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  1. Newsgroups: comp.databases
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!mips!munnari.oz.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!cam!esk!rhidding
  3. From: rhidding@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au (Robert Andrew Hidding)
  4. Subject: Re: How to trim down dBASE IV database file ?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug20.034649.16721@cam.compserv.utas.edu.au>
  6. Keywords: dbase IV file
  7. Sender: news@cam.compserv.utas.edu.au
  8. Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
  9. References: <1992Aug19.212534.11942@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> 
  10. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 03:46:49 GMT
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  13. Try using the DBase command "PACK". Deleting a record only results in the
  14. record being marked as deleted, but it isn't physically deleted until
  15. "PACK"ed.
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