: >> >>> If you are on a UNIX system the file may be a symbolic link to a file in >>> another account. If this is the case, it is a really bad idea in my >>> opinion. (1) It is very confusing! (2) It can cause problems, >>> especially on UniVerse, when the file is resized. If you find the file >>> is a symbolic link it would probably be worth your while to get rid of >>> the link and modify the F pointer to point to the real location. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Jeff Fitzgerald >>> Fitzgerald & Long, Inc. >>> www.fitzlong.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T Stokes >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:22 PM >>> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >>> Subject: [U2] File pointer question >>> >>> I have a file that is a F pointer in the VOC yet when a BASIC STATUS is >>> ran on the file it points to a file in another account. >>> Have not been able to locate the reason for this. I am sure it is >>> something simple. >>> The VOC entry look like this >>> F >>> FILENAME >>> D_FILENAME >>> >>> The results from STATUS looks like this D:\directory other than the >>> directory I am current located\FILENAME >>> >> ------- >> u2-users mailing list >> u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >> > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
