suggestion for ddir

[John Esak]

Just made a stupid mistake while creating a script... like this...

ddir nexglth -k m test
ddir nexgltd -k m test

I had meant to type in the sript as follows:

ddir nexglth -k -m test
ddir nexgltd -k -m test

You can well imagine what happened. The main (unqualified) key file for each
of these filepro files was cleared and the indexes initiated to new.

I was able to fix the mishap, it being as late as it is now... by restoring
from a weekend tape. However, I could have really screwed myself had I done
this during the work day.

My suggestion is that the other runtime program such as clerk and report all
complain when an argument is the slightest bit odd/wrong/missing, etc.
Should not ddir do the like. This mistake could have been very costly.

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John Esak
(570) 384-2444

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