Dxmaint

[GCC Consulting]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Fairlight
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 7:49 AM
> To: Filepro 2 List
> Subject: Re: Dxmaint
> 
> Confusious (William Randall) say:
> > > > It dawned on me recently that, for my own purposes, I 
> could create 
> > > > a menu option using
> > > >
> > > > /fp/dxmaint !! -ra -e
> > > >
> > > > A voila, all auto indexes for the selected file are rebuilt.
> > > >
> > > > Now why didn't I think of this years ago?
> > >
> > > Um, isn't the syntax:
> > >
> > > /fp/dxmaint - -ra -e
> > >
> > > --
> > > Laura Brody
> > 
> > Either one will trigger the filename selection box because !! is 
> > invalid but your syntax is more in keeping with other 
> command syntax use.
> 
> Not to mention it won't give [t]csh fits.  If your last 
> command had been "clear" and you used the !! notation in a 
> csh-type shell, you'd effectively end up with:  /fp/dxmaint 
> clear -ra -e
> 
> That's because !! means the last command in the history for 
> csh-type shells.
> 
> If you had a filePro file named 'clear', you'd suddenly be 
> rebuilding the indexes on what you didn't intend to.  ...Oops.  :)
> 
> mark->
> --

I should be more careful with my postings.  I work only in a Windows environment
and don't necessarily run into the same scripting problems that *nix users have.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting