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Article #1274Re: Determining if an existant file is open
From: Patrick Hertel
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 1990 18:55
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 1990 18:55
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In article <21795@well.sf.ca.us> jax@well.sf.ca.us (Jack J. Woehr) writes: > > Grammar Police, Ma'am! Open Up! > > Ahem ... > > The word y'all are fseeking and not ffinding is: > > extant > > There *is* and English word "existence", but if "existant" >is a relative thereof, it's from the wrong side of the bedsheets. > > Dank U. > You are only partly right since you can't use extant in the context of "if an extant...". Therefore the word is: existing -- Pat Hertel Canadian Meteorological Centre Analyst/Programmer 2121 N. Service Rd. % rm God phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca Dorval,Quebec rm: God non-existent Environment Canada CANADA H9P1J3
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA!afsipmh From: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: Determining if an existant file is open Message-ID: <1990Nov23.185531.29277@cid.aes.doe.CA> Date: 23 Nov 90 18:55:31 GMT References: <1990Nov16.023110.1305@csun.edu> <1990Nov16.200945.14468@nusdecs.uucp> <274975C4.21C@tct.uucp> <21795@well.sf.ca.us> Reply-To: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel) Organization: Environment Canada Lines: 25