Directs screen or printer output created with ?, ??, DISPLAY, or LIST to a text file.

SET ALTERNATE ON | OFF
-or-
SET ALTERNATE TO [FileName [ADDITIVE]]

Parameters

ON

Directs output to the text file.

OFF

(Default) Disables output to the text file.

TO FileName

Creates the text file, which is assigned the default extension .txt unless you include a different extension with the file name.

If you use SET ALTERNATE TO without FileName, the last file you created using SET ALTERNATE TO FileName is closed.

ADDITIVE

Appends output to the end of the file specified with FileName. If you omit ADDITIVE, the contents of the file are overwritten.

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