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 . . 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