HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 79)

Copying All of Your File
Revising Text in Your File
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If you are using the PUT command to copy your current file into an already
existing EDIT file, EDIT displays an error message:
*PUT SAVEMEMO
^ -- ERROR --
THE NAMED FILE ALREADY EXISTS
* Trying to put the
current file into
SAVEMEMO again
You can either specify a different file name or add an exclamation point to
your command line. By adding the ! character, you are telling EDIT to
delete the existing file (if a file by that name already exists), to create a new
file with the same name, and to copy the text into this new file:
*PUT SAVEMEMO !
CURRENT FILE IS $WORK.TUTOR.BIZMEMO
*
You might find the ! character useful when you want to replace an existing
file with an updated or edited version of that file, instead of keeping both
versions.