Multiple lookups to the same file with different aliases?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 07:21:56PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:59:31 -0400):
> > You can't do that, right?
> 
> Do what?
> 
> Oh, I see...  It's in the subject line:
> 
>     Multiple lookups to the same file with different aliases?
> 
> Of course you can do that.  That's one of the reasons for aliases.

So what is it that causes problems?  *CLOSEing*  any of them closes
all of them?

> > If I need to work on 2 records in the same file, I have to just look
> > one up, do all my work there, and then move on to the second one?
> 
> If you can do that, it may be more efficient than going back and forth
> between two aliases to the same file, but you don't have to do it that
> way.

Got it.  

> > How common is it to need to have two lookups open to the same file at
> > the same time?
> 
> That I don't know.

Hmmm...
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