perry@bluemtn (Perry Minyard (3MTA3)) (11/05/90)
Does anybody know the clipper command to flush all buffers to disk? In Foxbase/Foxpro, the command is "FLUSH" Thanks, Perry Minyard -- | Perry Minyard "A mind is a terrible thing | 71020.3073@compuserve.com (Internet) to taste." - Ministry | ..!emory!bluemtn!perry (UUCP) | perry%bluemtn.uucp@mathcs.emory.edu (Internet)
timk@xenitec.on.ca (Tim Kuehn) (11/06/90)
<1990Nov5.154256.371@bluemtn> perry@bluemtn (Perry Minyard (3MTA3)) writes: > >Does anybody know the clipper command to flush all buffers to disk? >In Foxbase/Foxpro, the command is "FLUSH" And in Clipper it's "commit" Don't you have a manual to look such things up in? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy D. Kuehn TDK Consulting Services "Where Quality is Guaranteed" timk@xenitec.on.ca uunet!watmath!maytag!xenitec!timk 119 University Ave. East, Waterloo, Ont., Canada. N2J 2W1 519-888-0766 if no answer 519-742-2036 (w/ans mach) fax: 519-747-0881. Contract services available in Dos/Unix/Xenix - SW & HW. Clipper, Foxbase/Pro, C, Pascal, Fortran, Assembler etc. *Useable* dBase program generator under construction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
marwk@levels.sait.edu.au (11/15/90)
>>Does anybody know the clipper command to flush all buffers to disk? >>In Foxbase/Foxpro, the command is "FLUSH" > > And in Clipper it's "commit" > Don't you have a manual to look such things up in? > As with all manuals, if you do not know what the word is which is used for the operation you wish to use, you cannot look it up in the manual!! FLUSHing buffers is DOS, C, UNIX and FOXBASE terminology, so give the guy an apology, please. The authors of the indices ought to consider the synonyms of function names and purposes so that there is far less frustration in learning the capabilities of a new language. How many times do people with the manuals read the entire index in order to find something, only to curse when they see word being used by the authors. Ray
pt@geovision.uucp (Paul Tomblin) (11/16/90)
marwk@levels.sait.edu.au writes: |>>Does anybody know the clipper command to flush all buffers to disk? |>>In Foxbase/Foxpro, the command is "FLUSH" |> |> And in Clipper it's "commit" |> Don't you have a manual to look such things up in? |> |As with all manuals, if you do not know what the word is which is used |for the operation you wish to use, you cannot look it up in the manual!! Maybe I'm just weird, but when I get a new package, or an upgrade for an old package, I READ the manual cover to cover to discover their terminology. While I may not remember everything, it does give me a "leg up" when I want to look something up. "Now what was that command called? I know it was either FLUSH or COMMIT, so why don't I look up both?..." BTW "commit" is SQL terminology, although in a slightly different context (In clipper, you can't rollback if you haven't committed, etc.) so don't flame them for not using YOUR terminology. -- Paul Tomblin, Department of Redundancy Department. ! My employer does I'm not fat..... I'm metabolically challenged. ! not stand by my Would someone please tell me what diddy-wah-diddy means? ! opinions.... pt@geovision.gvc.com or {cognos,uunet}!geovision!pt ! Me neither.
timk@xenitec.on.ca (Tim Kuehn) (11/16/90)
In article <15688.2742b34f@levels.sait.edu.au> marwk@levels.sait.edu.au writes: >>>Does anybody know the clipper command to flush all buffers to disk? >>>In Foxbase/Foxpro, the command is "FLUSH" >> >> And in Clipper it's "commit" >> Don't you have a manual to look such things up in? > >As with all manuals, if you do not know what the word is which is used >for the operation you wish to use, you cannot look it up in the manual!! > >FLUSHing buffers is DOS, C, UNIX and FOXBASE terminology, so >give the guy an apology, please. Not when a 5 min look-through of the section "Summary of Clipper Commands" (Summer '87 pgs 5-5 to 5-19) would have answered his question very quickly (especially since the answer to his question was on pg 5-7) >How many times do people with the manuals read the entire index in order to >find something, only to curse when they see word being used by the authors. I appreciate that problem completely. But that's no excuse for not examining the command summaries if there's one there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy D. Kuehn TDK Consulting Services "Where Quality is Guaranteed" timk@xenitec.on.ca uunet!watmath!xenitec!timk 119 University Ave. East office: (519)-888-0766 fax: (519)-747-0881 Waterloo, Ontario Home: (519)-742-2036 Canada. N2J 2W1 Contract services available in Dos/Unix/Xenix - SW & HW. Clipper, Foxbase, FoxPro, C, Pascal, Fortran, Assembler etc.