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Use Command [U]
Specifies a file of commands to be executed as a group.
USE[Q] filename
Examples
A usefile makes your task easier by allowing common commands to be specified
once in an external file. For example, the following usefile contains all the
commands for creating the invcust file:
+use usecust
input invoices
link customer
output invcust
exit
{sorted by custnum}
{combined with customers}
{produces the file we want}
Suprlink prints the lines in the usefile, including the comment lines. This allows you
to include instructions and reminders in the usefile. In the example above, there were
no commands for the user to enter.
Notes
Usefiles cannot be nested in Suprlink. The usefile may be any unnumbered text file
or a Qedit workfile, but no more than 256 characters per record will be processed.
By default, Suprlink displays the commands in a usefile as they are executed.
Suprlink can execute commands quietly using the Useq command. For compatibility
with Qedit, Useq can be abbreviated to UQ.
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