Date   : Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:51:29 -0000
From   : mu.list@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: Basic6809 1.00

> One could say *Save for a zero-byte file is unsuitable. It's a fair
> assumption that *Save is to be saving something.
> 
> Alternatives?
>    OPENOUT#...
>    CLOSE#...
>    (and the OS calls to do the same thing)
> 
> Or, more simply, *Create on systems that offer this command.

Even more simply *BUILD <filename> <RETURN> <ESC>

-Mark