gih900@csc.anu.oz (Geoff Huston) (01/23/90)
>Date: 22-JAN-1990 07:03:06.08 >From: "P.R. Smith, NYUMC (212) 340-5356" <SMITH%MCCLB0.MED.NYU.EDU@cunyvm.cuny.edu> >Subject: Extract vs. Read and the counters/flags... > >Hi: > Another eene-weene 'problem': If you 'extract' an item, rather than 'reading' >it the 'read' item count/flag is not modified. > It would not be unreasonable to have 'extraction' decrement this counter >as well. For example, if someone has distributed software in 7 VMS_SHARE >parts, you would want to extract them, not read them. And you would not >want them to appear in a READ/NEW afterwards. No? The command you are after is EXTRACT/SEEN which will mark items as seen as they are extracted. cheers, Geoff Huston