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FILE EXPAND <data_file>,m,n
increases the maximum number of variables in <data_file> by m
and the length of each record of observations by n bytes.
FILE EXPAND <data_file> 
does the job by using parameters m=m1/4+4 (m1=current max.number) and
n=n1/4+20 (n1=current record length).

By using negative values of m and n the size of <data_file> can be
reduced. If "too negative" values are given, FILE EXPAND corrects
them automatically to lowest possible values (See 'min' below).

A reduction to minimal size of the file is achieved by the command
FILE EXPAND <data_file>,min,min
This is a useful alternative when making archive copies of large Survo
data files.

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