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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Bug header argumednt :file does not produce a file or a link to
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:15:57 +0200
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To: Charles Millar via Emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
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Hello,

Charles Millar via Emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> writes:

> #+begin_src sh :file test.rec
> cat << EOF
> # -*- mode: rec -*-
>
> %rec: somerecord
>
> Account: something
> Amount: 0.00
>
> #### end of file
> EOF
>
> #+end_src
>
> I expect that when I execute the above code block that
>
> 	1. An external file test.rec is produced with contents
>
> 	# -*- mode: rec -*-
>
> 	%rec: somerecord
>
> 	Account: something
> 	Amount: 0.00
>
> 	#### end of file
>
>   and
>
> 	2. A link to that file is placed below the source code block
>
> Instead all I get is a table and no external file is created

You probably need to specify that the output is a file, which is not the
default for "sh" language. You may want to add ":results file" to the
header of the source block.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou