Ending the Session

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When ending the SCAN session, you can exit with or without saving your changes.

Exiting and Saving the Changes

To end the SCAN session, write the changes to the FOCUS database, and return to the FOCUS command level; use either the FILE subcommand or its synonym, END.

Exiting Without Saving the Changes

To leave SCAN and return to FOCUS without writing pending changes to the FOCUS database, use the QUIT subcommand.

Caution: The use of this subcommand does not guarantee that all changes to the database will be ignored. During SCAN execution, large buffer areas hold database records. Depending on the operating system in use and the size of these buffer areas, it is possible that a large SCAN change file could threaten the capacity of the temporary buffer storage, in which case the operating system might write the pending changes to the database to clear the buffer. This would update your database.


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