This command specifies the names of input and output files, and causes input files to be read. If a specified output file already exists (that is, was present before the Intkey run) and the command came from the keyboard, a warning is given and there is an opportunity to abort the command; if the command came from an input file, the existing output file is overwritten without warning.
Syntax of command line: FILE option filename
This command reads and executes a file of Intkey commands. Commands in an input file take the same form as commands entered interactively on the command line, or generated by the menus, except that they must be preceeded by a * (e.g. *SET), and the parameters may extend over more than one line. Each command must start on a new line. To facilitate the location of errors in an input file, put a DISPLAY INPUT ON command at the start of the file.
This command specifies the name of a file to which output lines generated by the OUTPUT command will copied when the program terminates, or when a FILE CLOSE command is given. Up to 16 output files may be specified, and the same file may be specified more than once.
This command specifies the name of a file to which the log (see DISPLAY LOG) will be saved when the program terminates. The command may be used at any time during a session. Log files are saved in RTF format if the specified file type is .rtf, and otherwise as plain text.
This command specifies the name of a file to which all input lines will be copied when the program terminates. See also DISPLAY INPUT.
In intkey5 this command caused a file previously named in a FILE OUTPUT command to be output and closed. In the open-delta edition of intkey this directive is a NO-OP - it has no effect. It is no longer required because open input files are closed whenever the application is closed or a new output file is selected. The directive is retained as a NO-OP for backward compatibility.
This command specifies the name of the Intkey characters file, and is normally used only in the initialization file, INTKEY.INI. If the command has not been specified by the time the program needs information from the data files, the name ICHARS is used.
Intkey cannot be used to prepare or alter its characters file. This is done via the DELTA system - see M.J. Dallwitz (1980), "A general system for coding taxonomic descriptions", Taxon 29, 41-6.
This command specifies the name of the Intkey taxa (items) file, and is normally used only in the initialization file, INTKEY.INI. If the command has not been specified by the time the program needs information from the data files, the name IITEMS is used.
Intkey cannot be used to prepare or alter its taxa file. This is done via the DELTA system - see M.J. Dallwitz (1980), "A general system for coding taxonomic descriptions", Taxon 29, 41-6.
This command displays the specified file in a separate window.