>>>Hi all
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>>>Maybe it's a habit, but if so, I'll want an alternative. I find it easier to read the LIST STAT output, than to use SET to look at the open indexes etc at runtime, while debugging/investigating. I don't want the output to dump on the screen. So I often LIST STAT TO STAT.TXT NOCONSOLE. I can type that so fast it is almost instinct. However, I'm leaving little stat.txt files around, and that bugs me.
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>>>What I'm thinking of is a utility that would make this cleaner. I'm imagining instantiating an object, having it LIST STAT TO uniquefilename.TXT NOCONSOLE, open the uniquefilename.txt in a unique window - and stay instantiated until I close the window. I can see having more than one open at a time - as in - I have some tables open so I LIST STAT and then I close one or more and open different ones, and want to see the stat now, or I want to compare two status listings, one before a process and one after, etc.
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>>>If such a thing is not extant, then let's make it.
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>>>Thanks
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>>Mike -- what part of "LIST STAT" are you explicitly looking for?
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>Hi Jim
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>The entire output of LIST STAT is what seek. Perhaps a more complete snapshot of the entire environment using formats we already know is better? If I want to keep the file, then it might be nice to have a Save As option. Escape should close the instance leaving no junk files around.
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>Do you already have such a wee beastie?

Mike --

I have never used LIST STAT much, probably because I find all the stuff to be so run together that I just get overwhelmed, and I have my own utility for looking at open tables.

If all you wanted was a utility to dump that same list, I would think that would be a rather straightforward tool to add to Thor (including the "no leaving a file around" part).

For me, if I were to use it, I would want something that did more work -- at least breaking it into separate pages on a pageframe. (I am assuming there are clear indications in the text indicating breaks)