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  3. March 2012

Re: How to re-org an empty file

Hi Paul -

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:07:52 +0000, Paul Therrien
<ptherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

INZPFM is an interesting command. I didn't know it existed. And the idea that one could initialize with deleted records seems odd.
It almost seems to be too specialized of a command to be part of the operating system. (This is just me musing.)

I think it's carry over from the days of direct files. And if you
don't know what a direct file is, consider yourself lucky. (I think I
have that terminology correct. If not, someone please correct me.)

Ken
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