PC maxima - WRITEFILE



I recently downloaded the PC version of maxima and have been having a
lot of fun playing with it.
I used to use Macsyma, many years ago, so it was good to remeber some of
that stuff.

However, I do not seem to be able to get WRITEFILE to work.

If I submit a series of commands like:
WRITEFILE("TRANSCRIPT");
x: a + b;
CLOSEFILE();

then maxima creates a file called TRANSCRIPT, but it is empty.

Is this a known weakness of the PC distribution or am I missing
something.

Thanks for your help

Tim Auton



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T R Auton PhD MSc C.Math
Head of Biomedical Statistics
Protherics Molecular Design Ltd
Beechfield House
Lyme Green Business Park
Macclesfield
Cheshire SK11 0JL
UK
email: tim.auton@protherics.com