WRITE FILE

  Writes out the current buffer to a file, saving its contents, without
  ending your editing session (similar to SAVE FILE or SAVE FILE AS).

  Key:   The WPS keypad defines GOLD-W as WRITE FILE.

  Examples:

     Commands                Effects
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     GET FILE rough.dat      Edits a file named ROUGH.DAT and then writes
     WRITE FILE final.txt    your edits to a file named FINAL.TXT, rather
                             than as a new version of ROUGH.DAT.

     GET FILE memo.txt       Edits a file named MEMO.TXT and then writes
     WRITE FILE              your edits to a new version of that file (or
                             version 1 if you are creating a new file).

  Usage notes:

  o  Specifying an output file does not change the buffer name, but may
     change the output file of the buffer for later WRITE FILE or SAVE FILE
     commands or for exiting (except with system buffers).

  o  If there is no file name for the buffer---if you did not specify a file
     when you invoked EVE or when you created the buffer---WRITE FILE asks
     for an output file name.

  o  If you specify only the device (disk) or directory, EVE writes the
     output file to that directory, using the same file name and file type
     associated with the buffer. This is useful if you want to save the file
     in a different directory but with the same name.

  o  To check the output file of the buffer, use the SHOW command.

  o  WRITE FILE closes the buffer-change journal file (if there is one).
     Subsequent changes to the buffer restart journaling (unless you
     disabled journaling for that buffer).

  o  If you write out an EVE system buffer, such as the SHOW buffer or
     MESSAGES buffer, EVE asks you for an output file name.

  o  You cannot use WRITE FILE to write out a buffer other than the current
     buffer. However, on exiting, if any buffers were modified, EVE asks
     whether to write out those buffers.

  o  On VMS, file names are not case-sensitive. For example, MEMO.TXT and
     memo.txt specify the same file.

  o  On ULTRIX, existing files are copied to a backup file before being
     overwritten. This is the default behavior, but you can disable it or
     customize the way EVE creates the backup file spec. For help on backup
     files, see help on SET BACKUP CONTROL STRING.

  Related topics:

     DELETE BUFFER       EXIT                 QUIT
     SAVE FILE           SAVE FILE AS         SET BACKUP CONTROL
     SET FILE BACKUP     SET NOFILE BACKUP    SHOW
     SHOW FILE BACKUP    WRITE FILE