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OS-APPEND, OS-COMMAND, OS-COPY, OS-CREATE-DIR & OS-DELETE take literal constants as parameters. e.g. OS-COPY c:\temp\1.txt c:\temp2.txt. To send parameters as variables you have to use the VALUE keyword: e.g. OS-COPY VALUE(vFile1) VALUE(vFile2). This proposal is to also allow OS-DELETE to be called as a FUNCTION. e.g. OS-DELETE(vFile1, vFile2). The same principle to be applied to the other "OS*" statements.

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