Sorry, I have to reply to my own email. > Under normal circumstances the file which holds the command is kept open > and locked during the time the command is running and hence couldn't be > changed or overwritten. ^-----------^---------------- This is not true! I should have tried it before posting my question. The whole question is obsolete.
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