/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb PASCAL, Input Output, Text File, LINELIMIT  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  The LINELIMIT procedure stops execution of the program  after  a
  specified number of lines has been written into a TEXT file.

  Syntax:

     LINELIMIT( file_variable, n [[, ERROR := error-recovery]] );

  The 'file_variable' is the name of the file variable  associated
  with the TEXT file to which the limit applies.

  The 'n' is a positive  integer  expression  that  indicates  the
  number of lines that can be written to the file before execution
  terminates.

  The 'error-recovery' specifies the action  to  be  taken  if  an
  error occurs during execution of the routine.  By default, after
  the first error, the error message is printed and  execution  is
  stopped.

  The file can be in any mode before LINELIMIT is called; the file
  mode does not change after LINELIMIT has been executed.

  Compaq Pascal first uses environment-specific means to determine
  if   there   is   a   default  line  limit.   If  there  is  not
  environment-specific default, there is no  default  line  limit.
  You can use a call to LINELIMIT to override the default.

  After the number of lines written into the file has reached  the
  line  limit,  program  execution  terminates  unless the WRITELN
  procedure that exceeded the line limit  includes  the  ERROR  :=
  CONTINUE parameter.

  See the "Compaq Pascal Language Reference Manual" for a complete
  description of the LINELIMIT procedure.