[comp.lang.postscript] NeXT Release 2 Display PostScript: the file operator

louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) (01/04/91)

Does anyone know how the "file" operator is working under NeXT Release 2.0's
Display PostScript server?  Specifically, when I open a file for writing, where
does the file get created?  If I do:

	/f (/tmp/foo) (w) file def

the operation succeeds.  In fact, I can then do writestring operators using the
file handle without errors.  Problem is, the file doesn't get created as
/tmp/foo!  Opening a file for reading seems to work ok.

I was using this capability to run the distill package, which was very
convienient to use on the NeXT as it just created the distilled file.

louie