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Good way to check if file already opened? (GW-BASIC porting) (Developers)

posted by tkchia , 04.02.2021, 09:05

Hello Ringding,

> A good excuse to go and play with GW-BASIC . Interestingly, the current
> version seems to do exactly the same thing and only look at the file name.
> I get the "File already open" error (might not be the exact wording, I seem
> to have a German version of GW-BASIC) when trying to remove a file with the
> same name as another one I'm keeping open in another directory.

Interesting indeed. Well, I guess I can also do the same thing, if I just want to be bug-for-bug compatible with existing GW-BASIC implementations...

Thank you!

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Complete thread:

• Good way to check if file already opened? (GW-BASIC porting) - tkchia, 02.02.2021, 14:35 (Developers)
  • Good way to check if file already opened? (GW-BASIC porting) - Ringding, 02.02.2021, 20:57
    • Good way to check if file already opened? (GW-BASIC porting) - tkchia, 04.02.2021, 09:05
  • Good way to check if file already opened? (GW-BASIC porting) - rr, 02.02.2021, 21:16
  • Good way to check if file already opened? (GW-BASIC porting) - Laaca, 02.02.2021, 22:18
    • Good way to check if file already opened? (GW-BASIC porting) - tkchia, 13.02.2021, 19:23