SAVE FILE AS
Saves your edits, writing out the current buffer to a file you specify,
without ending the editing session (similar to WRITE FILE).
Example:
The following commands open a file named ROUGH.DAT in the current
window and then save your edits as a file named FINAL.TXT, rather than
as a new version of ROUGH.DAT:
Command: OPEN rough.dat
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Command: SAVE FILE AS final.txt
Usage notes:
o Specifying an output file does not change the buffer name, but does
associate that file name with the buffer for later SAVE FILE or WRITE
FILE commands and for exiting (except with system buffers).
o If you do NOT specify an output file, SAVE FILE AS asks for one. If you
then do not specify a file name, EVE uses the output file associated
with the buffer, if there is one (same as SAVE FILE). Typically, this
is the same as the file specified when you invoked EVE or when you
created the buffer with the GET FILE, OPEN, or OPEN SELECTED command.
o If you specify only the 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 SAVE FILE AS 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 You cannot use SAVE FILE AS 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 SAVE FILE SET BACKUP CONTROL
SET FILE BACKUP SHOW SHOW FILE BACKUP WRITE FILE