GET FILE Same as OPEN---puts the file you specify into the current EVE window, creating a new buffer if necessary. This lets you create or edit another file in the same session. Examples: Commands Effects ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GET FILE memo.txt Gets a file named MEMO.TXT, putting it into the current window. On VMS, file names are not case- sensitive. GET FILE *.txt You can use wildcards to specify the file---in this case, to get a file with the type .TXT. If only one file matches your request, EVE gets that file. If more than one matches, EVE shows a list of the matching files so you can choose the one you want---see help on Choices Buffer. You get only one file per command. Usage notes: o If the file is not already open, EVE creates a buffer using the file name and file type for the buffer name. If the file exists, EVE copies it into the new buffer. If the file does not exist---if you are creating a new file---the new buffer is empty. In either case, the new buffer has the same settings as the $DEFAULTS$ buffer (see help on Defaults). o If the file is already open, EVE puts the buffer for that file into the current window and puts the cursor at your last position in that buffer. The settings of that buffer apply. o If there is already a buffer with the same name as the file you specify but not associated with the file---for example, if you used the BUFFER command to create a buffer named MEMO.TXT---EVE asks for a different buffer name to use before creating the buffer. o If you use a search list to specify the file or use wildcards for the device (disk) or directory (such as [...]), EVE gets the first matching file. For example, the following command gets the first MEMO.TXT file found: Command: GET FILE [...]memo.txt o For information on viewing and editing two or more files at the same time by using multiple windows in EVE, see help on Windows. Related topics: DELETE BUFFER GET WILDCARDED FILES INCLUDE FILE OPEN SELECTED WRITE FILE