Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 234

Chapter 10 / EDLIN Command Reference
End Edit (E)
Ends the EDLIN program and saves the edited file.
When EDLIN saves the edited file, it uses the drive specifica-
tion, filename, and extension you specified when you started
EDLIN.
(If
you want, you can use Copy to transfer the file to
another drive.)
If
you edited an existing file (rather than a newly created one),
EDLIN also saves the original file (unedited file). The original
file is given the extension
.bak
(for backup).
When you enter the End Edit command, EDLIN appends a
I
GIRL
I
m
character to serve as the end of file mark.
After you enter the End Command, control returns to MS-DOS.
The screen displays the system prompt (such as
A».
Warning: Be sure the disk contains enough free space
to save the entire file. If it does not, EDLIN saves only
part of the file; the rest is lost. If this occurs, the por-
tion saved has the file extension of .$$$.
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