Date   : Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:46:43 +0100
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Basic6809 1.00

Jason Flynn G7OCD wrote:

> The problem arises with the corner case.
> If you use the first byte/last byte notation
> in inclusive mode there's no way to save a zero
> byte file. e.g.

One could say *Save for a zero-byte file is unsuitable. It's a fair 
assumption that *Save is to be saving something.

Alternatives?
   OPENOUT#...
   CLOSE#...
   (and the OS calls to do the same thing)

Or, more simply, *Create on systems that offer this command.


Best wishes,

Rick.

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