Re: writefile bug # 765510 ? (was: help-- using writefile in winXP)

Thanks   this is the same problem.
I will try and debug it some more.

What i type at the command prompt shows up in the file but results do 
not and input from batch files do not show up;

Doug Stewart

I am running 5.9.1 .




Robert Dodier wrote:

>Hi Doug,
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>>I see that page 71 of  "Maxima book"  needs updating on closefile.
>>I also see that page 65 has it the way you said.
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>You may wish to refer to the revised reference manual
>(not the same document as the Maxima book) which you can
>find at http://maxima.sf.net/docs/original/maxima_toc.html .
>It is more up to date than the Maxima book (and also the
>version of the reference manual distributed with the binaries).
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>>Now the close works but there is nothing in the file when I run a
>>batch file with this in it:
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>This appears to be the same as bug # 765510.
>(http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=765510&group_id=4933&atid=104933)
>As I don't have a Windows box, I can't try it.
>Sorry that I can't be more helpful.
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>best,
>Robert Dodier
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