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Saving to Disc

When saving a noticeboard to disc, the programmer has a choice as to whether to save only the definition or else the definition plus the data. If only the definition is saved then each time that the definition is restored all items will revert to having zero lengths. However if the data is saved as well the NBS_RESTORE_NOTICEBOARD routine can be used to restore both the definition and the data, and a subsequent call to NBS_SAVE_NOTICEBOARD will update the disc file so that the next time that the noticeboard is restored it will be in the same state as when it was saved.



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NBS The Noticeboard System
Starlink User Note 77
D.J. Allan
11 September 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk