VMS Help EDIT, /EDT, Qualifiers, /OUTPUT  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

       /OUTPUT=output-file
       /NOOUTPUT

    Determines whether EDT creates an output file at the end of
    your editing session. The default file specification for both
    the input file and the output file is the same. Use the /OUTPUT
    qualifier to give the output file a different file specification
    from the input file.

    The following command line invokes EDT to edit a file named
    MEMO.DAT and gives the resulting output file the name OUTMEM.DAT:

    $ EDIT/OUTPUT=OUTMEM.DAT MEMO.DAT

    You can include directory information as part of your output file
    specification to send output to another directory as follows:

    $ EDIT/OUTPUT=[BARRETT.MAIL]MEMO.DAT MEMO.DAT

    The /NOOUTPUT qualifier suppresses the creation of an output
    file, but not the creation of a journal. If you decide that you
    do not want an output file, you can use the /NOOUTPUT qualifier
    as follows:

    $ EDIT/NOOUTPUT MEMO.DAT

    A system interruption does not prevent you from re-creating your
    editing session because a journal is still being maintained. To
    save your editing session, even when you specify /NOOUTPUT, use
    the line mode command WRITE to put the text in an external file
    before you end the session.

    No wildcard characters are allowed in the file specification.