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Vinay N.G
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Here i have a requirement that i would like to add only 4 spaces at the end of each record for variable record length file using sort .
If the record in the file is equal to LRECL of that file then it should not add spaces.
4 Spaces to be added at the end of every record and then after padding 4 spacess it should have blanks until the LRECL. |
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Bill Dennis
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| Vinay N.G wrote: |
| If the record in the file is equal to LRECL of that file then it should not add spaces. |
Are you aware that each variable length record has a 4 byte RDW in the front? Therefore, the record size is probably equal to the LRECL (counting the extra 4 bytes).
You don't see the RDW prefix when viewing in ISPF so the record may appear to be short 4 bytes. |
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Robert Sample
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| 4 Spaces to be added at the end of every record and then after padding 4 spacess it should have blanks until the LRECL. |
Could you please explain what this means? Let us assume LRECL=604 so maximum record size is 600 bytes. The record is 307 bytes long. According to what you said, the last 293 bytes all need to be set to spaces (in case you are not aware, "blanks" is another term for "spaces" and both refer to hex '40' character of EBCDIC). |
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expat
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| Just wondering the reason behind adding spaces / blanks at the end of a VB record. |
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Robert Sample
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| expat, maybe somebody wants to test the FTPTRAILINGBLANKS option of TCPIP? |
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Anuj Dhawan
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| Robert Sample wrote: |
| expat, maybe somebody wants to test the FTPTRAILINGBLANKS option of TCPIP? |
This thought seems to be so distant from this thread per se. The way original question is posed it's hard to believe some one could think this intelligent.
/About off..not sure |
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Robert Sample
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| The way original question is posed it's hard to believe some one could think this intelligent. |
Anuj, methinks thou doth presume too much.  Intelligent? No. Make-work? Possible. Reserving space for an upcoming change? Maybe. |
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