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- From: gavron@spades.aces.com (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Apending a file at the end of mail.
- Message-ID: <23DEC199211414166@spades.aces.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 18:41:00 GMT
- References: <21DEC199210505504@spades.aces.com> <1h6a0uINN9ks@gap.caltech.edu> <22DEC199209022524@spades.aces.com> <23DEC199208361368@spades.aces.com>
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- In article <23DEC199208361368@spades.aces.com>, gavron@ACES.COM writes...
- #In article <1992Dec23.063743.3368@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>,
- #vance@lpl.arizona.edu (Vance Haemmerle x4021) writes...
- ## Is there a system service or Run-Time Library routine that returns the
- ## amount of blocks allocated to a file?
- #
- #Yes. Both. I'm sure you just skipped it on your DOC CD-ROM,
- # HELP SYSTEM $GETDVI
- # HELP RTL LIB$ LIB$GETDVI
- #
- #Big Hint: ALQ.
-
- BZZT, I misread the request as a DEVICE thing instead of a FILE thing.
- Actually he needs to $OPEN with XABALL and look at XAB.XAB$L_ALQ. I've
- forwarded an appropriate code fragment under separate cover.
-
- ## Vance Haemmerle vance@vips.lpl.arizona.edu
-
- Ehud
-
- --
- Ehud Gavron (EG76)
- gavron@vesta.sunquest.com
- Uh-oh!! I'm having TOO MUCH FUN!!
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