NJM#@>>   Ideally Neil, your program should almost NEVER use a SHELL command fo
NJM#@>> anything.  With the exception of calling VFITO/VFICO,etc from your prog
NJM#@>> or calling the archivers and protocols, everything else should be inter
NJM#@>> the program.  If you ask most programmers, they will all agree that you
NJM#@>> program should do as much as possible internally, and not rely on the
NJM#@>> operating system for anything.
NJM#@>>   In any case, a function to search the path for a file is not difficul
NJM#@>> code.  Would you like one?

NJM#@>Furthermore, I don't even need to detect Bad Command or File Name these d
NJM#@>(as I used to in the SORT days) since other methods are used to detect if
I have a suggestion...having worked at a software co before and seeing
the battle of who's right going on there which is similar to two experts
testifying in the O.J. trial with complete opposite qualified
opinions...
Can the programmers (and wannabe programmers) take their arguments over
coding habits to netmail?  Now??

 * SLMR 2.1a * Storage Demand will *ALWAYS* exceed available drive space