[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <keeoak$tk0$1 at iltempo.update.uu.se>,
	Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
> On 2013-01-31 22:25, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2013-01-31 20:22, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> In article <keeb7i$e15$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>>     Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
>>>> On 2013-01-31 17:38:45 +0000,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG said:
>>>>
>>>>> $ filename =
>>>>> filenameprefix+"_"+F$fao("!19AS",F$cvtime(,"COMPARISON"))-"-"-"-"-"
>>>>> "-":"-":"+".dmp"
>>>>
>>>> Yeah.  Or add the prefix and the underscore into the f$fao, as that
>>>> avoids clobbering caracters in the prefix.
>>>
>>> And tell me how the above is not cryptic?  Just what is the difference
>>> between the first dash and the second?  Or the third?  And would anyone
>>> normal determine that?  :-)
>>
>> Maybe it would be more obvious with some appropriately placed spaces...
>>
>> $ filename = filenameprefix + "_" +
>> F$fao("!19AS",F$cvtime(,"COMPARISON")) - "-" - "-" - "-" - ":" - ":" +
>> ".dmp"
>>
>> Ie, remove three dashes and two colons, and then add something at the
>> end. (Ignoring what's going on at the beginning.)
> 
> And my mistake, it should have read:
> 
> $ filename = filenameprefix + "_" +
> F$fao("!19AS",F$cvtime(,"COMPARISON")) - "-" - "-" - " " - ":" - ":" +
> ".dmp"
> 
> That was, two dashes, a space, two colons, and then add some...
> 

I rest my case.  :-)

bill

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