-e Option For CMUEXTRACT UtilityCommand Does Not Append The Data To The File (SCI87605)

Resolving The Problem

The -e file is NOT an output file that gets appended to, it is an input file that gets copied to the end of the <-f output> file when the extract is over.

Example:

$ cat suffixfile         <-A one line suffix file<BR>This line is from the suffix file and gets appended to the extracted file.</P><br/><br/><P><BR>$ cmuextract -b"test batch" -f outputfile -e suffixfile -Q  </P><br/><br/><P>Extract a one line batch<BR>cmuextract test              4 test batch                              22 06/02/10-17:15 ARZ         99<BR></P><br/><br/><P>$ cat outputfile         <-Now we have a 2 line output file.<BR>This is a test batch.<BR>This line is from the suffix file and gets appended to the extracted file.</P><br/><br/><P>To append the extracted batch to an existing file, you should be able to simply issue:</P><br/><br/><P>$ cmuextract -b"test file" >> outputfile -Q
cmuextract test              4 test batch                              22 06/02/10-17:15 ARZ         98

$ cat outputfile
This is a test batch.
This line is from the suffix file and gets appended to the extracted file.
This is a test batch.