Date   : Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:33:09
From   : Angus Duggan <angus_beeb@...>
Subject: Re: How to *SPOOL result of *INFO?

neil f wrote:
>> E.g. if you're doing *INFO *.* on drive 0, is it any better if
> you
>> "*SPOOL :1.$.OUT"
>
> Still produces an empty file I'm afraid, Ian.

I came across the same problem when writing my hierarchical DFS (HDFS). The
problem is making the DFS re-entrant, when the result of outputting a
character from the *INFO code could end up with a block being written to
disc, destroying the catalogue that was stored in the DFS workspace.

a.