03/11/76   ignore, ign

Function:  The ignore command discards line-numbered information in the
alter file rather than merging with information already stored as part
of the current file.  Generally, the alter file contains all
line-numbered information entered since the user last executed a
command that caused the alter file to be merged with the current file,
such as new, old, or replace.  The contents of the alter file can be
examined using the list command.


Syntax:  ignore


Example:

!    new new_file
     ready  1120


!    100 new text
!    110 is in the alter
!    120 file
!    save
     ready  1120


!    200 old text is
!    210 in the current
!    120 file now
!    replace
     ready  1120


!    220 file now
!    230 and also
!    list alter

     alter   11/07/75  1121.3  mst  Fri


     220 file now
     230 and also
     ready  1121


!    ignore
     ready  1121


!    220 file today
!    replace
     ready  1121

!    lisn current
     100 new text
     110 is in the alter
     120 file now
     200 old text is
     210 in the current
     220 file today
     ready  1121


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Historical Background

This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated
to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. 
as a contribution to computer science knowledge.  
This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL
and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. 
Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970),
renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership
of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture 
for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems 
incorporated Multics principles.
Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., 
as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. .

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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their documentation for any purpose and without
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    Copyright 2006 by BULL HN Information Systems Inc.
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