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C00002 00002	Suppose we have a file called FOO.BAR that contains lots of messages in E format,
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Suppose we have a file called FOO.BAR that contains lots of messages in E format,
such as JMC's mail file.  It would take much less space on the disk if we had
more than one message per page.  This can be done as follows.

	COPY NEWFILE←FOO.BAR(2:*)/ASC

This will remove the E directory (formerly page 1) and compress the zeros (nulls)
out that were in between messages.

Next type

	ET NEWFILE/N

to edit the file without a directory page.  This will make it easier to delete
the unwanted page marks (it won't be necessary for E to ripple the file each
time).  Now you can delete page marks with <control>X DEL.  Each time this will
cause the next page to be appended to the end of the current page.  You should
try to keep the page size down to several hundred lines at most.  When you are
all done, you can reformat the file with an E directory by typing (to E):

	<control>ε NEWFILE/Q

Which will switch to the same file, this time giving it an E directory.